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A Bldg was torn down first, the view here is from where A Bldg was facing B block entrance.

I am aware of the situation kim mentioned at Jackson prison. In mental health restraints are used to protect a patient from self harm. Some people in the Dept of Corrections use it ,as in this case, to be punitive and the officers refused the nurse adequate access to the 'prisoner'. The people fired over this were the nurse and a secretary who was off and failed to forward the psych referal because she wasn't there. DOC has no business restraining people.

I love this pic! But this hallway would scare me worse than some of the other rooms here. To be able to see the light, but not know for sure if I could get out that door or not. Creepy, claustrophobic reaction!

That auditorium was filled with cusioned theater seats. There were many great productions put on for staff and patients by a combination of staff and patients. It was a great motivator to stay out of trouble so you could be in the show. The backstage area had dressing rooms and costume areas. Before Ypsi closed it was in great condition for an old building. The floors were polished the bathrooms clean and it had nice curtains and artwork everywhere. It wasn't always a torn up ruin. And we had a lot of activities and parties for the patients. I worked there until the closure and have many fond memories of my patients and co-workers.

I taught at Bennett, and left a few years before it collapsed. I could see the reasons for the impending demise of the school....primarily the miserable administrative practices, the phony self-serving faculty, and most disgusting, the dishonest, grasping president of the college. A horrible experience for me, and so glad I smelled the coming decay and got out. Had I stayed, I would have lost a lot of time, but was able to create a great career elsewhere so that by the time the college fell apart, I was long gone. It is sad to say that what comes around goes around, and as we say "poetic justice".

Wow, dejavu. I think I've dreamed of this place.

Stunningly beautiful is exactly right.

That Soap Dispenser reminds me of jr high school. I love that powdered soap- the rough washings always made my hands feel SO CLEAN...

several of the photos Motts has taken of mental facilities have these chairs in them. I wonder if the Gorvernment had a contract with the chair manufactuer and shipped them to all the facilities.

I love the green tinges

Spiffy

I thought Amontillado as well...

i imagine vandals aren't willing to spend their free time in a prison. tempting fate, dontcha think?

My old Art school had those kinds of doors in the basement- It used to be a burlesque house and there were theatres down there... they're thick wood, and soundproof, and designed so you can't slam them.

My uncle worked the movie projector...I was about 4 years old (1961). He would take me, my sister, and his three daughters to see the nights show. I think I was too young to really understand where we were sitting in the dark, the five of us girls, ages 4-14 along with the patients who quietly filed in. I know I never felt afraid, but just a confusion of where exactly I was and who all those people were who couln't go home after the show.