Explanation Challenge about Japan 1: Abashiri Prison

Abashiri Prison is a famous prison and the nothernmost tip prison in Japan.
In Meiji era, the government relocated prisoners who commited a felonious crimes to the this prison to have them work.
Because The prison was located in Hokkaido where it was so cold and people had to put up with the hard labor in cold climates.
Therefore, it is said that many people died.
The prison was said that to be the most difficult to break but the most famous prison breaker, Yoshie Shiratori, showed otherwise. could 
The way was to break and get rusted handcuffs and iron bars by using Miso soup that was served as part of a meal, including salt.
Now, a new prison in Abashiri was built, while the old Abashiri prison is opened to the public as a museum.

I've been there once, but it's a little bit scary.
Because the prison remains had a bad smell and there were some dolls wearing prison duds in it. prison 
But after that, I could see beautiful flowers extending all around surrounding the prison. 
So, because of that, became I had good memories of my visit to the prison.

よくできました！＾＾