New Orleans' Abandoned Prison - Closed Since Hurricane Katrina

[@TheProperPeople]

Here are the 400 testimonials from inmates who were inside the prison, if you want you can enter "community correctional center" in the search box to see only testimonies from inmates who were in the particular building we explored: www.aclu.org/other/summaries-400-testimonials-inmates-incarcerated-orleans-parish-prison-during-hurricane-katrina Another good read, this document talks about the suspension of habeas corpus following the storm and the collapse of New Orleans' justice system which lead to many inmates arrested for extremely minor offenses to spend several months behind bars: scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1296&context=dlj Finally here is a documentary from the BBC called "Prisoners of Katrina" that we highly recommend: vimeo.com/137536619

[@LewisMerrin]

You uploaded this before I believe ??

[@AlexNona80]

No minor offences no jail time simple

[@RC-Nightshift_ADHD]

I have helped to clean up after flooding in homes, the drywall was cut off to help prevent mold from growing.

[@SirLouiz]

@UCURldpR0BB_zRxQ0Ae7ztTg this for profit system of encarceration is completely inhumane and does not serve any purpose whatsoever beyond giving old croonies more money they can spend in their entire life.

[@nathancambray2625]

The Prison was so BIG and HUGE too

[@Jenifer.flute20]

I can’t imagine a 10 year old child’s fear, and the fear of their parents, being stuck there in the dark…cold, not knowing if they’ll be rescued or not.

[@gangland479]

the water might of been cold but besides that internal temperatures inside the building was 100 degrees + with no water and piss and shii fermenting

[@ginadelsasso288]

​@@gangland479so true... New Orleans never really gets cold. It's so damn humid there all of the time too

[@SceneFreaks6661]

The drywall is all cut off at the same height due to the water/ mold damage. It's a sign that at one point they considered saving the building but have since given up. Just about all flooded buildings seem to have this

[@spiritmatter1553]

Thanks, I had surmised that’s what happened. Appreciate the confirmation. What a Charlie Foxtrot that became.

[@FishFind3000]

It’s also cut at the 4’ mark since that’s the width of a full sheet. All they had to do was slap in a new one, mud and paint.

[@queencerseilannister3519]

Exactly. My parents home looked just like this.

[@gonfreecs-uu7id]

They still used it years after Katrina. I go inside of it and they have a room with computer and what not, and I found a lot of CD labeled from 2012-2014

[@bully056]

@@gonfreecs-uu7id that’s more than likely because they used it for storage at one point, that and like others have said they likely have intended to reuse the building but it all fell through shortly after due to the costs.

[@friendofthelowly]

Some of those testimonials were insane after reading. Out of all of them, one epic one remained. I quote: "Some inmates succeeded in popping open their cells, and one inmate managed to get into the security booth. That inmate opened all of the cells on the tier." What a boss. Like a secret agent opening his cell door and trying to access the the security booth and find out how to free everyone. What a hero

[@homunculusSZN]

Someone crown that man.

[@bonniehowell9206]

Never underestimate people living in captivity. They're very resourceful. I would love an interview with that man.

[@jacksyoutubechannel4045]

@@homunculusSZN He was fighting for survival, but that doesn't necessarily make him a good man. There were a lot of genuinely violent criminals being housed there.

[@mr.knowitall2478]

@@jacksyoutubechannel4045there is a difference between jail and prison this was a city jail and a lot of inmates in there where low level criminals meaning if u got in a bar fight the night before you where in there. 517 inmates died and you have the nerve to comment some shit like this SHAME ON YOU

[@sosoperezattaallah]

I’m in tears. As someone who’s formerly incarcerated, we take care of one another. That’s it- period. I never felt a sense of community stronger than I felt in jail. My 14 months incarcerated was more enjoyable than my 18 months in law school

[@jaydrako8837]

I was incarcerated one week after hurricane Katrina in Jefferson parish. They sent us & most from O.P.P. up to Elaine Hunt Correctional Center. The ones from O.P.P. were taken from the hell if that jail to the literal ‘big yard’ to sleep outside for over a week. They only fed these inmates 3 bag lunches a day & only brought the right amount for everyone. Thing about that, they did not pass them out. They threw the bag lunches over the fence & people who ran in gangs were stabbing people BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO EAT THEIR OWN BAG LUNCHES! Then the other ones, like the group I was in, was made to live three people in a ONE MAN CELL! You were literally standing on someone’s bed in order to piss. That was some of the most horrible experiences I have ever had in my life. Then a spider bit me in the inside of my nose & after both eyes had swollen shut a week later they finally brought me to the infirmary to be hooked to a 24 hour antibiotic drip in a room by myself for 7 full days. After that they brought me to the dorms, which was a good thing because now I did not have to be in the insane cell block conditions. As I was 17 years old, they were not supposed to put me in the dorm until I was 18. Because of the State of Emergency they bent a lot if the rules. When we rolled in we were given an Evacuation number if we were not already convicted felons with a DOC number. Well, after I got a paid lawyer on my case who attempted for 10 months to get me shipped back to the parish of my arrest, they could not ‘find me’ in the system. After the insane experience with the spider bite, they changed my Evac number without my knowledge & lost me in the system. Even though when I called & spoke to my lawyer on the collect phone call with the recording stating that I was in Hunt’s Correctional Center, they ‘could not locate me in the system.’ It took me over a year to finally make it back home. That was when I learned about the horrible side of human nature in regards to violent & perverted inmates & the cruelty express by the guards. They are titled ‘Correctional officers,’ but the truth is that some of them can be worse than the inmates

[@robertlawler1387]

Good reason to try and stay out of the system as hard as it may be.

[@KnightofNi1888]

My god mate, that’s quite a story. Thanks for sharing and I hope you’re far away from that hell and doing better now. Experiences like that never truly leave you.

[@AugustERaven]

@@robertlawler1387 Like never using any wifi without direct written authorization, as technically that is a crime, my example is extreme, but I don't believe the torture and mistreatment of humans because they fucked up, unless they're unrecoverable, which I only suspect only 100 out of the billions of humans that have existed. 99.9999% of those within the American prison system don't "deserve" to be there.

[@SebastianWoodard]

Man Jefferson Parish is garbage. Especially their justice system. They only wanna put people in jail

[@mromatic17]

Im an ex inmate and this is my biggest fear is getting abandoned and lost in the system! I changed my ways and still in the last steps to clearing out the last bit of the bs you have to deal with b4 theyll let you go!

[@Natmfe]

The poor guy apologizing for being there is depressing. Homelessness is so screwed up. Sleeping in an abandoned prison.. ugh.

[@Thereall10k]

Bro my heart dropped 😭

[@TheTruthKiwi]

Yeah, very sad.

[@maiyadawson2269]

Makes me want to cry and scream in anger why should it have to be like this

[@rogueldr642smiythe9]

Take him in.

[@anticom6099]

I think it was actually a woman, they just changed the pitch of her voice. Addiction knows no bounds.

