Inside HM Prison Pentridge

[@465marko]

Thanks for sharing. You did a good job filming taking it all in.

[@simonegan7805]

Your opening shot is looking at B division you are at the north end of the kitchen, built in the late 70's as you pan right you can see the roof of B annexe which held the girls after they burnt Fairlea, you also can see E division, hard right is the wall,6 post, which separated, A, H, J divisions and the new chapel, we burnt the old one. The other side of the wall you see A division muster yard, 2.32 is 6 post gates, screws use to sit in an atco hut checking movent slips, looking up you can see the E division yard wall, bricks on the right, the building directly in front is Bdivision, that particular window is the B div. Seniors office.2.59 the A division garden shed, 3.26 the path that led to the slot, H division to you, I might add probably the longest walk ever coz you knew what was coming! 3.28 chapel door, 3.57 welcome to H.division, let the games begin. 4.14 just to your left out of shot is where you got " welcomed" to hell by 5 or 6 screws, 4.25 you would be breathing harder than that if you were in reception uin H div. No matter who you were, they didn't care, we all got flogged on arrival. 4.50 you are looking at J division, in the 70's it was for young offenders, yoggies to us. 4.59 A division entrance,6.29 Jdivision enterance,6.40 old dungeons under A division, not in use in my day, 7.02, A division chook pen, they kept A division non workers from 8.30am til 3.30pm, use to be to tin sheds x2 to keep out of the weather, one was a gym, a few weights etc. not as you would know a gym still better than nothing. 8.48 screws view of the labour yards in the slot, screw would walk up and down making sure we were in our cages still! 9.36 the industry yard where Read stabbed Keith Faure, better known to you all as Keithy George, too bad he missed!10.06 shower yards in H division, 3 minutes cold showers depending which screw was in the tower, they controled the water from up there, 10.38 number 2 industry yard. 11.30 inside 2industry yard, this is where there was another well documented murder, not Read, in case you are wondering. 12.16 as you entered a yard you were ordered to step onto the cross about turn by the right salute the tower and break off when told to do so, 12.22 wtf??? Wasn't there when I was, probably says,"all screws suck ....s", if it doesn't it should!12.49 the belly of the beast.13.02 we had to quick march to whatever yard you were in, there was no saying no!

[@321ruthie1]

looking at these photos and just what i saw when i went there when it was open for visitors when closed, looked a real hell hole, no wonder people came out worse than when they went in

[@smartspinsmartspin3945]

Great job mate -very interesting

[@roouncle6392]

Good footage of the old runout yards, first time the RED RAT POLLITT was sighted..

[@crazyirish5804]

The Fucking phone rang and i shit myself

[@mickymcfarts5792]

how awesome would it be to have chopper reads commentary while this was playing

[@FourOneThreeOh]

This is a great record. Nice one!

[@ozheafylove]

This video is so eery. Great stuff. Never got the chance to see the insides

[@skichaser]

Amazing footage mate ! From over in ADL, never went to Pentridge even though I lived in MEL for a couple of years. Loved the Chopper movie, but there is more to that story in those walls.

[@hoodone1000]

I went in when they closed the prison and opened it to the public .. same feeling as this video . They have now built appartmenrs within the grounds which a friend of mine bought one of . Apparently a certain section is believed to be haunted

[@MrScrollsTooMuch]

Great footage. The place looks amazing, though it might be different seeing it out of choice. It's nice to know that so much of the building is remaining, shame they pulled any of it down even so.

[@drewjp47]

this brings back memories of being in the remand yards

[@265hemi7]

I have a badge from the Coburg historical society that has the main entrance , tower and front walls on it ! Metal badge ..

[@ynnebbenny]

Amazingly boring to watch, and yet it's a FABULOUS and much need record. Good job !!

[@graemecouch5010]

Good to see old A Division still there !

[@ulrikezachmann7596]

There are more plants there now than there ever were I the past in the way of weeds. The place was just a dank dark stone and concrete shit hole. Nasty. They should have saved it and turned it into a Museum.

[@stevejager8088]

Good Friday 2011.. will never forget that day! Remember me?

[@Anthsadventures]

Great vid, very Interesting to see the view into the labour yards from above. I think Its a disgrace what they are doing to the joint, it would make for an awesome historical site, instead of building those hideous modern buildings all around it, leave it how it was. As for that strange writing, well It wasn't there in 1990.

[@peterscammell9677]

my dad got locked up here in the 70's for armed robbery and shared a cell with keith faure

[@265hemi7]

There's not a jury in the land that would convict ya 😀

[@philliphoneysett9039]

Respect s to country n ol melb n name g'day

[@RM-fs4dj]

good video, didn't know chopper was actually filmed in there.

[@stoneworx09]

i watched 'shawshank redemption' in there and when the banker crawled out of that sewer, the entire prison population banged on the walls at same time ,,hahahah

[@Trogerism]

Ha ha, great video mate. There is not much on the net like this about pentridge. Good work. @art, I was in Camphill in 2005 and the place is very old. It was a prettt rough place when I was there, but nothing like Pentridge. There was a few stabbings here and there, but thats about it. My stay was short in the C cat, just a little over 2 years. To get there, our sweat box van had to board a ferry which took about 45 minutes, I remember thinking if the ferry sinks we are fu*ked.

