The old jail closed in August 1999 when the new jail, the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center, opened at 300 N. Denver Ave.

Peerbolte now holds the key to the prison. "You have 40 cells along each gallery here for a total of 640 cells," Peerbolte said as he showed off the old prison. In pop culture, the prison was made ...

The seven Newport News City Jail inmates who escaped from their cells last week did so to be disorderly — they weren't even close to leaving the jail, Sheriff Gabe Morgan said.