[@natgund]

I live in new orleans, and unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg. Stories like this are echoed throughout the city on countless occasions, take the case of Charity hospital for example. The corruption and injustice runs so deep in this city, it's just a fact of life here. Massive abandoned structures all over the city (Six Flags, Charity Hospital, Plaza Tower, Lindy Boggs Medical Center, Poland Ave. Navy Base)... literally full-scale buildings, hospitals, schools, factories, and theme parks, just completely abandoned in the middle of the city. Even in the most populated areas, some of the most high-traffic parts of the city, there are countless abandoned buildings. The infrastructure and justice in this city is unlike anywhere else in America, and the people of new orleans have gravely suffered the consequences.

[@airplanegod]

Maybe start voting differently and you'll see some changes.

[@billweisman7146]

Hearing about corruption and the Uncompassionate treatment of less fortunate Citizens is shown here...Prisons in America are Inhumane, to Numerous for next to nothing crimes..Abandoned left to their own demise. Katrina should clearly show what Corruption exists, and still does...I send good vibes and Hope to those who got through this terrible time..To those Who lost Loved Ones, Compassion, Justice and hopefully light within your lives still shine...Great Work again from you Dudes keep it up ..🙏🏻😇🙏🏿 .

[@billweisman7146]

​@@airplanegodYa Right.

[@malcontender6319]

@@billweisman7146 That's a lot to type just to say NOTHING of substance.

[@adriansilva4096]

Sadly I believe that city is plagued with demons from all the black magic and voodoo that goes very deep in history!

[@kristeno1982]

I live down the street from this prison. At night when I sit on my porch, I can see it and it’s so dark and eerie. All you can hear is this chain swinging and hitting a fence or something. Definitely feels like there’s some spiritual unrest in this place.

[@shawnmcconnell3851]

Damn i want to see it at night

[@Brimannn1]

Go get that chair, its worth thousands!

[@jasonforsyth2530]

Are the police strict about people going inside?

[@McRemmyBaby]

@@Brimannn1 it is?

[@okc405sfinest]

@@McRemmyBaby hundreds like $300-$400 and that payphone is another $200.00

[@amyfisher6380]

The saddest part of all this were the juveniles left to fend for themselves in the dark, with flood waters rising, without any resources and no help except for some adult prisoners. It’s bad enough to abandon adults, but children as well?

[@graciegj63]

I wonder where they all are now and what changes they went through after getting out of that prison. God can do wonderful things even in horrible situations such as that. Turning what the enemy meant for evil into something good.

[@MrKillswitch88]

Yea this world is a cold and dark place, it is really sad they had to live through that experience. Some places should have never been this being one of them.

[@mr.b3132]

Don't be a criminal and go to jail and you won't have to worry...

[@christins.1481]

@@mr.b3132 Some people are innocent when they are sent to jail. Then not every person is a thug, some just wrote hot checks or stole cigarettes. Not exactly hardcore criminals.

[@PatricioGarcia1973]

@@christins.1481 if you are in jail it’s because you were found guilty, if not would be in county lockup

[@kyriannabaumert777]

I just spent over an hour reading 17 pages of the testimonies and my god. I have no words. The absolute atrocities that were happening in the prison- each and every one of those deputies and higher ups should be put on trial.

[@A.HoneyBear277]

Where did you read them

[@IainShepherd1]

@@A.HoneyBear277check the pinned comment or video description for links

[@alienreprisal692]

It says a lot when the inmates had more human decency to protect children than their own guards were to protect them

[@mikeg7409]

They should , maybe they can repay Society for the heart ache

[@alienreprisal692]

@@mikeg7409 we dont know what they did, but abandoning inmates during a hurricane has to be one of the most repugnant things I've heard

[@imthechamp101]

@@alienreprisal692 what would you have done, release them back into society?

[@alienreprisal692]

@@imthechamp101 move them to a different facility??

[@scowler7200]

CO's are generally too poor for the police academy, and too dumb for private security. Pair that with poorly-behaved inmates (having urine and feces thrown at you, et cetera) and not being armed (inmates run prisons now since staff don't have any firearms). The average CO is one bad day away from ending up on the other side of the bars.

[@morgue.n444]

I am so glad to hear that there were groups of inmates who worked together to protect the children in the prison… imagine being one of the parents of a child in that prison, I would be worried to absolute death praying to god that they were okay…

[@NudeSophist]

It's almost like people in prison aren't all raving animals that just want to kill and rape everything in their path, like they are still human or something idk, strange right?

[@morgue.n444]

@@NudeSophist I never said that. I was going to add to my comment that not all prisoners are bad people unlike how they’re shown in media in many cases, but it would make my comment too long. It should be obvious not all prisoners are bad people. Some are people who were defending themselves or the ones they loved or people who are misunderstood.

[@NudeSophist]

@@morgue.n444 I don't think it's obvious to most people, as a country we demonize and villify anyone who gets caught up in the justice system. We want revenge on the people we perceive as hurting others more than we want a functional society and so things play out in the predictiably fucked up way that they do. Sure it SEEMS obvious that we need to move past our animalistic bloodlust in order to attain a better world, but in reality most people are all too happy to hear that rapists, murders, and violent criminals are having the same if not worse done to them in prison. We take the violent environments that exist in the most downtrodden parts of the country and transfer them to a place where us "civilized" folk don't have to see them, because really we are afraid that in seeing those violent people pushed to the edge of morality by their circumstances, we will see ourselves. Its more satisfying to all of our innate animal instincts to effectively torture the people who infringe societies rules than it is to try to understand why they did so and correct it in a humane way, if at all. I mean what do we actually do to make sure your average criminal doesn't commit a crime again? We ruin their chances at getting work, we introduce them to career criminals that know just how to mold them into one of their own, or we bill them so they are even more desperate. The system wants these things to happen cause it justifies its own existence, its a neverending loop of human suffering and the worst part is that its exactly what most people want.

[@NudeSophist]

@@morgue.n444 Sorry for the rant, I am not trying to impune you as an individual, but rather explain the broader context of the topic so you might see why my initial comment had a snarky edge to it. Im sure your heart is in the right place.

[@morgue.n444]

@@NudeSophist it is (my heart being in the right place), I try to see the good in all people unless they’re just like like, plain evil, as in they don’t care about literally anybody else other than themselves… like they’re completely okay with hurting others just for their gain. I’m sorry, but as I’ve been busy lately I can’t read your previous comment, but I understand what you mean that to many it isn’t obvious that not all prisoners are bad people, unfortunately 😞 but, you know… if the world were good it would be obvious. Idk I just wish more people wouldn’t think so negatively. I really try to look for all the good in the world, and it’s hard for me to imagine having such a negative mindset that all those who are in prison are just flat-out terrible people when so many of those people are good people :( And yeah I also understand why in your first reply you were a bit snarky, but tbh I’m just a highly sensitive person so I felt a little upset (at first) as I myself wouldn’t think something so negative as what you mentioned, but again I understand you now so I’m not mad ☺️ sorry I’m pretty tired right now so I can’t give like the *best* explanation for what I mean but I hope you understand what I mean to say. Have a great rest of your week :)

[@SirWuffleton]

More than anything what jumped out at me and has me hooked on your content is how respectful you are to the places you go and those you meet along the way. Being kind to that person taking refuge or scrapping there and their privacy is the kind of consistent excellence I continue to see throughout your videos. Not only great camera work, but one of the few authentic flickers of the journalistic spirit left out there! Also love how you add as much historical context as you can; truly more than any history book has ever taught me - mirroring others here: those inmates that protected juveniles after the guards abandoned them and hell broke loose are legends! It's sad to think that many of them were probably simply awaiting trial and could not afford the bail or regardless of offense never had this heroism taken into account for adjustment of their sentence.

