977 Comments for Hewitt State Hospital and Prison

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.

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.

Perhaps I'm reading this incorrectly, but to me it looks like a part of Willy Wonka's factory.

these like the engines used in ships. they drive a gear reducer that in turn runs a generator. Smewhere ther is a big coal or gas fired boiler

The last people to leave seem to think someone will come in to clean up after them, not realizing the place will remain as they left it.

Imagine that is a train coming......

This picture should be called "Trinity"

I'll congratulate the first person who understands what I am getting at.

The wash station needs to be washed.

Neat pic very cool.

Wow, it seems at almost every hospital you've been in still had some biohazardous material in it. Its like everyone just up and left. There's still so much that could be gone through. Forgotten is what these places are.

This looks identical to my highschool gym, the same color pads on the walls and everything.

Keeping power on keeps people out, reduces street mining and keeps the ventilation system working. It's cheaper in the long run then letting it deteriorate and having to fix it up later.

Power is often kept on to discourage street miners from stripping out the copper. Places like this get power at a bulk rate, what it costs is less than the labour of watching for looters.

I only have stats for the years 1950-1951

1950
Deaths: 263
Autopsies: 75 (28.5%)

1951
Deaths: 268
Autopsies: 78 (29.1%)

Is that a Coors light?