Exploring an Abandoned State Prison - Found Working Cell Door Controls

[@flybynight9685]

I don’t know how you guys do it, but the vibes you create in your videos are otherworldly and comforting.

[@robroy6374]

exactly. best urbex channel on youtube, in my opinion.

[@bobsmith4334]

I took some magic mushrooms once and watched these guys for like 5 hours straight. I've explored many a location with these young gentlemen.

[@discordye4825]

That slow pan/zoom and the music add so much to the vibes, it's amazing. I wait for that shot everytime they find a cool room. A nice slow pan with some eerie music to set the tone. They have some serious skills in the photography/videography department...editing is a bitch. They kill it.

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

@@discordye4825 Agreed. They have some mad skills. The only thing I would say otherwise is that while their narrating style is great, legit and has nothing wrong with it, it does detract somewhat from the vibe that they have so skillfully set up. I don't know, maybe it's just because he sounds younger than one might expect to be narrating these types of things or that he sounds like he's reading which takes away from the sense of personal investment in the subject matter. Again, not meant to be destructive criticism. They put out some awesome stuff.

[@ryatt1]

I used to watch Exploring with Josh for urbex content (over 3 years ago), but then I found these guys and they didn't shove the camera in their face for 80% of the exploring so they're my go to guys now. They take their stuff seriously and they don't do clickbait shit either, Josh fell off _hard_

[@adriansrealm]

In prisons most electronics that inmates have are in clear housings so you can see if anything is hidden inside them

[@hotlavatube]

Yup, I just looked up what the LCD versions look like. Pretty nifty.

[@Paulslife74]

Yeah I was just about basically repeat what u just said but correct you are sir

[@JeffDeWitt]

@@gingerelvis I've seen that video, recognized these right away.

[@vk3hau]

And 12voltvids just did a repair video on one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ-TnYGDf8qLeK8

[@cameroncurrie7208]

And you paid for it.

[@michaelparham3543]

4:38 "Wouldn't be a government building without personal information left behind."🤣🤣🤣

[@thickgirlsneedlove2190]

Gooooood leave more behind WW3 is coming

[@therealjayseh]

Not WWIII A R M A G E D D O N N !!

[@nikolailang4157]

The government also loves leaving boxes of personal government documents full of people's personal information like social security numbers out in the desert.

[@gabrielajimenez6508]

yeah I do ubex and sometimes they catch me doing it mostly abanded offices in Denver. But THey need to take the goverment shit with their ass ,not leave it behind.

[@tjnucnuc]

As someone who was institutionalized a few times in my younger days Idk why but seeing walk throughs of abandoned jails and such gives me major sad vibes like I’m just imagining if those walls could speak what they would say. When you’re inside these places you just feel so hopeless it’s hard to even put into words. I especially felt this on your Katrina ravaged prison urbex vid. Just my small amount of time was enough to pretty much give me a version of PTSD. I can assure you this place didn’t look much better when it was operational. All the old worn down stuff was old and worn down long before this place shutdown.

[@CyberCripX]

Buildings like this have always haunted me in very debilitating ways. All government run facilities have that violently oppressive charm.

[@Sncedayone]

You look like your 23 years old Your younger days? Lmao

[@Benzene3686]

Keep pushing bro. Not sure how far behind all that stuff is for you, but the past doesnt define you or any of us, no matter what anyone might try to say. Keep going bro, rooting for you. Hope things are going good these days.

[@ronnieleemichael4973]

That's why you get a routine going and don't think about the outside. I can say most of my years inside didn't really bother me as I adjusted to the environment. Depends on many different things if your time was hard or not.

[@Valspartame_Maelstrom]

how can you not know why then?

[@mymusicpaws]

Bathroom stalls and urinals are numbered like that in some industrial buildings for on-site maintenance workers. When something breaks, dispatch can call it in, and the maintenance team knows exactly where to look.

[@DirtRoadTherapy]

I don’t know but I was thinking it would be for the guard. On the toilets they’re facing the guard so he knows who they are. At the urinal they’re faced away so they’ll all look the same. If he needs to bark a command to an inmate there he can say “hey 4, finish up!” 😅

[@psydalone801]

And 68 × 2 as those are bunk beds

[@Renee_R343]

@@psydalone801 Nope. Each bunk bed had 2 numbers, so 0nly 68 inmates in that dorm.

[@psydalone801]

@@Renee_R343 so.....34 bunk beds?

