Paradise prison: Famous Mexican jail is closing, some inmates don’t want to leave

A mural of Nelson Mandela, who spent many of his imprisoned years in an island prison in South Africa. (Photo: AP)

Numbers and letters mark bungalows, each of which housed 14-prisoners in bunk-bed dormitories with a shared, open bathroom. (Photo: AP)

Weights made from cement lie scattered on the ground at an outdoor gym once used by prisoners at the now closed Morelos detention centre. (Photo: AP)

Journalists walk through streets of bungalows that once served as prison dormitories at the Morelos detention centre. (Photo: AP)

Actor Jorge Correa, who led social rehabilitation theater programs with inmates, performs a one-man play on addiction for a group of visiting journalists. (Photo: AP)

A Navy ship waits at the dock in Puerto Balleto to transfer prison staff to other jails in Mexico. (Photo: AP)