STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Arthur Kill Correctional Facility has gone from a prison to a Hollywood dream factory.

See what it once looked like, and how it appears today, by sliding through the gallery above.

After its controversial closure in 2011, the former Charleston jail has been taken over by the Broadway Stages film and television production company.

And the facility has already been put to good use. Scenes from the prison-based Netflix show "Orange Is the New Black" and the major motion picture "Ocean's Eight" were recently filmed there.

That's only the start of what Staten Island is going to see as Broadway Stages makes the borough a home after some delays in buying the Arthur Kill property. The company has production facilities in Brooklyn and Queens, where top shows like "Blue Bloods" and "The Good Wife" were produced.

Broadway Stages' presence here is expected to generated 1,300 jobs and provide a boost to the borough economy that will go well beyond the Arthur Kill grounds.

The Advance recently toured the prison grounds to see the early stages of Arthur Kills' transformation from correctional facility to Hollywood dream factory.