[@psydalone801]

@@Renee_R343 I can't count........no wonder I ended up an inmate 😂😂😂

[@simoncurl4504]

I think all the urbex videos are a valuable resource for future historians, otherwise these places go without trace. Highly enjoyable to watch, i always get inspired. Strange twilight beauty indeed.

[@shaggytallboy4982]

I'm always amazed at how much is left behind in these old buildings. There's always stuff that looks like it would have still had value when the place was shut down

[@emmettwilmot8336]

Probably costs less to replace than to disassemble and carefully move things like XRay machines etc

[@joshuagibson2520]

Time is money. Someone would have to list them for sale, take calls, meet with people, etc. Or staff a public sale or whatever. Either way it makes more financial sense to just walk away from it all. I agree with your sentiment though. I see these still viable usable things and I wouldn't mind having them.

[@alexsystems2001]

As someone who works in facilities maintenance there is a possibility the toilets are numbered so the regular staff when they create a work order maintenance staff can identify which one they need service on. I don’t know if it’s different there but our toilets, doors, desks, computers everything is numbered so when you get a work order you can quickly identify what it’s for.

[@Unit38]

At 3:35 when you are discussing the same tile you see in all institutions. The reason they use that type of tile is because it, essentially, lasts forever. That type of tile is not just glued to the cinderblock wall. There is an underlayment of wire mesh and mortar behind it. It's expensive as hell to put in but it takes a damned sledgehammer to break up. 100K years from now, you could dig out that tile from the ground, wash it off and it would look like the same as the day it was made. By the by, all of those green mattresses probably came from the Bob Barker Co. of Fuquay Varina NC. Also, always bear in mind, none of the inmates sent there was due to their playing "hooky" from Sunday school class. Good video.

[@jasper_saberwolf]

Been a rough week, I think I’m going to settle in with a new proper people video to totally immerse my mind in and forget about work. Thank you for posting such amazing and beautiful videos of these places, your exploration style combined with the music (or sometimes lack of music, just still silent ambience) evokes how mysterious and remote these places are, it’s really calming after work craziness…like I can vicariously escape to a remote abandoned place to be alone

[@keimult]

are u a furry?

[@paulmorley1225]

I know exactly how it felt, sounded, and smelled in that place when it was in operation even though I've never been to that specific jail. Our local jail has those same exact typical 6x8 cells built in the 1930's, same toilet, same bunk, same walls, same bars, all the way down to the locking mechanisms, but they're still in use today here. The phones that the cell block guards use are those old Bakelite phones with the really loud ring and when the phone rang it almost always meant that someone from Booking was calling to tell the guard that an inmate was to be released, so when it rang I would get my hopes up (been there 5 times). Heck even the mattresses look the same. Take my word for it kids, JAIL SUCKS!!! Don't break the law and please let this video be your only experience in jail because believe me it's the exact opposite of a good time and the novelty of being "locked up" wears off as soon as you get there.

[@angelahornung8488]

Translucent plastics actually just wasn't a design trend in the 90s, but also (I believe still to this day) a security practice in prisons to assure there is no hiding of contraband or parts being taken out of any piece of equipment.

[@jefforymitchell5697]

You're right in this instance, but it was DEFINITELY a 90's design trend too lmao

[@shorey66]

Absolutely correct. Can't stash stuff in there if we can see through the housing. As a former prison officer, you'd be amazed at the creative places some prisoners hide things.

[@dellahicks7231]

​@@shorey66 My husband is a CO of 35 years, it is amszing what time and a devious mind can come up with. We always say if they would just use that mind for good deeds instead of the BS they get up to!

[@shannonrickard8605]

​@@dellahicks7231I wouldn't even say "devious" so much as just plain bored most of the time. If inmates had access to more positive things to keep them busy, there would be a lot less rule-breaking and violence.

[@Dave-1277]

Holy crap! You guys are in my home state!!! It wasn’t until I noticed the seal on the floor at 29 and change that I said “wtf? That’s a Rhode Island seal!” Welcome proper people! Welcome to RI!

[@jaysmith179]

Liberal state, High taxes.

[@dj33036]

@@jaysmith179 Better roads, better health care, higher wages, better education and the list goes on.

[@Dave-1277]

@@jaysmith179 tell me about it

[@svn5994]

@@jaysmith179 Connected to the federal power grid and doesn't have a governor that runs away and let's the people freeze to death. Oh and doesn't have a senator that flies off to Mexico when there's a blizzard.