[@shelmarie91]

Thank you for making this video and sharing this information. My brother was in the st bernard jail for a simple fight and was transferred to this prison for Katrina. The sheriff had NO emergency plans set and made the terrible decision to keep them there and not evacuate. He spoke of those people like they were trash when many of them were in there on simple charges or a small bad decision (like my brother). That hole at 19 minutes was broken through by the prisoners trying to escape for their lives. My brother was in that area and escaped with them to get to a higher area. Hearing his account of that whole ordeal was terrifying and actually seeing where he was in this video really hits home. For weeks we didn't know where he was or even if he was alive. I don't want to go into too much detail here for his sake but he's doing way better now and staying out of trouble but that's a day that he'll never forget. To hell with that sheriff (who only JUST got voted out) and that corrupted city. We left for good after losing everything in the storm and never looked back.

[@lynneleyva3479]

Kudos to your brother for making it out alive. God bless him.

[@megablueman]

Wow I can't believe that garbage sheriff had been around for so long

[@bbaud2]

May God continue to protect and bless you, your brother and your family!

[@abnwtfwc07]

Glad you're doing better now.

[@sharabrooke4911]

Sheriff is a P.O.S!!

[@stonedperson97]

"In some cases, inmates banded together to protect juveniles from sexual assault" Bravo to those inmates👏

[@TheAgamemnon911]

Taking better care of their fellow humans than all the people who were supposed to care for them combined.

[@dee8076]

I’m not getting how in the middle of that crisis the first thing on some of their minds was raping other men?????

[@magscorch7706]

@@dee8076 Some men don't belong in society.

[@wahlflower3517]

@@dee8076 Either they were pedos/rapists or perhaps for some people it was something like the USS Indianapolis disaster. Some combination of near death, high stress, lack of food and water.

[@casanovafrankenstein8538]

@@dee8076 they're not human

[@Alyssa-cv6ii]

I helped clean up from Katrina as a teen. It was heartbreaking to find dolls, bears, frames, seeing waterlines 20 feet in the air; hearing the first hand accounts of those who couldn’t leave still haunts me.

[@smh-smh-smh]

Wow, this was really resonant. You can read and hear about these things, but seeing these spaces really helps bring a stronger sense of humanity to those words.

[@wadeguidry6675]

I live in Baton Rouge, and to be honest with you, most of this state is one disaster away from being apocalyptic. It doesn't take much to sink this ship.

[@eddonbordeaux3192]

I'm over in Mississippi and frequent New Orleans. If another Katrina hit, I wouldn't be surprised if that was pretty much it for most of the southern parts of our states.

[@stashmerkin9576]

I live in Lafayette and it was well-known for YEARS that if a hurricane ever hit New Orleans it would be underwater. The city government did not take adequate precautions on a criminally negligent scale.

[@sekavanaugh]

New Orleans area resident, you are 100% correct. Look at what happened with Ida and that was a major wind even more than anything for New Orleans and the surrounding area.

[@EphemeralProductions]

I realize you may like Louisiana for whatever reason, but, it sounds like you ought to move quite a bit north! Far enough that a hurricane couldn’t reach ya. Out of Louisiana at least.

[@queencerseilannister3519]

@@EphemeralProductions Nah. This is my roots and where my family is. We trace as far back as the first Roma Gyspies and French Acadian settlers of Central Louisiana. There is just something about the culture here that I've never found anywhere else traveling the USA. The entirety of the Gulf Coast is at risk, but we can't all leave. 💚⚜💜

[@gabrielcamacho9126]

The letter you guys found that mentioned “fans” is addressed to C Miller. 5 lines or so down it also mentions C Murder. The letter is written to C Murder (Corey Miller) who is actually a well known rapper based out of New Orleans. He is also rapper Master P’s brother, and has songs with major artists like Snoop Dogg, Gucci Mane and many more. He’s serving life for murder of a 16 year old, however has case may be overturned after many years because the witness have recanted their statements. Really crazy coincidence. As soon as I saw C Murder, it clicked.

[@Pistons2024]

Damn that's dope you knew that

[@johanm6550]

wow, that you did notice that fact!! 👍👍

[@Team420memberboom]

I saw it and came straight to the comments to see if someone else had caught that too!!

[@PrettyPetite1]

Wow!! That’s a Gem!

[@nateblazek3671]

The backstory made this episode SO much greater than an exploration - great work as usual.

[@SmugRoom38]

Saddest Katrina abandonment I’ve heard of was a nursing home where over 30 residents died, the owners got prison time.

[@compmanio36]

Nothing compared to 10s or 100s of thousands of residents dying by being shoved together in nursing homes due to COVID when it started and the guy who was responsible for it got off scot free. It was "sexual harassment" that removed him, but they'll never see a day in jail. How many grandmothers, grandfathers, died because of the negligence?

[@fiverZ]

@@compmanio36 And what's worse is that it never gets mentioned what he did and thus, most people don't even know about it. We know what you did Cuomo.

[@gitterbugg679]

@@fiverZ As well as Whitmer (Michigan), Wolfe (Pennsylvania), and Murphy (New Jersey).

[@willemgijs3803]

@@compmanio36 You are exaggering like big time. 10s to 100s of thousands? It has a 0.2% death ratio. calm down lmao.

[@compmanio36]

@@fiverZ The media will always cover for their political masters. They know not to bite the hand that feeds them. We want justice, we'd better be ready to start taking it for ourselves.

[@austingoodwin6279]

In nursing school we learned about Memorial Medical Center during hurricane Katrina and the decisions that medical professionals had to make about who lives and dies when resources reach critical lows and you have no idea when help is arriving. Absolutely tragic stuff.

[@chrishusband659]

The look on the mayor's face when the sheriff is commenting on having enough generator's to provide power says it all he knows they've done messed up now

[@kellysaunooke740]

The Mayor also messed up big time

[@chrishusband659]

@@kellysaunooke740 the way the whole thing was handled was and is a big mess

[@jbsix]

I watched a tv show called American greed the mayor was stealing money

[@gothiclg]

I was going to say something about that. That was a full “um excuse me but WHAT” face

[@jamesjoseph5707]

That's the look of "Damn. I forgot all about the Prisoners ".

[@TimFilmsCars]

Some of these prisoner testimonies are shocking. Big props for calling this out while doing this exploration, good stuff.

[@stewie.griffin69]

Indeed

[@ElbowDeepInAHorse]

There's a line between serving out a punishment for a crime and being treated like less than an animal. It's a disgusting embarrassment that this country is content to blur it.

[@manchieros]

You mean treated like a murder victim? I agree to an extent, but some of these people killed or violated helpless people. They may have just gotten a taste of what their victims went though while they took their last breaths because of some of these people. It's all relative, right?

[@manchieros]

@@ElbowDeepInAHorse what's disgusting is how some people feel more passionately about those that have no respect for life, while having no respect for life.

