Answer:
Prisoners that once lived on prison were allowed to engage in hobbies and do their cooking. The reason for letting them have hobbies and cook was because it made them easier to control. In June 1943, the internees were moved to INS facilities, but German POWs were kept in the Springtown facility for the remainder of the war. So then they were moved to army sights. Near the end of the war, the facility may have been used as a state hospital, but it was returned to its original prison in 1945. The Springtown facility is now called the Mack Alford Correctional Center, a medium-security prison.