[@RubbishFPS]

@@jaysmith179 Not all states are trailer parks with fat drunk white people living off social security and food stamps.

[@Andy_Dines]

I'm always amazed at the thought of how much labor must have gone into all of the tilework when I see places like this. Whatever it was, it seems worth it. It has stood the test of time while many of the other materials around it in the building have decayed. This place was built nearly 100 years ago and the walls that were done in this material still look pristine! Many thank-yous for the fascinating tour :-D

[@jamesmcdonald5868]

In today's times materials are all disposable! They don't last, even the concrete is inferior now. Back then these materials were meant to last and scan the test of time period the processes that were taken to produce these materials back then we didn't realize years later that they would cause all types of cancers such as asbestos which was used for insulation and lining the pipes it's amazing how things have changed. But yes this is an immense structure, and I do not see a metal Box going in it's place. For somebody to spend All the money it will cost to remove the structures from that property we'll take decades upon decades to recop and cost for building a manufacturing plant.

[@arjanpetersen]

Yeah those couple of hours

[@Estradoriol]

the clear casing on electronics is common in prison so you can see if someone is hiding contraband in them or took something out.

[@dueljet]

The tiles are referred to as structural glazed tiles (SGT). They were very popular in the past and are still available today. I wish they were used more as they are durable and look great.

[@nickthomas181]

In England, the correct building term for the terracotta glazed tiles are known as faience tiles.

[@smvwees]

I remember them well from all of my schools i've been to in the past.

[@mattpierre891]

Aren't those tiles not used anymore because they're filled with asbestos?

[@dueljet]

@@mattpierre891 they are still made. They are just ceramic glazed concrete masonry units. No asbestos.

[@Jason-rn4jk]

@@mattpierre891 I believe the tile itself didn’t contain asbestos but the plaster coating behind it did for fireproofing and insulation of walls.

[@eddie75935]

when i was in college i worked at a state mental health institute. i worked on the adolescent ward for boys 13-18. it was a jail for the most part. i still dream about those dorms and halls and the boys incarcerated there. it was a terrible place but these were guys who were criminally insane......crazy...murderous. this video seemed to bring a lot of those memories back. awful

[@icascone]

WOW!!

[@icascone]

I wonder sometimes why these places are called correctional facilities... I've heard of terrorists they get "brain washed in prison"... A bit like in Shaw sheck redemption where he said "I became a croock when I went into prison"... What makes me even more sad is that in USA everything is privatised so it becomes a business venture almost... In Australia and UK the facilities are owned by government still but the staff are privatised and that's where they cut costs... Privatisation only makes things worse! Wish we copied the Finnish system jail system as a truly rehabilitation place... Do you have an opinion on that...?

[@LtKernelPanic]

One of my friends is serving a 2.5 year sentence in a minimum security federal prison camp and clear electronics still exist. He is somewhat fortunate to be serving his time at a camp because when he's not working at his job he can go outside to the yard/track (weather permitting), or use the library/computer room pretty much when he wants to. They're still heavily restricted but have a lot more freedom than those serving time at the adjoining medium security prison.

[@AirDwindler402]

Cool....maybe get better friends....

[@aaron9inch]

@@AirDwindler402 no one asked sissy

[@jesses.7107]

@@AirDwindler402 some people go for stupid reasons. I went for something I didn't do.

[@zlabarr]

@@AirDwindler402 oh grow up lol. Not everyone in prison or jail is a bad person. You’re watching urbex videos, doing what you see in this video can land you in a place like this. Remember that before you say to get better friends.

[@IvorySoul696]

@@AirDwindler402 And you're a saint?

[@frankb5693]

It just isn’t Friday unless there is a Properpeople exploration! Thanks!

[@zenjon7892]

There's something really funny about the "AVAILABLE" sign on an abandoned prison

[@AngelaBrinker]

I could feel the despair in these rooms. Also I think it would be hard to repurpose this kind of building, even though it is far more interesting than a blank warehouse.

[@spearamintwolf6225]

Seeing the sign at the beginning, '200,000 sq ft available' I was thinking the cells would make interesting office cubicles.

[@Helladamnleet]

The dorms would make great apartments if walled off correctly

[@emilyadams3228]

It would actually be impossible to repurpose this building, or anything else, because "repurpose" is not a word. You could re-use it, though. Or convert it.