[@theirmom4723]

@@manchieros No one speaks of the elderly left to die in the nursing homes that were not evacuated

[@respectultimate28]

a old prisoner out their has saw a letter from their family that they never read and are probably viewing this video and are pausing the video reading the letters and it warms my heart

[@dontcarebear3227]

thank you guys for going into there. i lived in new orleans and lost everything from this storm. i have ptsd and it gets really bad during july/august when it gets really hot. i live in fear of losing power and everything again. i have experienced more hurricanes since then and they really put me into survival mode. me and my mom and baby sister were rescued by boat from our roof. i really didnt think anyone was coming for us. we spent 3 days in our attic until the water began to come in. me and my mom had to make a hole in a roof. it took us hours on hours. we thought we were going to suffocate in that attic. i can still hear the sounds and that smell. when you visit places like that prison, remember people died there. they aren't going to admit the actual count of people that lost their lives in that God forsaken place. also, when they finally went to evacuate that prison, they were forced at gun point into boats and even swim through the dangerous waters. they were then put on top of the interstate 10 bridge for about 3 days. if anyone even looked like they were going to run, they were shot on sight. they were given no food or water. they were abandoned by the guards to die in their cells and then forced to escape the rising waters, only to be put on top of that bridge like cattle, shot if one wasnt in the herd. orleans sheriff's department should have to pay for the damage they did to those men and juveniles. again, remember when you're anywhere in new orleans thats abandoned because of the storm, remember that not only many people died but even more lost everything and were displaced and still are displaced. the largest urban displacement in a civilized country since the native americans. i'm still missing family and childhood friends. people look back and can show where they grew up and their childhood friends, i can't. many of us kids that evacuated were bullied in school because we talked weird and didnt have any clothes and lived out of hotel rooms. they called us "refugees" which i thought was so mean and belittling at the time but now that im older, i know that is what we were.

[@artssyvonnie]

You are insanely brave. Thank you for sharing your story. ♥️

[@heater2823]

Another thanks. You sound like a beautiful person

[@megablueman]

Thanks for sharing that experience, everything about it sounds horrific. Makes me feel fortunate that I was a random 7 year old kid at the time just hearing about the event. Kids like you had to survive it. I can't even imagine being my age back then and having to deal with that.

[@JordanHowellMusic]

Damn- that is some deep shit. PTSD from the summer months, I never really considered that but as someone with trauma as well it totally makes sense , and that instant transportation you said about still being able to recall precisely , the sensorium of your home trying to escape … I’m sending you some peaceful vibes from Philadelphia!

[@jemirahgreene589]

💕

[@mckennayoung1423]

Hurricane Katrina has always shaken my soul it’s like every year more disturbing information is unearthed. Thank you for this

[@coreybrown7676]

I'm writing this from my husband's account. He was released literally a day or two before Katrina from this jail because of the impending hurricane. Thank goodness. I couldn't imagine how much suffering went on in there and I'm eternally grateful he was released. We ended up meeting shortly thereafter as a result of Katrina. I am local and knew several people that were chewed up and spit out by this retched place. Jail isn't meant to be fun or a summer camp but OPP was special kind of hell all it's own. My friends were arrested for low level offenses such as traffic (no license or no insurance etc) or possession of drugs/ paraphernalia as they were addicts. This place was HELL. Can't thank you enough for taking the time to walk through it and expose these people. If anyone is interested in doing a little research on Sheriff Marlon Gusman you will see just how corrupt they really are.

[@seymoarsalvage]

My mother worked for the Sheriff's Department of my small home town of Natchitoches (about 4hr north of NOLA). The things she heard from watercooler talk is.....well, unmentionable... I'll just say this, y'all seem to be on the right side of things. Louisiana really is as crooked as the stereotypes depict it, and then some

[@queencerseilannister3519]

Greetings! My family was from Natchitoches. My grandma lived on Bird Ave. 😁

[@KB-ke3fi]

Chicago is the only place that's worse.

[@dontcarebear3227]

they shot anyone that didnt walk in a straight line. the prison system in north la went wayyyyy down after that

[@johnberry2877]

Minority run city ….. go figure 🤔

[@queencerseilannister3519]

@@johnberry2877 There's corruption on both sides, pleaseee stop perpetuating the divide our Country has faced.

[@bremartin8237]

My dad was actually in there that day luckily he was high enough the water didn’t get to him. I remember my mother crying the day we evacuated because they decided to keep them in there

[@spiritmatter1553]

Wow. I hope everyone is relatively okay now.

[@eb2564]

How is your dad?

[@fathertime9433]

He black?

[@boogitybear2283]

Why anyone of common sense lives in Louisiana is beyond me. It’s the worst literally the worst! Move to Alabama, Mississippi, or Texas way better.

[@brittanymichelle4739]

Around 19:00 ...the person that was in there scared the hell out of me! I don't know how yall didnt so much as flinch lol 🤣🤣

[@xliquidflames]

You guys continue to one-up yourselves. I don't see this channel as urbex anymore. You guys are historians and documentarians. I know some urbexers say that's why they do it. But then they don't go to the lengths you do to document the stories behind the locations. Also, I would love to get my hands on some of the hard drives in those computers to see what files remain on them, especially that Dell server. Fantastic work, as always. The shots you guys get, the style and variety, it's all top notch. And the narration and research you're putting into these latest videos is great. You're doing a good thing. This story needs to be told and repeated so that what happened to these people is never forgotten I hopes of it never happening again.

[@Leurak]

I thought the same about those computers. Let's hope someone images them and archives them online.

[@BilisNegra]

@@Leurak Oh, that's absolutely not going to happen, I'm afraid...

[@SadisticSenpai61]

With all the water and environmental damage, it would be a monumental task - plus it's tech that's _at least_ 17 years out of date (probably a lot older), so finding anything you can even hook up to it would be quite a task, let alone find software to interpret the data. But hey, they are just sitting there in the open, so if you know anyone near New Orleans who would be willing to try... Well, assuming they didn't take magnets to the PCs before abandoning the place.

[@alsmith5526]

Historians, dude do you even know what that means.

[@jocelynborden1017]

The letters and pictures of family and friends of the prisoners really broke my heart. They were already dealing with so much in their lives before Katrina even happened, and they never really got justice for any of what they went through. I hope their families are doing well now, 17 years later.

[@nickkerr8775]

Blame god for the hurricane , I've been a prisoner myself in several prisons and 2 different county jails. If I was a guard I would abandon the prisoners immediately during such a hurricane.. That prison waa full of murderers an other violent criminals. Areas like new Orleans isn't filling there facilities up will j walkers , they can't even afford to hold the violent folks , let alone petty criminals.

[@8213apice]

Why are you feeling sorry for prisoners who hurt people ?

[@AlexisTwoLastNames]

@@8213apice not every prisoner has committed a violent or victim-filled crime

[@jocelynborden1017]

@@8213apice they are still human beings.

[@truthspeaker8863]

@@jocelynborden1017 human beings who did horrible things to children and women that I won't name are not human beings. save it.

[@davidbarber3739]

I'm a Katrina survivor..been living in Indiana ever since I think about my city all the time I never been to jail in that building but just seeing it brought back memories...thanks

[@lyssaf9089]

I love how respectful you guys are when you run into others in these places. It's very humanizing.

