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The state issue shoes in New York state are immitation chuck taylors. They're prisoner made. If this were a juvinile facility in New York thats probably what they are.

It's so wierd to see such a new gate control abbandoned and unused. At the prison where I work we mostly use the old hand levers. Each gallery (row of cells) has it's own lock box lined with levers. Each lever opens a cell. Some are pretty anchient and require holding, jiggling, tapping, and other fun techniques to actually get the cells to open. Only two of our nine cell blocks have the push buttons, one is our "honor block" for our well behaved inmates and the other is in the only remodeled cell block in our prison. It was too expensive to remodel the rest. So to see all of this new push button equipment just rotting away unused is sad.

this room couldn't be too "secure" -- the hinges are exposed on the inside of this room.
The state mental hospital I worked at didn't have any hinges exposed on either inside or outside of doors that were patient accessible.

I work in an old prison. The prison itself was opened in the 1890s but there was a boys reformatory there before it was a prison. All of our cell blocks still have these types of windows. As was said before one crank opens or closes all of the windows at once. However the inmates like to throw things in the cracks when the windows are open preventing them from closing all the way, and requiring frequent cleaning.

Bravo!

Oh man....

Whoa! Which way is up again...?

Sweet.

I just know there is a princess up there to save.

You are getting way too good at this Motts.

Sweet Start!

My parents used to own that same couch when I was growing up. Apperently I puked on it when I was little and from then on it was refered to as "the puke couch". We got rid of it when we moved in '89 becuase it wouldn't fit in our new living room. It's wierd to think it might have ended up here.

You take us to another world every time we come here Motts, thank you for yet another awesome journey.

im realy suprized vandel's didnt take that...they'd take anything not bolted down even if it's not in any condition to keep they'd destroy it more....it realy is a wast =(

I always love the way nature takes hold wherever she can......

Ah, but I'll bet my bunyakas the interior was gorgeous in it's day though! ;-)