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Fancy running a business behind bars?

The Dunedin Prison Charitable Trust is seeking business proposals for the old prison building which it has rebranded Dunedin Gaol.

Restoring the Heritage New Zealand category 1-listed building – the only surviving building representing a Victorian courtyard prison in the country – was going to take “years and years”, trust chairwoman Virginia Nicholls said.

To do that, a lot more income was required, which was why the trust was looking for suitable tenants, she said.