[@kittikat4124]

We learned about this in an interdisciplinary course at my university. Reading and hearing some of the testimonials is insane. The course was mostly about treatment of inmates, school to prison pipeline, various courses and such offered to inmates, how (little) help inmates get upon release, etc. and the primary question for the course was “at what point does a crime make you less than human?” Really eyeopening course

[@kimberlypack1693]

There are some crimes that make you less then human. Like leaving a 10 year old boy alone in a prison full of rapist and murders. The person who made that call should be in prison for the rest of his life. Not to mention all the people in there for petty crime or innocent without a trial. Despicable!!

[@blakeb9964]

This is what college is so important imo.

[@andrewhall7176]

Did your course also delve into the systemic racism which is such a major factor in the school-to-prison pipeline?

[@dankind64]

Don "Coach" Ditta passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at the age of 73. He was the beloved husband of Denise Vedros Ditta. He was an active member of River Church, where he was an integral part of the security team. He was a proud veteran of the United States Air Force, and worked with Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office for over 30 years, as well as 3 years with Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

[@Wombats-1]

What shakes me to my core is the inmates didn’t have a chance to prepare for anything. If you were on the outside at least you had a head start. Imagine being in that building not knowing what’s going on. The guards wouldn’t tell you anything. The people locked up for petty offenses like not paying a ticket? Possession of Xanax? Jesus Christ

[@stephf4416]

That would be very scary being in a cell & not knowing what is happening or anything. How could all the guards leave, terrible plan.

[@bdubs532]

Xanax is a controlled substance. Paying for a ticket understandable, Xanax no

[@burntearth85]

Where do you go to prison for an unpaid ticket? Jail maybe, but not prison

[@DTate96]

@@burntearth85 that's exactly what happemed to a ton of folks at OPP.

[@burntearth85]

@Dan T prison is for long term inmates. Do they keep pre-trial there too?

[@karrionnsmith]

Peace to the inmates that helped each other, saved each other.

[@zenjon7892]

I didn't know cops had such a problem peeing in the shower. You learn something new every day. This is one of the most intense episodes you guys have

[@ScoutSniperMC]

26:37 No one should ever need feel bashful about expressing their belief in human decency. Thank-you for highlighting these issues with such tact. Even few words spoken with earnest frankness speak volumes.

[@AUZlE]

Yep, we def need more virtue signaling for issues people don't actually care to do anything about except use it to act like a good person.

[@ScoutSniperMC]

@@AUZlE I believe in clemency, due process, and reformation. I’ve donated to bail funds, done canvassing for progressive candidates, and vote in all national, state, and local elections :) I’d hate to not do those things and be a shallow “virtue signaler”. I’m certain your feelings are mutual.

[@doribellan]

@@ScoutSniperMC Thanks for all of the crime you’re supporting. The citizens who choose not to break the law should not have to suffer.

[@ariaphne]

@@doribellan yes, but say you are 17 due to turn 18 and you are kicked out of your parents house and decide to break into your parents house to retrieve your belongings. This is seen as breaking and entering, you are charged as an adult and recieve an unforgiving sentence of an entire your. This does not sound bad until you realize that they will be treated by inmates and guards as an inferior adult and will be treated as less than human. Subject to the degradation of having to do your business in front of prisoners who did far far worse than you, who won't be getting out anytime soon, and have nothing to lose. You are painfully aware of your own weakness and mortality as someone so young, aware of the fact that some in there are lecherous snakes with a flavour for the young, and also aware that because they committed a crime (however small) the guards are very unlikely to intervene if someone were to have their way with them. Now, tell me, do you think this 17 year old deserved such a torturous, humiliating, and dehumanizing experience because he committed such a petty crime? If you have a modicum if decency, your answer will be no. Yes, some (however few) of the prisoners are cruel and terrible and as such deserve cruel and terrible things to happen to them. But if you speak of not allowing wrongdoing unto innocent people, think about how many prisoners are thrown in jail for petty crimes, think about how many are falsely charged and subject to the same torment. Those people are people's children, parents, lovers, friends, and there are far too individual traumas and backstories to really discern who deserves divine punishment and who does not. We are not fit the play the role of God, for we as humans usually do terrible things with such power, and the Us prison system is proof of that.

[@doribellan]

@@ariaphne I do agree with some points you made here, but they are unrelated to my comment. Bail funds and recent changes to bail (like not requiring it and releasing people suspected of misdemeanor charges) are not having a positive effect. That’s what I’m referring to. One only needs to see cities such as San Francisco to understand this. The problems with treating those awaiting trial in jail just as other convicted criminals there, need to be fixed. They are innocent until proven guilty and should not be in the same environment as convicted persons. This simply requires abiding by the constitution. Releasing suspected criminals back into society to possibly return for a court date, just like releasing illegal immigrants, undermines our justice system and society that did not commit these crimes.

[@jfuller1722]

The sheriff's words are absolutely chilling. Just goes to show you that the justice system doesn't see inmates as actual humans

[@famousamoso7]

I mean 1 can avoid such conditions by not breaking the law. I rather risk them staying locked up vs letting them out to commit other crimes. #ItIsWhatItIs

[@jfuller1722]

@@famousamoso7 how many people died because they were still awaiting trial, or because they committed Petty crimes that hurt nobody? Just because somebody's made a mistake doesn't mean they deserve to be seen as less than human. For some of those people, I.e the pedophiles and murderers, I would say that that death was very fitting. But for the rest of them, that blatant disrespect for the loss of their lives in such a heinous way is absolutely disturbing. This isn't the Old testament. We don't just line criminals up and stone them to death, because most people recognize that many people who have taken a wrong path still have potential to learn and change and be a benefit to this world. #ItIsWhatItIs

[@Rose-jr5eu]

@@jfuller1722 well said jerika! People like Steven should pray that they and their loved ones are never in a position to be seen and treated as less than human because of their circumstances. SMH some people have no empathy

[@braxtonwilson1666]

@@Rose-jr5eu don’t break the law🤷

[@shannonrickard8605]

@@braxtonwilson1666 How thick is your skull? Not everyone in this facility had even gotten their day in court and could have easily been innocent. Not to mention the children. And even for the ones who had been convicted, they received their sentence and were serving it, and it didn't include being abandoned and left to drown, starve, get heat stroke, etc. Nowhere is death a sentence for nonpayment of a fine or petty theft. Get real. But im sure you're one of those who thinks inmates shouldn't be allowed to retain any basic human rights.

[@billrowan1957]

That is wild, all the property thief & damage and there sits a $2,000.00 chair.

[@MrLyosea]

"Inmates as young as 10 years old." Imagine being 10 years old and being in a building with murderers and drug dealers while the bottom of building is getting flooded...I was 11 when this happened. I'd shit my pants if I was a bad kid who went to jail with people 30 40 50 years old and no guards were around.

[@PerMortensen]

Yeah, what the fuck? How are there 10 year olds in a prison?