[@beckgarrard6108]

Does anyone know anywhere you can see old photos? I was just informed there was a story on it the other day on tv and my dad was in a picture. But can’t see to find any old pictures. Does anyone know where I could look to find some? Would be much appreciated, my dad was in H division and he recently passed away.

[@uninitiatedmacuser]

Time to do a drone film next :)

[@johnnyfairmont]

Yes!! If anyone gets one done i'd love to see it 👍

[@David-h4z2s]

Interesting video like it

[@davidstanley8482]

"Don't fence me in!".

[@lescole1458]

keithy seems to have done himself a mischief...

[@hotaslava69er]

your a fucking idiot u bash ppl just to get a name for ya self !

[@hotaslava69er]

:)

[@NotCroutons]

How did you get in. I can never find a way in not even on an organised tour of some sort. They seem to only do night ghost tours now, not just historic daytime tours. I volunteer as a guide at the Old Melbourne Gaol and would love to get in here and have a look around.

[@NotCroutons]

Yeah I know but no gates are ever open when I go and I can't climb the fence.

[@brendan.1979]

NotCroutons Any luck or did you go back and try and have a look around ?

[@uninitiatedmacuser]

I've been inside twice when it's been open to the public. Most of the buildings were open but there were no guided tours, you had to find your own way 'round. I saw really old communal shower facilities, a rock breaking room, a supposed new Jika Jika building which was awful and looked old and very neglected and the first old original cells that were built. Both visits were only 'one off' days and I can't remember how I found out about them.

[@aidanwautomotive8772]

Been in numerous times, Just walked Straight through the front door!

[@alexkarera6500]

2:39 thats where chopper use to smoke em for pouches of ox.

[@johnnyfairmont]

if there was ever a key piece of footage - this is it. watched it upteen times now and wish there was more of it. It will only ever be what it was ONCE.. and it seems like the opportunity for preservation was totaly overlooked. would like to discuss the video 👍 thanks for sharing

[@321ruthie1]

absolute disgrace how this was allowed to be dismantled etc, i went to san fran and Alcatraz tour and i can tell you they have tourist paying big money to see and by stuff about it and its no where near as good as what pentridge was regarding stories and visuals, it could have been made into a major tourist attraction for melbourne....i know there are many that were glad to see it gone but....i think this was because of the FW jeff kennet wasnt it

[@johnnyfairmont]

+ruth field (ruthie1) we cant change what has happened now. we only have what we have. which is why i feel it is important to collect/record and display as many stories/photos and pieces of Pentridge as we can. TRUE stories will be the hardest to find as i think any of the 'visitors' would be reluctant to say much.

[@johnnyfairmont]

+Thebull3478 permission to send to a PM? Wanted your ok before sending. Thanks.

[@johnnyfairmont]

+Thebull3478 done, thanks

[@mohamedsabra6095]

Thebull3478 mate i wanna ask you a question on it all in private is that possible

[@drewjp47]

from around 6.24 i think is the entrance to jika jika a prison with in a prison it was the maxium security

[@johnnyfairmont]

andrew pope the steel gate is an entry to an underground dungeon.

[@GGsP5LTD]

9:25 - You can see just how much has been lost. One handle for each door. Only the first three doors from either side remain today. 10:26 - The three cells on North side that remain. Sink.. blank.. sink. Now you can see where the walls have been rebuilt and compare the drastic "modifications" to the catwalk.

[@Goldenheart471]

you have a stedya hand then me tho nice work mate :)

[@callummccall215]

Awesome job Thebull3478

[@GGsP5LTD]

Just one more question.. lol. 7:28 - 7:35 - is this looking through the bars at the top of the door at 6:30? Looking inside, I can see arched doorways. These are not common in Pentridge and would be from an older built section??

[@johnnyfairmont]

Johnny Not - I think yes, the arched doorways are behind the sunken door which used to be a bakery 👍

[@johnnyfairmont]

Have you had a chance to go back since? You have no idea of the pure gold in this few minsof footage.. wish there was more

[@johnnyfairmont]

Thebull3478 *shattered* 😳

[@lindsandkev]

That would have been one scary place to be locked up😔

[@DaniilBalkans-jh2rw]

Sad to see such great Victorian history neglected & virtually forgotten?. Culture is built off the back of your history, it's reckless to abuse it by neglecting it & letting it rot into oblivion?. This should be a well polished museum of Victorian history ?. But it will only make way for high rise city apartments, the history buried & lost in the foundations of the modern new age world?.

[@alexkarera6500]

Ming Tang ran the B and D division yards, probably even the whole jail.

[@265hemi7]

Yeah / nah ... The white Aussies ran em ! 😀

[@peterwest267]

Not true. Each division had its own hierarchy. Asian fellas had a section in the d dorm gym work out station. No free weights. They got on fairly well with the Officers.

