Comments

this is late, but i agree with the whole "animals know when they're about to die" when my dog of about 14 died of heart failure, he went to his favorite spot under the porch and laid down.

first comment I've posted, but this is a really cool shot.

Ive loved these pics motts you've an exceptional talent the way you do them but you must have some balls on you to go into these places, ive looked through most of your gallerys and been moved by this one the most. The fact that children were kept in these cells and not the most brutal of convicts shocks me. If it wasent for people like you uncovering the harsh realities of institutes like these, they would probly stay the same with unknowing parents trying to do the best for there child sending them there. Good for you, i think your doing a service for the better, well done.

Agree with Tibervis, is like the creepy rabbit. What the f**k people?

How can that room be so small to keep a child its more of a cell, its disgusting and terrible to think what went on in there after reading Andrew Palmers account. Murderers get bigger cells than that. Great pics as always though.

Wow, i adore this picture. Its just so amazing and the lighting is perfect!
The Dentist Chair OF DOOM. :)

Hey, I found this site a week ago and I've been looking through it every day. Awesome :)

A lot of places still avoid certain numbers for largely superstitious reasons...some businesses will skip from floor 12 to 14, almost all the schools I've been to are missing locker 666...

can someone say resident evil

Thats so sad.

Reminds me of the pictures of the Sloth Victim from the movie Se7en who was tied to his bed for 1 year.

it shows how many people lived and died here

probably the plastic bottle was the only toy they had
sad

this is probably a prank because there doesn't seem to be water damage or any mold on the paper so it hasn't been there a very long time

All residential facilities have/had an association with clerical staff for weekly religious services and for funerals. Where I work we have a lovely cemetery that is used for people without known relatives or whose families were so happy with their care that they wanted them to be buried where they lived. Like all facilities at one time, numbers were used on markers for a short period (although there are names on the markers now instead - found in old records) and the cemetery was not always as well tended as now (due to financial costs - the small amounts of monies received from funding sources were used on the living), but over the past several decades almost all facilities have improved their cemeteries and have tried to go through what records still exist to find out who was buried where.

Although many people are unhappy about "inadequate burial practices" for people who live/lived in residential facilities, it is rare that people follow through to ask the government or state to research a facility's records to find out who was buried and exactly where, and even less likely that people will then pay out of pocket to assure that new markers are placed and names accorded. Funeral services, burials, cremation, and memorial markers are quite expensive. In truth, people who live in the community don't always get headstones, whether or not they have disabilities of any sort.

Oh my Gosh, Motts! Great shot! This picture is very solemn, but beautiful all the same. Thanks for the lovely pics!