[@CB3ROB-CyberBunker]

just stick with 'pc gaming' then. lol. it all isn't as 'scary' as it's made out to be lol. 'drug dealers' generally are quite normal business people that just operate in a field that just so happens to have some totalitarian regimes mess with their business. (maybe thats why they are in it, cuz that kinda increases the profit margin - but otherwise not any different than let's say, selling car parts or running a supermarket chain ;). as for 'murderers'. well. i guess they come in 2 editions. the one that just had to murder his ex-wife for messing with him, (hey, that can happen to anyone ay ;) and the ones that kinda do it for fun whenever they get the opportunity. that last kind probably would not be in such a facility :P

[@ReaLMoisan]

Many states have the legal age young offenders can be put into general population as low as 8 years old. There's still around 4,500 youths in adult prisons in the US, and around 10,000 in adult jails. Many are 13 years old, and most states consider 14 years old the age juveniles are legally treated as adults in the US courts. Those inmates aged 10 years old were likely some of the 16,000 or so youths currently in various facilities awaiting trials, and haven't been sentenced for crimes yet. So where they can be detained until trial varies from state to state.

[@hydrated9291]

@@PerMortensen because it’s for everyone even juveniles

[@jynx8501]

Btw that’s just your country most other developed countries , don’t put 10-17 year olds with adults in prison , as it’s welfare hazard , how can somebody ensure the safety of a ... child in a prison , please don’t be stupid no place puts kids in general populations in prisons with men I mean unless the kid has shot up a school or something or done something in line with a terrorist then they’ll probably go to Guantanamo bay lmao, if the kid has a mental problem , they’ll be put through tests to see if they’re actually crazy or putting it on ..if they are , they’re given the help they need which usually consists of therapy etc and they get locked away, there are separate places for children aged 10-18 a juvenile detention center aka a kids prison , kids aren’t out in adult prisons like women are put in men’s prisons , do your research before putting something stupid

[@krovvy3425]

Ya'll should explore Charity Hospital nearby. I checked it out in 2008 and it was life changing. Millions of dollars of equipment just sitting there. Amazing/depressing spot. When you first walk in a sign says "Charity Hospital. Where miracles happen and the unusual occurs." Keep up the great content!

[@ChristinaBonvillian-ni2ji]

You can't

[@mikehawk313]

@@ChristinaBonvillian-ni2jiis it closed off??

[@gracewilliams6012]

I live in Baton Rogue and everything about Katrina chills my bones. This is very well put together.

[@mjmcomputers]

Going to guess the backup generators were in the basement level as others were in New Orleans. Seems absurd in a city that is below sea level.

[@compzac]

It kinda is, but keeping the generators hidden is common, and being totally fair even if the generators where outdoors they still probably would have failed just due to the amount of flood water, and the one thing i will say is that most places in new orleans didnt expect what happened because katrina wasnt that bad when it made landfall, the big issue was that the levies failed and the pump stations around the town clogged up or failed causing the water to just come right in.

[@mjmcomputers]

@@compzac a common thing here in the Houston area where it floods often is to put them several floors up in the parking garage but that probably wasn’t possible here as I don’t see a garage unless it was demolished.

[@phantom240]

@@compzac the pumping stations in the city have ALWAYS been trash. Incompetent and corrupt leadership lining their pockets have left the regular citizens to fend for themselves

[@allanlindskoog]

Your social commentary proves that you are definitely 'proper people'. Thanks for shining the light on how people who aren't at the top of the social ladder get treated.

[@a.walters123]

Oh my god. TEN YEAR OLD INMATES, as in CHILDREN? That is absolutely outrageous and sickening. I can’t imagine how terrifying that must have been 😕

[@mimc1971]

The drywall is usually cut off at either the 2' or 4' height when removed from flood damage because replacement panels are 4' tall. It makes it quicker when replacing it.

[@NomusaMagical]

“The prison housed SUSPECTS YOUNG AS 10” … Just THINK a moment about this. I’m willing to believe that a child that young CAN SE SAVED w/ proper therapy, education, love + role models. NO way is this a place for children. 👩🏾‍🦳👊🏾💥

[@The93Momo93]

yeah that caught my ear as well, like why the fuck did they house kids that young together with adults???

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

@Cal not true

[@leonbrooksjr2243]

The kids were scattered all over ccc mostly on the lower floors 10th 11th floor was all red band killas and rapests were and they were gettin ready to ship out to angola hunts and the feds it was basically an hub c.c.c h.o.d o.p.p were hubs

[@mattwatson]

Some people are born without empathy and no therapy or love will stop them hurting others.

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

No chance

[@lettuceforlife4827]

I really appreciate how much history you guys give with your explorations. It’s horrific to see the conditions these people where stuck in.

[@brendonmurphy7768]

On the dental department list that you showed , there is a name on it Christopher Rideau and it happened to catch my eye because he and his brother Joseph Rideau were big time drug dealers in Louisiana and there was also a huge case against Christopher for kidnapping and other things . Very random but was crazy to see his name on the list cause his crimes were around that time that he would have served a shit ton of years there .

[@209euro2]

Damn that’s some good stuffff

[@KB-ke3fi]

everybody in New Orleans was a drug dealer that's why they were in a city prison lol

[@petecosburn]

Google his name, He’s dead now, Karma is a bitch.

[@earthwaterfall1498]

@@petecosburn I looked it up and it seems the pos got what he deserved.

[@deeselmon163]

@@KB-ke3fi not true

[@timtoms4117]

Impressed you identified the herman miller chair. That is what is real valuable in this place. I bet it will not be there for long now

[@charlestaylor3569]

I live in New Orleans.i go pass this every building every day.always wonder how it looks in inside. Thanks.keep doing what u do.LOVE FROM NEW ORLEANS.

[@issyhalecullen]

Listening and reading some of those testimonials it’s just absolutely horrible what they did to the prisoners. They were treated like they weren’t human. I love that the two of you include such detailed history in your explores. This was definitely worth the wait as all of your videos are.

[@giftedandblack494]

I think given the history of this country when it comes to sending aid to other counties in a timely matter when something hits, its fair to say they treated everyone in New Orleans so very badly and inhumanely to the point of shame. Other counties wanted to send aid but they were tuned down. If this country was going to do nothing then they should have let the others help.

[@rawdawgg_]

Rapists, murderers, baby killers, pedophiles etc are not human. We should k!ll em all

[@hydrated9291]

@@rawdawgg_ said by someone advocating for murder lol

[@elijahhernandez906]

@@giftedandblack494 my thoughts exactly, during the fires in Greece some u.s aid was sent. However during Katrina no foreign aid was recieved?

[@jaya6964]

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” - Dostoevsky

[@TheAgamemnon911]

I was going to quote that, but I'll upvote your comment instead.

[@Ganiscol]

Was about to post this quote as well. Its sadly so true for the US...

[@allcapsROB]

John Cusak said that once….Colm Meany didn’t seem moved…

[@nickcancelliere5638]

Go the third world or south American prisons Love the USA

[@CTwenty7]

@@nickcancelliere5638 not as much as America loves planting coup attacks on your government’s and causing chaos

[@siriuslysami]

This is such a horrific situation. Thank you for sharing this.

[@rebeccabrink3706]

Damn that is so incredibly messed up. This is another reason to appreciate urbex: knowledge of things like this swept under the rug. Amazing video guys, and great you shed some light on what happened.