[@yourawesome9629]

Would love to see choppers cell

[@underalions2023]

Was a half pi mutt was after he bailed out of H division.. A permanent cell in D :::Division hiding in the reception unit

[@321ruthie1]

can someone give a good explanation as to why H division was always off limits even now and why no filming?

[@willpugh-calotte2199]

+ruth field (ruthie1) The Pentridge complex was decommissioned in two stages. As each part of the complex was decommissioned, they were opened up for a few weeks for the public to walk around in freely. I visited both parts of the complex as they were opened to the public, and took many photographs. I don't recall any restrictions on photography during those open-to-the-public periods. H Division was one wing of an "X" configuration building, the other three wings being A Division. One of my photos shows a sign, created for the visiting public, clearly marking the entry to H Division. There was no limitation on walking around in H Division. As I recall, the cells there weren't different from A Division cells, but, if my memory serves me correctly, at the end of the H Division wing there was a row of small walled yards which I guess were used for hard-labour purposes. There was no limitation on walking around there, either.

[@johnnyfairmont]

+Will Pugh-Calotte would love to see the photos. im in the midst of building a 3d model of the prison as it originally was. Resourses are very limited so im trying to collect what i can in the way of photos and video, so that i can accurately reconstruct what has been lost.

[@simonegan7805]

Because it was so brutal, if the R.S.P.C.A. Kept animals in the same conditions the public wouldn't put up with it. They treated us worse than animals at the zoo, the yards were concrete and brick with wire across the top, the only thing you saw in the labour yards was sky, we were in the yards rain hail or shine, we got nothing,except brutalised.Evreryone knew what went on and said nothing, Social workers, priests of every faith, politicians all stood by and allowed it. I'm not sooking, you asked why, that's why, maybe some of us deserved what we got, remember this, if you treat people like animals eventually they become animals, I did!!!

[@whipper6140]

Simon Egan. SOOTY...good to see you are still kicking. If they only knew, mate.

[@beckgarrard6108]

Will Pugh-Calotte do you still have photos?

[@MrDavo863]

excellent footage.An awful hellhole that was much the same when in use

[@dwaynerech8320]

11:26 is the scene from Chopper the movie.

[@crispyduck5230]

Did the prison house some Thai prisoners? I noticed the Thai script on the wall.

[@cdoc2439]

Yes strange seeing it there. I guess that a lot of the drug smugglers were Thai back then. One of the prominent members of the present Thai government did time in Australia for heroin smuggling. It says Klong Prem Jail. Group can not enter. I don't know why called Klong Prem- canal prem.

[@Damo_T]

Just missed it they moved everyone slowly to port Phillip prison

[@graemecouch5010]

The old chook pens !

[@mooduster1]

The red text along H-Division is Thai. The top letter said "Klong Prem Prison". Not sure about other

[@cdoc2439]

Do not assemble in a group

[@sammyrocksu]

Bet Chopper was sad to see it go

[@SOLEMANHERE]

What is that writing on the wall at 12:24?

[@alexbaron8770]

The bit is 10:30 is just like the room from the first seen of Chopper (film) were he stabs the rival gang leader in the face.

[@465marko]

10:05 haha... caught me by surprise

[@crazyeric2327]

wonder if that shower yard is we're chop had away with his ears? what a legend rip!!

[@sallybaldwin8298]

I watch chopper and I have noticed some of the area

[@romandybala]

Of all the beautiful and grand buildings in Melbourne from this era which have been torn down in the name of progress Pentridge is one that should have fallen to the wreckers hammer. The human misery and suffering and state sponsored murder that took place there right up to its closure should be removed, at least, from sight. That people choose to live there today surround by such evil karma is beyond me,.

[@alexkarera6500]

could not agree more Roman. Just because theres some history there doesnt mean it needs to be preserved. ot even like it was good architecture or anything. it was just a shitty prison

[@David-h4z2s]

Did Chopper Reid Serve Time Here?

[@neilmcphee1554]

Yeah he did

[@jessicamccormack766]

my step grandad went there and he met this man who killed a guard or something and was in h block

[@troycarlaw6554]

was it chopper

[@johnnyfairmont]

Jessica McCormack what years was this? any further stories? im doing a project on the prison at the moment

[@jessicamccormack766]

Johnny Fairmont​ i honestly forgot 😂

[@johnnyfairmont]

Thats ok

[@simonegan7805]

What sort of project? I was in Baltara, , H division and Jika with Mark Read and all the players between 1966-1993, I first hit Pentridge in 1977. Never got to G or J divisions. Did all the rest multiple times.

[@Benito_Cognito]

12:20 What is that? Indonesian? That's odd...

[@jdb85]

KIETHYS DONE HIM SELF A MISCHEIF.....

[@drewby2006]

did you feel anything evil? any paranormal activity?

[@drewby2006]

+Thebull3478 this prison is haunted and people who have gone there have reported feeling an evil pressence and cold spots etc

[@drewby2006]

+Thebull3478 look it yo for yourself mate

[@321ruthie1]

omg please dont say you dont believe in father xmas either

[@drewby2006]

ahahahahah funny shit

[@emucentral]

It looks like the Thai language.

[@fromjarrod]

I see dead people