Thanks to my friend MountainManDan for this one! Alright, history time. This location was a boy scouts camp up until the early 60's. It was shortly after converted to a men's correctional center & a medium security prison. A famous author who did time here once stated that it was more of a resort than a prison, inmates had access to a swimming pool, baseball field, and various other facilities. In 2003 it was shut down because of budget cuts, and has been vacant since (though they have recently refurbished the cell blocks in case other prisons no longer have room for increasing inmate counts). They hired a deputy to patrol the site because of copper thefts, though in 2008 they replaced the deputy with a $111k security system, including cameras & motion-triggered alarms. I thought this was possibly a scare tactic, though we heard the power lines buzzing & noticed most lights still powered on. This ultimately made me decide not to get too close to the cell blocks, which is unfortunate because this facility had a famous nickname due to the way the cells were arranged. Anyway, be prepared for a long, mosquito-infested hike!

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6. Though the library was sealed tight I got a peek in & saw it was still filled with books.


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16. Found 4 baby birds nested inside this rotting windowsill <3


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23. The perimeter of the pool was overgrown with a tall forrest of weeds, so finding the entrance was almost impossible. We did eventually, but found it padlocked.


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26. Sadly this is the closest I got to the cells.

Brotha I like your style and excellent work!! I'm heading up there Monday so I will contribute my photos to your thread.

I'm morbidly curious to see what happens when someone gets close to one of the cell blocks. Cool little post Void, (you let a padlock stop you from peering at the pool!? Come on! ;)

Looking forward to seeing your photos, Dan!

nice! there are photos on here from a very long time ago in a different archived private thread, its great to see your updated and much more detailed photos though. best of luck to who ever is going up here next since the sheriff is only about 15 min away

Awesome explore!

That's a funny jail ! Nice report !

Gave this place a visit, pretty neat and felt special knowing I was standing where one of my favorite authors had stayed 1.


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Those shitters are pretty rad.