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Search the Public Notice PortalA fresh call has been made to turn Barlinnie into a museum after it is decommissioned.
In line with the current plan, the East End jail will be replaced by HMP Glasgow by 2027.
Work is ongoing at the former Provan Gas Works site for the new complex, but there is no indication of what will happen to the Victorian-built prison.
Campaigners have previously called for repurposing the building as a visitor centre and last month, Historic Environment Scotland launched a public consultation to list it.
Paul Sweeney, MSP, has been vocal about his support for giving the site a second life.
He said: "Given that it is so iconic and one of Britain's most famous and notorious prisons, it shouldn’t just be demolished.
"It should be preserved.
"We've seen the success of Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin and Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast and there's now the successful Peterhead Prison Museum in the north east of Scotland.
"There is certainly an appetite in Glasgow, this country's largest city, to sustain some sort of social history museum about the prison and its impact on the city for the last 100 years or so."
Barlinnie was built between 1880 and 1908 and is Scotland's biggest prison.
It housed several big-time criminals, such as political activist Tommy Sheridan, footballer Duncan Ferguson, gangster Paul Ferris, and Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
From 1947 until the abolition of capital punishment in the UK in 1969 10 men were hung at the 'Big Hoose'.
The politician said: "If you go through Kilmainham [Dublin's historic prison museum], they have a whole aspect of how executions happened, which is a little macabre but interesting nonetheless.
"Barlinnie was similarly the site of executions in Scotland right up until the abolition of the death penalty.
"It's one of the most famous buildings in Scotland, housing one in five of the Scottish prison population.
"It holds significant architectural interests and nationally important social history."
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The museum would benefit the wider public and inspire tourism, but Sweeney believes it would also be beneficial to Riddrie.
He said: "I'm fairly confident it would become one of the country's top attractions and be a massive asset to the East End of Glasgow, which as we know is an area with not very many cultural attractions.
"It's maybe not the most celebrated part of our past, but nonetheless, it's an important story to tell about history, oppression and the condition of the Victorian prison system.
"Maybe it would even raise contemporary questions about whether our prison system is fit for purpose and how we deal with rehabilitation, offenders and some of the wider issues in society.
"It could be a really good opportunity for the city and there is an appetite for it."
However, the Glasgow representative emphasised that a plan needs to be drawn up as quickly as possible to avoid the building falling into disrepair.
He added: "For a long time, we have seen public assets like the John Maxwell School, Old Stobhill Hospital and the Victoria Infirmary closed down and be left to fall into dereliction.
"This doesn't serve the needs of the community at all, and people are dismayed when they see their city's architectural heritage being destroyed.
"It'd be better to get the plans in place now for how the prison to be reused after it is closed."
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