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Prison of Hell
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A rare invitation to shoot this place was beyond thought. To freely roam the decaying wings that spanned off from the main hub. Built in 1896 and only closed in 1995. Stories of human experiments and bizarre testing circulated.

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The cell blocks are long


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Many of the beds chairs and desks were left behind


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Here I found a basement door that led to pure insanity beneath. What went on here was probably morally wrong, inhuman, and will never be spoke of.


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To the top of the main hub where the guard would sit


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He was above what was known as "The Terror Dome". A secure covering of where the correctional officers would sit and be shielded from any onslaught from prisoners that wished to hurl , fling or throw any matter or item at them.


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The exterior wall and guard tower


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An isolated area


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Bunk beds


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Many pages torn from pornographic magazines adorned the walls in the cellblocks.




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Re: Prison of Hell
< Reply # 1 on 12/8/2017 11:17 AM >
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Incredible set! Pics 2,4,6 are all wonderful captures of the crispy, crusty, past. Wish i could of gave you your 1000 LIKE for this, but 999 sounds pretty cool too



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Re: Prison of Hell
< Reply # 2 on 12/8/2017 4:58 PM >
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No way, I'd love to have free roam of here.




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< Reply # 3 on 12/8/2017 7:32 PM >
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Interesting place, nice shots!




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Re: Prison of Hell
< Reply # 4 on 12/8/2017 10:03 PM >
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Old prisons are fascinating to me. Great shots sir! Thank you for sharing.




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< Reply # 5 on 12/8/2017 10:20 PM >
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Beautiful, rock solid keepers, krush




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Re: Prison of Hell
< Reply # 6 on 12/8/2017 11:24 PM >
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Posted by krush
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He was above what was known as "The Terror Dome". A secure covering of where the correctional officers would sit and be shielded from any onslaught from prisoners that wished to hurl , fling or throw any matter or item at them.
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That looks like a panopticon-style prison from that shot. Panopticon's are really quite cool.

Jeremy Bentham, one of the philosophical authorities on Utilitarianism, developed the idea of the “Panopticon,” a prison layout in which were designed not just to store criminals, but by their very physical structure was meant to rehabilitate them.

Essentially, the “panopticon” was a massive circular room with cells on all the walls. In the middle of the room was a prison tower that could look into all the cells. The windows, or cover, on the tower, were one way so that the prisoners could not see if anyone was inside. The idea was that prisoner would not commit criminal acts if they believed they were being watched. The prison tower and the layout of the room meant that a prisoner could be under observation at any moment, but because the prisoner could not see the guards, they would never be sure if they were being watched. As such, a prisoner would never risk engaging in a criminal behavior because they could always be under surveillance. By constantly choosing to engage in good-behavior, the thought was that the criminal would internalize this way of thinking, and would carry it out with them when they are eventually released from prison.


It sounds kind of stupid, especially since in modern society we have perfected the kind of surveillance methods that they were trying to build in things like CTV cameras, satellite imagery, wiretaps etc. yet people still commit crimes even when they know there are cameras. (Cough* Urban Explorers Cough* Cough*) but in fairness, this idea was developed in the late medieval ages and they had only recently shed the idea that criminals committed crimes because they were influenced by demons. Almost all of their entire notion of criminology was based on social contract theorists like Hobbes telling them that criminals are simply irrational and Aristotle's ideas that ethics and rationality were taught through habitation.

Anyways, that's probably part of the why they had that semi-transparent cover. (Though protecting themselves from random stuff being thrown at them, like you said, is probably another part of it.)

Very cool adventure btw, and great shots!







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< Reply # 7 on 12/9/2017 1:15 AM >
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Awesome place, awesome set, awesome job!




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< Reply # 8 on 12/11/2017 10:43 AM >
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Thanks guys!!!




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< Reply # 9 on 12/11/2017 2:31 PM >
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This place has a really cool decay look to it, especially because of the walls. Nice job man!




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< Reply # 10 on 12/11/2017 3:26 PM >
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Wow! Amazing set. What a great opportunity to explore this place. Well done!




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All the green peeled-paint photos are yum




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they came out great




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Thanks again guys and gals!!!




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These are fantastic! Lighting is so tough in there. I only had a couple of usable shots from a few years ago. Can't even choose a favorite in this set




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Beautiful photos! All the peeling paint on the walls makes me think of Silent Hill!




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Awesome dude!




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Beautiful photos!




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Yes!!!! I enjoyed these!




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These are badass! Not sure how I missed this post the first time around, but I am so glad it got brought back from the depths of UER.

Truly amazing location and shots!




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