[@spearamintwolf6225]

@@emilyadams3228 According to Merriam-Webster online dictionary it is. " repurpose verb re·​pur·​pose (ˌ)rē-ˈpər-pəs repurposed; repurposing; repurposes transitive verb : to give a new purpose or use to repurpose the company's website repurpose the archived material"

[@emilyadams3228]

@@spearamintwolf6225 Just because globalists have infected the dictionary with their destruction of language, does not make it real.

[@Perspective125]

I watch a number of different explorers, here and abroad. It is ALWAYS so good to come back to you two to see another video you produce. Your professionalism, your method of photography and lighting, your calm manor - everything really is far and above all the others. Thank you for a great explore. The tiles utilized in these types of buildings seem to be the best and strongest parts of the buildings, they seem to be able to last 100 years or more in some cases. I'm glad the place has been purchased, and that, finally, after a repugnant presidency, we now have so many new jobs, so many new investments, and so many manufacturing areas coming back to life and a president that not only cares deeply about the nation, but about everyone in it too.

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

I have a friend who at one time was a prison guard at a private prison. He said the amount of corruption going on in there was staggering. The crimes being committed by the guards was far worse than the crimes the prisoners committed to get sentenced there.

[@jimwilliams9265]

I work in a juvenile detention center in the maintenance/hvac dept. You would not believe the amount of phones/pills/cigarettes/drugs they find when they rarely decide to toss cells, even when they weren't allowing any visitors because of covid. The only people who had contact with the kids during that time was the guards, teachers, and medical team. Even when they find contraband they don't try to figure out where it came from and only a couple officers have been caught bringing stuff in, because the officer at the employee entrance actually checked them when they set off the metal detector, usually they don't even look and tell us to go on if we set it off. It's ridiculous

[@DrewWutsit]

Still here and still loving these videos from you guys they're some of the best out there.

[@sameerrajakumar]

It gives u an crest / eerie felling when you watch this , & makes you picture what the place was like when people were their ,your videos always gave me hooked n interested in watching

[@randyedwards3244]

Not sure if anyone else mentioned it but the reason behind the numbered urinals/toilets, etc was NOT to designate who could go where. Actually, it was simply used to IDENTIFY which piece of equipment was/needs servicing. Sometimes the easiest answer is usually correct!

[@KingKaosUnkgedOfficial]

Finding things that work in abandoned places is really cool. It's great that people upload old places that no longer exist! 😁 Good work!

[@BSGSV]

6:13 I remember reading somewhere years ago that prisons have a lot of electronics made for internal use with clear cases so inmates can't hide things in them: phones, portable stereos, tvs.... That may be why that monitor came in a clear case.

[@skeetrix5577]

this is exactly correct

[@LakeNipissing]

Mat (TechMoan on KZbin doing tons of electronics reviews) did a video on transparent prison electronics. Very interesting radios, cassette players, televisions.

[@jodrichy]

Same reason they have no stall doors. So they can make sure you're not hiding something in you too.

[@rvman3359]

What's very clear here is the dismal conditions this place was running in even when open. It is clear that the exposed beams were that way when open since there isn't any evidence of that material on the floors. When seeing places like this, I try to imagine what it must have been like for others to have to have lived here. I was in jail once when I was 18, much smaller place with walls on one side of my bunk. Can't imagine having no place to even side up to keep safe, if you know what I mean. Glad to know that they will tear it down. Nothing else you could do with a place like this. Thanks guys for a great explore. Been watching from almost the beginning.

[@baddreams1436]

The building was used for training, that’s why the floors had been cleaned. It wasn’t perfect when it was open but it was not in that state of disrepair.

[@Helladamnleet]

There's tons they could do with it. Boo hoo, exposed concrete beams, what poor babies.

[@rvman3359]

@@Helladamnleet Not everyone in one of these places deserves to be there. Our Injustice system is full of innocent people. How many people spent years in a place like this for smoking a harmless plant? Do unto others as you would want done unto yourselves is the royal law. Would you like to live in those conditions?

[@jamesireland9188]

​@@rvman3359if you break the law you get what's coming to you part of the game. And when they were arrested for that harmless plant it was illegal so sick of people saying now it's legal we should release them. Selling drugs leads to so many other things like violence and everything else that's part of it. You have obviously lived a sheltered life or have no first hand knowledge of it.

