Shattered Dreams
Aug 26, 2022 09:09:47 #
Aug 26, 2022 09:13:09 #
Maybe if prisons still were like this, fewer people would want to go there! Our prisons are more like condos.
Aug 26, 2022 09:39:00 #
Aug 26, 2022 09:46:47 #
Interesting series...stark and scary, glad my mail was never delivered there!! 
Aug 26, 2022 09:56:26 #
Aug 26, 2022 10:13:23 #
Chance Logan
Loc: New England
Chip Rock wrote:
Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia
Construction 1821 to 1829, closed 1970
Inmates were hooded when outside the cell, never saw or heard another inmate until changes were made in the late 1800's. Speaking was prohibited, report told while we were there one inmate refused to stop trying to talk to others, he was put in a straight jacket and gagged.
Guards wore wool socks over their boots as not to make any sound.
Construction 1821 to 1829, closed 1970
Inmates were hooded when outside the cell, never saw or heard another inmate until changes were made in the late 1800's. Speaking was prohibited, report told while we were there one inmate refused to stop trying to talk to others, he was put in a straight jacket and gagged.
Guards wore wool socks over their boots as not to make any sound.
Very nice set. Your images make this place look better than it does in person.
Aug 26, 2022 10:54:26 #
AzPicLady wrote:
Maybe if prisons still were like this, fewer people would want to go there! Our prisons are more like condos.
Right on, I agree
Aug 26, 2022 11:10:13 #
Wow, what a series!! Outstanding composition in your images!! Nice work.
Aug 26, 2022 11:42:10 #
Those are some interesting photos. What a grim existence it had to be. Great bit of history in your narrative.
Aug 26, 2022 11:47:00 #
Aug 26, 2022 12:15:36 #
A far cry from our present-day incarceration facilities where inmates enjoy an array of exercise equipment and access to multi-media!
Aug 26, 2022 12:21:58 #
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Aug 26, 2022 12:57:40 #
We were there a few months back. I took very similar images, lol. Al Capone got his hair cut in that chair!
Aug 26, 2022 14:22:25 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
Chip Rock wrote:
I know about it but I'll pass, LOL.
I always wanted to be there for Bastille Day when actors in costume threw Tasty Cakes off the walls to the people (let them eat cake) below but that's not done any more.
I always wanted to be there for Bastille Day when actors in costume threw Tasty Cakes off the walls to the people (let them eat cake) below but that's not done any more.
Chip, are you saying that when actors threw "tasty cakes" off the walls to the people below, you are referring to something that happened in Philadelphia or are you referring only to events in France?
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