583 Comments Posted by Rekrats

Larry - HAHAHAHA!!!!

Are those soap dispensers? This is actually a legit question, not playing off the old joke. Because if they are, the one in the right-hand shower is pretty high up there. A shortie like me would have a real hard time in that stall.

@MamaToFive... Hahaha!!! I lol'd!

It's probably a standard door, but one of Motts' skewed-perspective shots.... I love the chaos behind the doorway.

Pretty comfy for a dayroom... most of them I've seen (the ones for patients) had the TVs bolted to an upper corner of the room, near the ceiling. Meaning you have to crane your neck to see it. What I find interesting is that the pictures are still on the walls, but someone took the clock. Hmmm!

Thanks for the new gallery! My birthday is Friday, so this is just in time! Very cool!

Love the rounded corners here. They are reminiscent of a Kirkbride. Is this one of the buildings that was similar to the Kirkbride design but "not quite," as described in the opening story?

This movie was just on HBO this afternoon, and I watched it to see if I could spot any familiar surroundings. Of course, there were a lot of scenes shot in what could have been an abandoned mental hospital, and I'm guessing the ones where he was in the future with the council of weird-asses is what was filmed at this location. Very cool.

Maybe the morgue tunnel?

That's a LOT of rebar, there, in any case. They didn't want anyone using that tunnel. Wonder if it was structurally unsound or something.

Ctrl and + will enlarge, Ctrl and - will shrink, too. At least on my laptop... I usually view all the pics on Opacity enlarged, just to enjoy the extra detail.

I don't believe the ankh is demonic. I think it has its roots in ancient Egyptian fertility rites. Why does everything have to be demonic and/or Satanic if you don't instantly recognize it as a Christian symbol? *sigh* The world is a big place with lots of history.

I'm pretty sure any sense of modesty is among the first things to go upon being sentenced to an institution of this sort. I highly doubt the guys stand around surveying each others' packages, anyway. Probably not enough time, in any case. This doesn't look like the type of place where you can expect to enjoy a long, leisurely shower.

Hey, I be Hubcap and this be my brother, Hood Ornament. Over there's my third cousin, Chrome Doorhandle.

Interesting names. Hitman and Hubcap, how exactly are those two monikers related? Did he kill people and accept payment in terms of vehicle accessories?

I think the recidivism rate varies based on the crime, the time of incarceration, the area in which the person lives, lots of different factors. I've read that certain white collar crimes don't have a high rate of recidivism, but that sexually-based offenses tend to have very high rates, and then you have the violent crimes like attempted murder... those folks spend so long in prison that they may end up back inside but probably not for the same reasons they were originally in. Just something they did to get back on the inside. I would think that is a number that's highly variable and hard to pin down. It's pretty high, though... our prison system has a lot of problems, and the fact that it does little to rehabilitate offenders is one of its biggest.

As uncomfortable as the barracks-style dormitory pictured earlier looked, this somehow seems worse. You get your own cell, maybe... but I'd rather be in the dorm.

MamaToFive - they can be. Really. Most people are not, but some are truly, fundamentally rotten all the way through. It's probably best to remember that, at least sometimes. I hate to be the cynic, but we would not need prisons if it was not the truth.