[@davidsutton9117]

@@jamesireland9188Society is made of laws that exist and then don’t exist on the whims of the people who vote and represent at any given time. It does make incarceration for particularly low level offenses seem quite arbitrary. I believe something along those lines is what was intended by the person you responded to. But maybe it is your “unsheltered” life that has made you so jaded you would reply as you did.

[@Mac_Jackal]

Everytime I see a new video from you guys I drop everything and watch right away! Thanks for keeping me sane in a crazy world!

[@js8805]

I couldn't imagine doing time in a dorm-style setup like that. 68 people that need to get along.

[@dianamcdavis1335]

It's good that they are encouraging deeper reflection on prison conditions in this country.

[@darthsideous1968]

Yet another AWESOME urban exploration adventure from Bryan and Michael! Gonna say the quiet part out loud but looking at those dorm halls, one can only guess, imagine and DREAD at the kinds of unspeakable shenanigan's that possibly went on, or were intentionally overlooked by the guard on duty, In those now long abandoned Dorm Halls when the lights went out. If those walls could talk! YIKES!!! 😖

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

prisoners: this small cell is my life now. my life is hell. zoomers: whoa! a LIMINAL SPACE! it's so COMFY and SURREAL in here!

[@HomerJ1964]

I joined the Navy in 1987. That first dormitory very much resembled the barracks we stayed in during boot camp at Great Lakes RTC. Even the heads with no doors on the shitter stalls.

[@dj33036]

I went to Navy boot camp at Great Lakes in '68, it was exactly like this but no partitions between the stools.

[@AlyssaSoftPaw]

I was there in 2019 and it still looks the same with the addition of curtains around the toilets

[@foxracing8973]

I was there as well in 2011 and I thought the same thing about how much they resemble each other.

[@stephenhammer7357]

gteat lakes 1964 nasty

[@BadgerOff32]

I always get second hand paranoia whenever these guys explore prisons. If I was wandering around in there I'd be so worried that a random door would slam shut behind me and lock us inside lol

[@zlabarr]

That’s why most are cut in half.

[@sandysue202]

Wow. Very sad feelings would come from that place. It would be cool to have that old chair that had "B Dorm" painted on it, though. I have a hard time understanding why these facilities that close don't have either online auctions or hire an auctioneer company to get a few bucks from what's left inside. Like all those metal bunk beds, etc. Seems like it would beat just letting everything rust and fall apart along with the building.

[@WinterWitch01]

If there’s anything the US Government thrives on … it’s wasteful spending

[@frisky9]

Yes I agree with that. Waste is huge in the US compared to other more sophisticated entities

[@DodongoManoof]

It's a massive waste. They don't even try to take confidential records with them... they just lazily leave all their crap behind

[@frisky9]

@@DodongoManoof no respect for privacy at all

[@Murgoh]

Yeah, when watching these videos I always wonder about it. Seems like in America when a facility like a prison, a hospital or a factory closes down the people just walk out and everything is left behind just as it was. One would expect the items being removed and sold, for scrap metal if nothing else, but no, everything is just left there. It's quite a contrast to poorer countries, I have visited an abandoned Soviet era air force base in Estonia and EVERYTHING made of metal had been removed and presumably recycled, even the handrails in the staircases and door hinges and handles. All the electrical wiring and plumbing had also been taken out to recycle the copper. Only bricks and concrete was left.

[@RJ-luci]

The “long shot” of the spinning fan in the dorm room was eerie as hell. Very typical of your superb photography👍!

[@johncantwell8216]

Very Stephen King!

[@christinerobinson890]

At least the juveniles aren’t caged in their beds-the guards are caged. I think that’s smart. I love those cafeteria trays! I would love to have them! I love that industrial subway tile on the walls. It gives an impression of “clinic,” “laboratory,” or “institution.” And as sparse and lonely and perhaps even inhumane as a juvvy detention center may be, its not meant to be an amusement park. Children do better under sparser conditions, especially ones with behavioral problems. This place was probably nice at one time.

[@ravenousbanshee5425]

Thanks for another awesome video guys 👍

[@DavidBerquist334]

Wow it's open dorm would be a great storage facility for industrial storage The chow hall would be a great banquet center or community event center along with the gym And all the small rooms would be great for office space for small businesses The individual cells would be great for personal individual storage units

[@MJARTBYDAY]

Thank you guys for showing us round this facility ... you always have the flair to make us feel like we are there with you as the filming is spot on and the background music adds to the mood to where ever you explore. No other explorers do what you do and are as passionate as you guys. I always feel like I was there with you, and I always try to imagine when these places were full of people. Shame it will be knocked down ... thanks again guys and take care ...

