The state closed the facility this year. Corrections officials say the state's prison population has shrunk enough that New Jersey's other lockups can absorb the inmates who had been at Riverfront.
The area near the 25-year-old prison has become prime real estate for redevelopment efforts.
There are no certain plans for what will happen with the land. Rutgers University has said it could use some of it to expand its nearby Camden campus.
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