[@JK-cn5fy]

What is messed up?

[@ungabunga7879]

@@JK-cn5fy People in the prison were left behind, to freeze or drown, or die of dehydration, with no regard for their lives, stuck within the cells

[@JK-cn5fy]

@@ungabunga7879 NO THEY WERE NOT. You just made the most tarded comment on all of KZbin An d it’s impossible to freeze in south Louisiana… especially in July when Katrina hit. 100+ degrees. Why people like you just make totally random stuff up?

[@meganmystical6840]

@@JK-cn5fy ummm this entire story is heart breaking. these human beings were left behind during a disaster. no matter what they had done during their lifetimes, they did not deserve to be treated this way. if you dont see it, i pity you.

[@JK-cn5fy]

@@meganmystical6840 THEY WERE NOT LEFT BEHIND! They were shipped to Texas. You’re just making stuff up. Get facts before you make uninformed statements. Just google it. Texas was pissed because after the criminals served their term, Texas had to release them onto their streets. Google is free and very easy to use.

[@NOLABreal]

I was in there for 3 day's no food no water no guards we was just left there to fin for ourselves shut stil hurt to think about that! To hear guards say we can't do nothing for them they have to fin for theirselves 🤦🏾‍♂️ Thank God We Made It Out!

[@carolevans5285]

This is the first time iv watch this channel and I must say you have a lot of style and class the way you film and discuss real issues. It was brilliant 👏 👌

[@DeusVivit]

That is so stupid, especially considering how poorly they handled the whole issue with the hurricane in the first place. And looking at that only strengthens the fact these prisoners are telling the truth about what a horrific ordeal they went through. It is an absolute shame the people who should be prosecuted for their negligence never will be.

[@KB-ke3fi]

poorly handled? It was a freaking CAT 5 hurricane. Obviously you don't know what that is.

[@DeusVivit]

@@KB-ke3fi No obviously you don't know what went on. I remember when Katrina came through and I remember the piss poor job the Governor did. I remember hearing how the levees won't break, how they will hold and do their job, how there was nothing to worry about. And you know what happened? The levees broke because they were not properly taken care of and a great deal of people died from something that was unavoidable if they just told them to evacuate and if they had evacuated the jails and other buildings. But they didn't. So yes, it was poorly handled.

[@hydrated9291]

@@KB-ke3fi it was terribly handled are you serious

[@patricefranklin4697]

God sees all

[@airplanegod]

@@KB-ke3fi It was terribly handled but pretty much everyone who went through this were OK with the way it was handled because they continued to vote these people in again.

[@andersonben73]

I'm from Houston I ran into one of the guys that survived he said they just left them for dead he heard people drowning, some people starved.Luckily for him he was on the top floor when the water flooded the floors he was able to escape thru a vent that lead him to the roof where he found a couple other inmates.He then made it to the evacuation busses that took him to Houston. Got locked up in Houston for petty crime I met him going to court they locked him up for escaping jail and gave him a long sentence after they just left him SMH.

[@kierstingutierrez58]

I was on the Broad Street overpass during Katrina. They had us (non inmates) on the side going towards Tulane Ave and the prisoners were on the side going towards Washington ave. They had deputies out there with guns drawn on them the entire time. The inmates were transported before us and we were left there for another 4 days til military helicopters landed on the bridge to rescue us and take us to the airport. It’s a time I wish I could forget, but I can’t. I just choose not to talk about it.

[@alocworld.1688]

That’s Crazy !

[@Wiz_Zza513]

@@alocworld.1688 A

[@teenapittman4241]

I don't blame you. My heart feels for you. I live north of the Twin Spans. The people on the overpasses is what opened my eyes to the wrongdoing of the government officials, city, state, and national. I don't think you can find news footage of it now. And I couldn't find anyone else that remembered seeing it. Helicopters flying over them every day, giving them hope, but then not stopping. I can't remember which overpass, but it was near Tulane. I remember 5 days, every day, they flew over. I cried every day, while ranting about how inhumane and the injustice. I hate that time, does not fix wrongdoing. The politicians will never be held accountable.

[@BettyLucille]

I live in Upstate New York, far away from New Orleans. I was only 13 when Katrina hit, and even as a young child I didn’t think that they did a very good job of warning citizens how bad the storm would be. There was no time to get out before the devastation and it really scared me knowing that many didn’t or couldn’t get out. I’m so sorry that this happened to you and I truly hope that you have grown from the trauma of the experience. I can’t even imagine.

[@bonniehowell9206]

Thank you for sharing your story despite such an traumatizing experience. It blows my mind of the delayed reponse .

[@109number9]

Even today, they have done a good job of making sure no footage or news about it made it to the internet. I had a hard time finding anything.

[@BerzerkMaggot777]

So tell me then what EXACTLY is dehumanizing about prison? It’s a prison they did a crime were convicted of a crime and are locked in prison, they get food, water, place to sleep, some entertainment, mail, showers, clothing ect ect, I never understood people that just randomly say “prison is dehumanizing” yet don’t actually say WHAT is dehumanizing. It’s prison not a hotel not a resort so what is prison supposed to be then. And btw people in American prison have it WAY WAY better than most of the rest of the world so

[@sponge5196]

Agreed. Only the naive complain about the supposed "dehumanizing" effect of prison. Criminals are NOT good people. Minor violations may land you in jail, NOT prison. Besides, New Orleans is a crime infested shit hole of a city. Corruption runs deep here.

[@perrenialjelly5151]

The letters and pictures about 27 minutes in have really stuck with me since first watching this. You can feel so much humanity and warmth in them in such a sad place.

[@texasshawn316]

I've spent decades advocating for animals that are treated better than these prisoners were. Thank you for a well researched and heartfelt video.

[@Big5mokE719]

That herman miller chair is worth anywhere from like $300 in it's current condition to a grand or so restored

[@Bcarr122391]

As someone that works in water damage restoration, the cut drywall is what you do if a building experiences a flood from the outside, aptly named a 4' Flood Cut. There is also a 2' Flood Cut when water doesn't come in as high.

[@djsonic6533]

Criminals or not they are still human beings who were neglected and left to fend themselves. Thanks for this exploration and you guys are the best!!

[@repatch43]

The most disturbing part is a good number WEREN'T criminals, they were in custody waiting for their day in court!

[@werlecar]

@@repatch43 that’s so sad!!! 😞

[@dmreddragon6]

For the most part those that remained in N.O. during Katrina, were neglected, and went thru hell. Stuff of nightmares

[@reginafontenot600]

Then please house as many as you can in YOUR home!

[@BilisNegra]

@@reginafontenot600 The usual cliché comment from people who have a potato instead of brains inside their head...

[@3v068]

Man, you guys brought me back to memory lane with my childhood. I didnt know anyone in this prison, but I remember passing by it and always seeing it when I would go back to new orleans from where I live now. The city never does anything with these places and no one has the money or resources to fix them up.

[@michelleg9194]

As a previous corrections nurse, I wholeheartedly believe the prisoners stories. They always would tell me stories about how they were treated by the police. And they all would tell the same story. You can’t just say everyone is lying that is statistically impossible! That prison was probably ran by Geo group, a bunch a $10 an hour Pinkertons, so of course they ran away and left those people to fend for themselves, horrible just horrible.

