3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

Nah, that'd take away the fun of it all ;-)

Yes, it's a friend.

Yeah you could slide the piece of wood over the glass window.

It's funny now that you mention it, you'd think there'd be a lot more ramps for wheelchair bound patients, especially in places as old as these (they were built before electricity was publically available!)

I have recently been to a state school where the buildings are almost completely comprised of ramps rather than stairs, but they are generally pretty rare in the older institutions.

Haha I would if there was a chair left in the place...

Yeah... welcome to cozy little nook 101 A
The blandness of these dividers is quite nauseating.

I think it's a standard "Geri chair" with a seat belt, nothing too complicated...

Nah, the power was cut from the wards a long time ago... administration had power, heat, and working phone lines until 2001, I think (one of the reasons why that building is in such good shape).

I guess the last number has fallen off...

Thanks; no I didn't touch the curtains.

The "corpse grinder" was a joke, I suppose I need to be more clear about these things. Yes it was in the kitchen, didn't know it was a potato peeler, thanks!

The person in the doorway is someone who happened to be standing there when I took the shot... it's a woman btw.

I haven't seen a room with walls made of rubber per se, but they were padded or washable nonetheless. I'm not sure if you're refuting their existence or just saying they weren't where you have worked / explored, but they are out there.

http://www.opacity.us/image1239.htm
http://sminusp.co.uk/Westpark_files/slides/WPk00037.html

Heh I'm glad I'm not the only one who climbed out there!

Yes, where the person inside would be harmful to others or themselves, and the walls were often padded or easily washed down.

This room is a seclusion room in that there was only one person in each (the other rooms fit two, or four in bunk beds), and they were not let out of the room for extended periods of time (reason for the sink and toilet).

I guess you could also call it solitary confinement.

Of course this place didn't look like it does in these photos, 18 years of neglect will make any hospital look pretty bad.

In any case, the description of the photo I put seemed like the best explanation I could give; it's difficult (even impossible) to figure out the story behind things like this when you were never there beforehand, so you can't be so harsh on people who are looking at this with only what we have - these photos.

NBC recently ran a story about Pennhurst today and back when "Suffer the Children" was aired: http://www.nbc10.com/videovault/index.html

Media sensationalism or the truth... here we go again with the same question.