Enjoy this series of photos from the abandoned Cresson Prison. These are some of the hundreds of photos I captured on this photo walk.
Prison Gym
Enjoy this small series of photos from the abandoned Cresson Sanatorium and Prison.
Cresson Prison Clinic
Here is another photo from the abandoned Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution (SCI) Cresson. I assume this was a medical clinic exam room???? If not, I don’t want to know what happened in this room over time.
Cresson Prison Tunnels
During our time at the abandoned Pennsylvania SCI (State Correctional Institution) Cresson prison facility, I spent a little time exploring the underground tunnels by myself. No electricity, so my flashlight was the only light source. Just a little creepy.
Razor Wire
Here is another photo from my recent exploration of the abandoned prison in central Pennsylvania. The SCI Cresson campus is interesting for a number of reasons. This photo isn’t the typical prison photo, if there is such a thing. But I liked this perspective.
SCI Cresson
Yesterday I got a chance to explore the abandoned SCI (State Correctional Institution) Cresson campus in central Pennsylvania. The State closed this prison in 2013. Along with being a prison it was also a mental hospital in the past (before being a prison) and before that it was a TB sanatorium. The sanatorium opened in 1912 after 500 acres was donated to the cause. It was originally known as Allegheny Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
Towards the end of the day, I found the solitary confinement area of the prison. All the cells had a normal prison bed, but not this one. How bad do you have to be to get assigned to this cell? I’m guessing very very bad. I can’t imagine being chained to this bed.
Maximum Security
After taking this photo of this prison cell, I went into the cell and took it from the opposite direction. When I did that, I closed the door 75% of the way closed. Good thing I didn’t close it completely because it wouldn’t reopen. I almost locked myself in….. that would have been a huge problem.
This is the Maximum-Security wing of an abandoned Pennsylvania prison.
Prison
Here is a photo I took a few years ago during our abandoned prison explore. In case you’re wondering, we got permission and access to this site. This specific wing of the prison was one of the newer areas. The older areas looked like the classic old prison you’d expect.
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Trolley
This is from my last trip to San Francisco. Better times. All the times I’ve been to San Fran, I’ve never ridden on the Trolley, but I have visited Alcatraz Prison (seen in the background).
State Correctional Institution
I haven’t posted a photo from this spot recently. This is from the abandoned prison outside of Pittsburgh. Blair and I were given official access to explore and photograph it. This was one of many long boring (but interesting) hallways inside the facility.
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By the way, I met a legend in the Pittsburgh Photography circles tonight. It was nice meeting JP Diroll ( @jpdirollphotography ). You can see his work on this website (http://jpdirollphotography.com) and all his social media channels.
Lunatic Asylum
I couldn’t come up with a clever title for this post for a number of reasons, which we won’t get into tonight.
Anyway, I took this photo recently at the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston West Virginia. Unfortunately, they have the place all cleaned up. It wasn’t grungy enough for me. I wanted it in the state it was in when the Lunatic Asylum closed. They’ve got it all “safe”, clean and “pretty”. I think the real beauty would have been in the “dirty, stuff left behind” condition. If that makes sense…..
I made the best of it and captured some cool photos. This was on one of the upper floors. Something about this hallway caught my eye. Standing there, I could imagine all the patients (prisoners) being locked up in these little rooms. Some of the “treatments” and “therapies” they used over the decades was rough to put it mildly. When this facility was operational, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
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Prison
I think I mentioned last week that I need to get out an take some photos…… Well, nothing has changed since then… I haven’t taken any photos and I still need/want to….
Tonight’s photo is from our past exploration of the abandoned Pennsylvania prison…. I can’t imagine what this looked like or felt like with a couple hundred prisoners inside it. It felt dark, sad, and repressive with it empty….
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Cell #10
Tonight’s post is another photo from our exploration of an abandoned Pennsylvania prison. Blair and I were given this opportunity last October to check out this place from top to bottom. That was a fun day….. Most people want to avoid prison… Blair and I ran towards it.
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Solitary
I hope you’re having a great Tuesday. Forgive me for not having much to say tonight. I guess I’m just fried right now with little to say or I can’t think of anything to say….. So, enjoy this photo I took while Blair and I explored an abandoned prison. This photo is from the solitary confinement (max security) area.
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Prison Gym
On November 4th and 9th, I posted photos from this abandoned state prison. Tonight’s post is the gym within the prison. I loved the lighting in this gym and how the sun shining through the windows onto the floor help add so much interest to it.
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Zone 6
I hope everyone is having a great Thursday night.
We had a great time exploring this abandoned state prison last weekend. Even though it’s abandoned, it isn’t in bad shape. So it doesn’t look like most of the abandoned building photos I share with you. Regardless, it was fun….honestly how often do you get to explore a prison? It doesn’t happen often. I’ve explored Eastern State Penitentiary in Philly, Alcatraz in San Francisco, and Moundsville Penitentiary in West Virginia. All of those were unique in their own way.
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Solitary Confinement
Blair and I had a great morning in prison today. We got an opportunity to explore and photograph an abandoned Pennsylvania prison. They’re getting ready to convert the site into a veteran’s center. I am thankful to Bob for thinking about us and getting us access. Good times…..
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Eastern State Penitentiary
I hope you liked the last picture I posted from Seattle. I’ll have more from that trip down the road. Tonight, I have a photo from my trip to Philly last year. During that trip, I spent an afternoon at Eastern State Penitentiary. I took this photo in one of the prison wings.
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Entrance To Maximum Security
I took this picture last year while touring the West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville WV. I posted some other pictures and information from this location in the past. You can see that here: http://brook-ward.com/blog/2013/6/15/walkin-the-line
This picture is the transition point from the normal prison population into the really, really bad boys held in Maximum Security.
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Alcatraz Water Tower
I have something different for you today. While we were in San Francisco, I did a
tour of Alcatraz, which was very cool.
But I didn’t get many great photos while I was there. It was very difficult with all the
tourist, fog, etc… While walking
the island, I came across the water tower and loved the scene (I may have been
the only one on the island that even noticed it). There was so much fog in the air, that it blocked the entire
sky and masked the sun. It made it
look like a very overcast day and gave the sky so much character. So all of these elements seemed to come
together just for this picture.
I haven’t done many black and white photos in the past, so I hope you like it.
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