[@markfromct2]

Available! Fencing and razor wire perimeter included at no extra charge

[@Ganiscol]

Ahh... the vibes of desolation and despair are so nicely conveyed by your videos - including the necessary comic relief every now and then. 👌 With prisons, I always wonder if the particular one was just people storage or were there genuine resocialization efforts undertaken.

[@g412bb]

It's a US prison, and the dorm room type of cells should point you towards the answer. Living proof of our society failing.

[@BilisNegra]

@@g412bb In fact that dorm looks like just a small, more modern update on concentration camp stuff minus (I hope) the filth. And I'm not kidding.

[@lylehsaxon]

Quick comment about numbered stalls. I visited an office building here in Tokyo built in 1923 (just before a devastating earthquake that same year - which it survived) and they had the stalls in the restrooms numbered throughout the building, with no repeating numbers. I think it was probably a maintenance issue? For example if someone noticed a leaking toilet on the 8th floor, all they would have to do is report that "Toilet #162 is leaking". It's very specific and not prone to miscommunication. Incidentally, the building also survived the bombing of Tokyo in WW-II, but not the wrecking ball of modernization, as it was demolished in the 1990's to make way for the current high rise in the same spot with the same name. Oh, the building I'm referring to is the Marunouchi Building (in front of Tokyo Station). The original building and new building have the same name....

[@Roy-fl9wf]

That tv you guys called a monitor is actually a TV and the reason why it is clear is so no contraban can be passed when the inmate receives his or hers new TV.

[@baddreams1436]

I worked there for 7 years up until it closed in 2011 and have revisited it a few times since the closing. I hate seeing it in this condition

[@joshuahudson7731]

'Worked' there. Right.

[@jamesireland9188]

​@@joshuahudson7731he did not hard to believe it's a prison in Rhode island. Can't stand trolls like you

[@chadparkman6934]

Can confirm. I didn’t work that building but I always love talking to the guys (This one included) telling their old stories about the place. They’re like sailors talking about their old ships hahaha

[@zlabarr]

@@joshuahudson7731 someone jealous someone has a good job unlike you?

[@IvorySoul696]

@@joshuahudson7731 He probably did. What's your problem?

[@mschiavoni]

my thought on the cut cell doors is to prevent someone from getting locked in and left but it doesn't explain why they're not ALL cut

[@Hishaam1]

Keep it going you guys nail everytime❤️

[@devjock]

The fact that I'm watching a video about an abandoned prison, that happened to have the July August 2009 issue of Playboy in view at 18:05, which happened to have an article on Billy Mays.. Sometimes the internet amazes me..

[@TheAussieRepairGuy]

6:21 - transparent gear is a prison thing - it's so they can spot hidden contraband and/or missing/modified parts.

[@dellahicks7231]

My husband is a CO of 35 years, and he swears part of the facility he works in has spirits about it. Hes had a couple experiences himself that left him spooked. Think of sadness and despair felt by the inmates, and in most the self harm attempts and as in his, a couple that resulted in death. I live in Canada and sadly in my province a high percentage of First Nation incarcerated. They truly feel the spirits amongst them in the facility.

[@evanshannon]

It really is amazing how much expensive equipment was left, especially knowing they immediately requesitioned that exact item in the new facility.

[@PoetBey-g1x]

I did time there. Getting nostalgic watching. Late 90's early 2000's, that was best facility in RI to do bids. You guys wouldn't say to one convicts face. they blowing kisses. Y'all would of got your wig split in one those bathrooms. Great episode!

[@l33tnull]

That computer printout at the beginning is most likely Windows '98, but the crazy thing is the "Status Date" says 2007, so they were still using Windows '98 in 2007. Thats crazy. The clear CRT TV was for inmates and was used so inmates could not hide things inside. Prisons still use transparent TVs, but the only way it is a CRT is if a lifer still has his old TV.

[@smvwees]

Techmoan has a video about transparant plastic prison items, like the plastic tv. It was one of the few or maybe only CRT tv that had a digital tuner.

[@ACB_Encrxypted]

That intro just never gets old, I've been watching y'all for roughly 4 years now haha.

[@black_eagle]

I'm always curious how you get into these places, and how difficult it is. Also how you have avoided getting in trouble for trespassing all these years.

