130 Comments Posted by Scott

this is where inmates used to hang out, but it looks alot different then when I was doing time there..Thats the main block to the right and west block in the middle sticking out.

you were right..This is where inmates were booked in and released. You were brought in through the big doors then they closed behind you and you knew you were not free anymore........

this was to seperate inmates from the west block from those in the mainblock

this is west block..(pc and high profile inmates)

this is the main rotunda where the visits happend and the brass had offices.
way back in the day this is where inmates were hung,the stairs lead to platforms where citizens would watch the hanging. The last person to die by hanging in massachusetts was hung here for killing his family...

this staircase ran from the main rotunda to the A section of the jail.

there was really no warden, there was the sherriff of hampden county who ran the jail but did not stay in the "sherriffs house".
They used this place for work release and day reporting inmaes.

this gate led from the west block(pc&high profile cases) to the visiting rotunda.

the different colors were of no signifigance, they were painted like this because thats what they had for paint.

this was a three man cell at the ends of each tier

I used to live on the second teir at the begining of this photo back in 1984

The contrast is fantastic, very nice shot.

DROVE TO THE FRONT OF THIS BUILDING.AND SOMEONE WAS IN THE WINDOW.NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS...

great place to get high

idk why they never added any gutters or something for the water to drain