The ultimate in no frills accommodation!
on check-in you get given your towels and bedding so you even have to make your own bunk bed up. the rooms/cells have no facilities other than a desk, a chair, a cupboard and a bed. no you dont even get a window!
sounds grim? well not really. this is a novelty experience and you should try it just for fun as it is a real giggle.
take the ghost tour beforehand if you really want to test your nerves!

good clean facilities. we stayed in December when it was -10 outside but the hostel was warm. no food or bar available during this time as they said it was too quiet.. noisy night staff (and i'm not talking about the ghosts!) meant we didn't sleep too well as sound really carries through the cell block. Really helpful desk staff and good cheap laundry facilities on site too.
good all round fun experience

Good location, BUT:
- no air in the dorms (without windows)
- very warm and wet in the bathrooms/restrooms, there were plenty of insects
- in the kitchen you won´t find salt, pepper, oil - things I expect in a hostel
- also you can´t find a good working tin opener, nor normal pots and pans
- the staff ist unkind and they have a communication problem with each other
it did not impress me, so I would not come back.
Haven´t seen bed bunks, but coakroaches.

Who's idea was it to turn a jail that stopped being a jail only 30 years ago into a hostel??? You stay in actual jail cells which a tiny as hell but squeeze in 6 beds? If your spooked out by scary stuff don't go because it's haunted and crazy stuff happens all the time. BED BUGS the place is swarming in them, even at check-in we heard there was code B problems which is bed bugs, they know they have them they just do nothing about them. This hostel is a let down for the HI hostels all about money in this place!

The idea of an hostel in a old preason could be nice..but you can't have privacy at all even if you book a double room. And above all there were a lot of BED BUGS, pay attention!