[@PlutoOkami]

The proper people by far have my favorite intro on youtube

[@waynebrownfield4468]

Looks like a few of the prisons I have worked at. Great video.

[@english_muffinss]

Cool fact, that clear monitor looked accually like an inmate TV, inmates can buy their own food, clothes, cosmetics, and even stuff like tvs and radios, all electronics will be clear though so nothing can be hidden inside

[@Cocacoley17562]

If I remember correctly, Herbert Byrd (one of the inmate files you guys picked up) was incarcerated for killing his girlfriend. It was pretty gruesome based on the news at that time

[@merlinsclaw]

"These tiled walls look just like what you'd find in a 50's asylum" LMAO. My junior high and high school buildings had those tiles. 🤣

[@lostandfoundplaces]

Thank you for showing this place. It feels so real, and gives a good feeling of what may be life inside...

[@FerociousPancake888]

The “monitor” with a clear housing looks like a TV and you’d actually find them all over prisons today. It’s so inmates can’t hide contraband in the housing.

[@douglasrector972]

I would be interested to see videos of places like this that you guys have visited and have since been torn down and replace by something else to give a before and after video. Always love see the abandoned places and the great videos you guys make.

[@Karmy.]

Or even just a revisit if they're still abandoned

[@YourLocalGP]

I was riveted throughout! Just when I thought I understood the timeline of relays to logic controllers, here is an interim technology. These days with MRLs the norm, it seems to a layperson like me that lift machinery costs (acquisition, installation and maintenance) must today be a smaller chunk of a building's costs than in the 70s. Is this accurate? Just the space and the electricity for the generators in Four Ways must have been a massive part of the cost. This was before the days of "smart" lighting, HVAC and building management systems....the lifts must have been the most solid and complex thing in the entire structure! Thanks so much for another brilliantly detailed and well-paced video.

[@bryangordon8518]

I love watching these videos on rainy days.

[@dialgrey59]

i can’t believe my fav youtubers came here and looked into the abandoned place i was so curious about for years!!

[@andrewl6899]

The TV is very common, especially the old school looking one now. Inmates can save up points and buy it through a prison catalog, or family members can buy it for them.

[@juliemcfarlane8585]

I love your videos, especially prisons and hospitals. I would love to see you exploring some sites in Australia.

[@tomahzo]

Always a good day when Proper People uploads a new video ;). Very nice!

[@Troppa17]

4:27 Its actually Windows XP without Luna. You can make it out on that Start icon Windows symbol which is quiet unique to XP and Server 2003. And the abstinence of the quick start on the start bar tells its not Server 2003.

[@Gloryhole_Attendant]

I was thinking the same thing. I miss the classic Windows theme. 😊

[@LOVEWORMZZ]

Crazy how so much effort is put into keeping ppl out of building that often rot to collapse.

[@AnonymousPhucker]

@The Proper People there is a large abandoned plant in Valkeakoski Finland. It seemed somewhat lightly vandalized already but may still be worth the visit and video. Avilon plant, Säterintie Valkeakoski, Finland.

[@lindseypayne3450]

I’ve been watching this Channel for almost 3 years now. ❤ the intro song takes me back to an amazing time in my life

[@jessedavid5712]

I love watching when you and your boyfriend go on these trips. Thanks for another awesome video guys !

[@gssalternatehistory]

Their not gay lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@One-Crazy-Cat]

@@gssalternatehistorythey are in a prison. If they were not before they came out. Lol. Jk jk

[@Antney946]

@@gssalternatehistoryTHEY'RE, not "their"

[@benjaminclingaman7551]

This was a great video Michael And I think this is the 1st video I've seen on your channel involving a prison Or if you done a prison video it has been a while.

[@BollingHolt]

6:13 It's clear so inmates cannot easily hide contraband inside. There are companies who manufacture appliances in clear housings specifically for correctional facilities. That having been said, today clear cases are making a comeback in the retro computer collecting scene. You see many original compact Macs, Apple II machines, Amigas, and others in clear cases. They're pretty sweet!

[@gbrading]

God this prison is just bleak beyond words. I know prisons are bleak generally but this building seems to be just oozing despair and hopelessness.

[@thelemonguyonyt]

I love coming home from school just to watch your videos!!

[@louiemiller4189]

This was luxurious compared to some of the other prisons I’ve seen, they even had stall blinders.

