Thursday’s announcement from the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision that the state will only close two prisons this year — rather than the expected five — might have been cause for a sigh of relief. But we’re not so relieved yet.

The possibility of more closures, with up to three more already approved, remains. Meanwhile, hundreds of lives will be uprooted when Great Meadow Correctional and Sullivan Correctional close their doors on Nov. 6. The impacts will be far-reaching.

We’re all too familiar with those impacts.

Moriah Shock remains vacant. And Camp Gabriels, a former minimum security state prison in Brighton shuttered more than 15 years ago, is actively going to ruin.

Camp Gabriels is completely at the mercy of Albany. With the exception of local representatives, there seems to be little desire in the state Legislature to kickstart the process to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would allow the property to be removed from the Forest Preserve and sold. The process has been started, and stalled, several times now.

The state must have plans in place that ensure these prisons are actually reused and do not simply fall into decay while waiting for a wealthy investor — or, in the case of Camp Gabriels, the state Legislature — to see their potiential.

Some state leaders have indicated that they’d like to see the former prisons be converted into housing. That’s certainly needed in the Tri-Lakes region.

But first things first.

The state Legislature must not forget about Camp Gabriels when the Senate and Assembly reconvene in January.

This property has immense promise that can only be realized if the Legislature finally takes action.