#abandoned jail

[valentinegrl]

[staticspaces]

The Jail

You can find the brand new video here!!

https://youtu.be/eaoU2NxzUJo

Let's start out this brand new location of an abandoned prison with some exterior photos including the exercise yards!!

The original gaol building which includes two L-shaped portions as well as the original exercise yard were completed in 1854.  It is a stone walled two-storey building with a gable roof.

In 1869 a new two-storey jail was built using limestone blocks along with three new jail yards.  One of the jail yards may have been used for executions by hanging where people would gather to watch.  Later in 1877 a third storey addition was built adding 14 more cells to the jail.

In 1889 the Governor's residence was constructed.  It is a two and one-half storey red brick building.

Here are a few interesting facts about the prison:

Up until the 1850s when the first jail was built, jailers would often have to keep prisoners in there own homes.

The prisoners would be confined to their cells for most of the day and night, they were made of stone and likely very cold and only three feet wide!

The first prisoners, a man and his mother were being held in the prison temporarily before they were moved to a larger facility.  The gaol was not finished yet, the surrounding walls had not been built and there was scaffolding surrounding the building.  Some friends of the inmates came and removed the scaffolding and pried the bars off.  The mother would be captured a year later but the son was never caught.

In 2011 the jail was permanently closed and vacated and ownership was transferred to the city.  It has sat vacant ever since.  The jail is also listed on the city's heritage registry.

Since then the city has listed the building for sale many times, one time being for as little as $1.  They have issued a request for proposals and received no responses.  Most recently, the city has sold the property for $50,000 and the buyer would like to create a wedding venue, dining and entertainment complex with a shared workspace area.  The site would also include an interactive museum.

[matthewgrantanson]

Entranced, Los Angeles -- July 4th, 2018

Instagram: @matthewgrantanson

[seeyouspacecowboy97]

Eastern State Penitentiary! Very eerie place. Got some amazingly creepy shots.

[exploringabandonedontario]

The former Ontario Reformatory.  Pictures taken on

August 28th, 2017. January 20th, 2018.

Taken on a Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS.

[internallydeadkitten]

"You shall eat the flesh of your sons"

[thekaijusleeps]

if these walls could talk, what would they decide to speak of? would they speak of the ill of men, of liars, thieves, killers and sex offenders, the lowest of the low, the scourge of humanity? would they speak of the innocent and unjust, of those trapped, broken down and beaten by a system as corrupt as the hearts of those that prosper from their suffering, while the less fortunate and meek continue to grovel at their feet? would they speak of the atrocities and the horrors that befell upon it and within it, the brutality and violence of a microcosm of a larger, hostile world? would they speak of hope, of compassion, of those survivors learned and reformed, humbled and blessed to survive, be given a second chance to be alive and thrive? what wisdom would these walls and the ghosts inside that reside decide to impart upon us to learn from and understand, to help us become wise? I can only wonder.

if these walls could talk (5/28/17), thekaijusleeps

Inspired by the photos of this beautiful woman’s excursions in a clearly haunted place.

[urban-tombraider]

Not easy being the gatekeeper of a big jail, this one gave up many years ago.

Abandoned jail, 2017. flickr ◄ ► instagram