[@catsanchez5749]

I was so waiting for you to comment ‘dentist CHAIR just CHILLIN’ when you saw it alone in the hallway…😢

[@sendink9140]

My Dad was a Corrections Officer in Sing Sing Prison in Ossining NY. In his early days he was a guard on Sing Sings death row the electric chair. He served on death rows condemned cells for 8 years until the death penalty was outlawed in NY in 1969. Then he moved into CO detail in general population. He was also in the Attica Riot back in the early 70’s. In your video the clear monitors are purposely that way so no contraband, weapons, drugs etc can be hidden inside. It had nothing to do with it being a cool design. As for the cell bars being cut. I’m surprised they didn’t complete cutting all of them. It’s the same principle when you throw out a refrigerator, you must take the door off so no kids can go inside, get stuck and suffocate which has happened and that’s why all states require removal of the door. Well with the cell doors it’s the same principle. If kids or who knows goes into the property trespassing, they can’t take someone and lock them in a cell and leave. The can do it to intentionally hurt and kill somebody. This is why I’m surprised there were other cell doors in tact or why didnt they just weld them opened or closed although cutting them would be the safest method that nobody will get trapped or locked in the cell. As for the soap on a rope in the showers, well the reason for that is if bubba is coming up behind you 😁😁😁 Just kidding there was no soap on a rope 😁 But I’m not kidding about the rest.

[@davinp]

A problem with old buildings is lead in paint and asbestos which can be very expensive to remove. Those most be removed before a building can be demolished

[@hungrehsden3808]

They have to be removed even if something is being modified. My parents wanted to add another room in the loft a few years ago. Guess what they found all up there as they were preparing to get it sorted. I also live in a neighbourhood that was built in the 1960's and as a result, quite a few houses here still have asbestos.

[@EphemeralProductions]

That bathroom! 😳😳😳. I could never do it. Id never ever up going ever; my social anxiety would make that almost impossible! Id need WAY more privacy than that! lol

[@brentj.peterson6070]

Your body can't hold it forever.😆

[@hseriesonlymonctonnb1181]

Trust me you would and you would get use to it quick I’m the same way but learned how to take a dump in a 6x8 with someone in the room with you pretty quick

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@hseriesonlymonctonnb1181 what, did you go to jail ? lol

[@hseriesonlymonctonnb1181]

@@EphemeralProductions not here to air out my dirty laundry but I’ve done a few different bits last one had to do with break and enter

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@hseriesonlymonctonnb1181 gotcha

[@Scope_DayZ]

Been watching y’all since I can remember having a KZbin account. Amazing work as always, I can’t begin to explain how much I appreciate the work and dedication y’all have for providing such interesting tours of these abandoned places with stories to tell. ❤

[@jerrylowden1977]

Always great videos. Ty for sharing. God bless y'all and your family

[@drumstick74]

You could almost cut through the tense atmosphere of that place... thanks TPP.

[@G1OCK22]

The stalls are probably numbered for maintenance purposes. Urinal 6 was found to be inoperable due to normal use. Shift commander notified 😂

[@hotlavatube]

I bet they could have fit more than 68 beds in that dorm, but no one wanted to be the inmate assigned to bed 69.

[@Ganiscol]

Depends. 😏

[@baddreams1436]

Before the new medium security opened these larger dorms had 90 something beds in them. Never during my time there but I heard all the stories

[@psydalone801]

Those are bunk beds one man on top one on bottom so twice that 68

[@meowmuning8645]

this is what i want to watch exploring the places with a knowledge

[@rebeccageiger9110]

It is remarkably clean and nice for being abandoned for so long

[@thetechdudemc]

4:28 that's XP with the Classic theme, you can tell as the start button has the newer windows logo on it

[@michaeljavert4635]

The bars are likely cut after it was closed so that a worker wouldn't become trapped.

[@discordye4825]

You guys kick so much ass...hands down my favorite channel on all of KZbin. Keep it up, gents!! Yorie in a class of your own! The rest are just there.

[@ScarlettStunningSpace]

That brick tiling kinda reminds me of a school. School to prison pipeline Great video as always

[@zackdahlka818]

Love the videos guys! I’ve been watching for 8 + years, keep up the amazing videos y’all 🙏🏼 since I was a youngster I’ve been urban exploring because of you ❤️🙏🏼

[@luci12345678100]

4:03 for Spanish speakers that was a fun sign to read

[@torrieanne5931]

Love going on these tours with you guys, Keep up the hard work! it's always appreciated