[@FishFind3000]

5:32 the drywal is cut there because of the flooding damage. Plus drywal comes in 4’ wide sheets so that is the first full complete sheet of drywal. This way when it comes to repair you just place a new full sheet, mud it and paint.

[@lucassikes1075]

Beat me to it!

[@auntiedunlap8208]

Why would you think they were going to replace drywall? The prison was immediately closed! I think the scrappers cut it for easy access to the copper.

[@Cayleepe0503]

From my hometown, New Orleans is just a two hour drive away and sometimes me and my mom would drive around and see abandoned mansions due to hurricane Katrina and it’s so sad to see how they just slowly rot away

[@Studio23Media]

Lessons will never be learned when no one is held accountable.

[@djharvey87]

This video deserves a thumbs up. a channel with such good quality content is not so common these days.

[@lisacoley69446]

What a spooky place! Thanks for sharing this video and what a horrible tragedy! I had totally forgotten the intense nature of this storm and devastation. New Orleans was SO Ill prepared for a storm like that and I can only hope and pray that preparations have been made for the future! Thanks again for your great videos! 🥰

[@SeynArkwin]

I love this content. This allows ppl from all over the world to experience this. You even take the time to dig up history. Amazing work.

[@nowchanlahkesis9691]

What makes me really sick is there's jails and prisons like that set up exactly like that still functioning holding Millions🥺

[@ceceliagrace]

I love the amount of research you guys do on your explorations; it really sets you guys apart from other urbex channels. Thanks for another awesome video!

[@KT16352]

I’m from Nola and appreciate the way you treat all the places u visit with respect. This, in fact, was part of the old OPP (Orleans Parish Prison, no jail) until they built the new facility in place/next door to where this old building still stands. The Sheetrock was cut out at the same level because of the flooding that happened when the levees broke. Thanks, again, for the great videos

[@boogitybear2283]

Worst City in the United States. I feel so sorry for South Mississippi getting Robbed of Media Coverage because of that Goddamn Shithole.

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

I watched the live transmissions from New Orleans for days and was shocked at how the mayor's calls for help were not answered or only hesitantly, how thousands of people were evacuated to supposedly safe places, only to be in acute danger of their lives after the dam collapses.

[@randybabin2498]

I was incarcerated in that building in 2001. It was a hell hole where the weak suffered greatly. The guards would pick an inmate in the pod to be "pod man" he was in charge of keeping pod clean and serving meals. If you wasn't part of his click you didn't eat. Not that you want to eat that garbage they called food. Boiled chicken no season at all that bled when you bit into it. I was able to substitute a lot of meals with PB on bread you could buy from the cantine once a week. Seeing those blocks brings it all back. I'm glad that nightmare place is abandoned and they should demolish it

[@electriccarpet4]

The drywall being cut is a thing you do after flooding to prevent mold growth. That’s probably where the water line was

[@kolmenoitaayeet]

Thanks for shedding light onto this part of history. This is the first time I am hearing about it. I also think that inmates are treated inhumanely in the US and the stories from those inmates just proves this yet again. On a lighter note, loved the video and how chill you guys are on your explorations!

[@Just1Nora]

I love how in the interview he vows they're not going to lose power and everything will be fine and the guy behind him rolls his eyes like, "What are you doing telling lies? Does anyone actually believe his bs?" That guy is so done. Treating any humans like that is disgusting behavior.

[@realBaronFletcher]

That was Mayor Ray Naygen. Google him and you'll be interested in what eventually happened to him.

[@DaisyCatToo]

​@@realBaronFletcherThanks for that. He's an "interesting" character.

[@tjnucnuc]

This was very well done. Very haunting when you climbed through that hole. I can only imagine what those people endured.

[@Godzooky]

As a survivor of this storm I’d like to add that 8/29 was relatively routine. The waters came the day after. And many of the building have absolutely not been torn down. I took a tour of them (not inside) on Friday for my new job 😬 they build big new jail buildings with limited/no visitation boots though so we have that occurring 🙂 He was surrounded by police because NOPD headquarters and evidence is right across the street. One of our superior news guys did a story on squatters in this building(who weren’t really causing issues other than being homeless) did a story and had the squatters removed and the building boarded up.

[@kyleknight9686]

Patient records being left to rot in the medical clinic is unacceptable. Huge disregard for PHI of the inmates. The city should have to answer for why that was left behind.

[@johnpuckett8464]

Probably because it was flooded with 7 feet of water ?

[@kyleknight9686]

@@johnpuckett8464 Right, because so many years later that's still a valid excuse /s

[@LaneCorbett]

@@kyleknight9686 a crap ton of the flooded out buildings are still abandoned going on 18 years later. You forget Louisiana is one of the poorest states in the union. Cleaning up a prison when it's cheaper for the feds to build you a new one just makes sense

[@lindasmith9834]

Medical and inmate records exposed for public view could be major disclosure of privacy issue.

[@LaneCorbett]

@@lindasmith9834 decade+ old info but still bad

[@dr.z1657]

Those Hermin Miller chairs can be bought for thousands of dollars each in good condition. And there was more than one of them!

[@motherbird470]

The cut off drywall is often when water damage is sustained. Happened a lot with Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas

[@JackMustang]

According to those computers on the 1st floor, you can definitely tell it is 2005. Very sad that those prisoners were treated unfairly. In fact, my Uncle Jimmy lived in New Orleans at the time of Hurricane Katrina. It was probably the worst Hurricane we had in natural disaster history. I remember seeing it on the news. My Uncle Jimmy evacuated from there, and stayed at my grandfather’s house in Ohio. I can’t imagine what those prisoners were going through.

[@dopernautzofficial1504]

this is insane my dad went there so many times before I was born. my father passed in 2000

[@GoldGiGi]

I noticed the letter was to C. Miller and the song was C Murder...wow so an artist from NO LIMIT was there when Katrina came. Interesting how that letter was out on top. Thanks for the video

[@Fx1240]

Awesome content, never disappointing us guys! 😃

[@CommanderSiriusStar]

As somebody who has worked frontline in New Zealand Corrections for 11 years, I can't even begin to describe how claustrophobic this video makes me feel. This facility makes even our highest security facilities look like a holiday retreat by comparison. That being said, we don't tend to built "up" or in heavily populated areas when it comes to prisons. Keep up the great work guys, love your content.

[@natashaparore541]

I once visited Paremoremo Max on a university trip. And I was surprised how close we got to prisoners. I vividly remember them shoving their mattresses into the covers. My memory is hazy but it is certainly miles away from this video. :/

[@couchtours8323]

27:35 that is a letter to the rapper C-Murder from his ex-wife Dionne! Amazing how much history this place is still holding onto.

[@ForgottenBuildings]

Truly a great documentary! Love the historical footage mixed with the exploration footage, truly gives it that extra layer.

[@dadisman6731]

That prisons court yard really struck me. The fact that there is no grass just concrete, and walls for no view. I know that some prisoners are just bad people but the ones that might just have a chance at redemption they should at least get a view of the city for hope sake. Without hope how can you expect them to change.