860 Comments for Old Essex County Jail

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I see a cat sitting on a high perch....but that is about it.

This is SO closed in...blah.
~LG
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...Seems like a lotta work for almost nothing.

~LG
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Does anyone else see like half of a face on that wall? It looks like one big empty socket eye and part of the face...a Cyclops maybe?

Like the rust on the bars...wall...ceiling...everywhere lol.

~LG
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I would hope the "residents" here wouldn't get it into their heads to jump out at me...I would be SO skittish and scared walking around here.

BTW...I am seriously wondering about the sanity of Icewox now lol. :D

~LG
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It looks like it Ferdy--a ground floor block of cells, then one above it, and one above that. Can you imagine working on the top tier...and facing angry convicts that wouldn't hesitate a second to throw you over the edge...

*Shudder*

~LG
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Ugh...also feeling claustrophobic here. Wouldn't want to be in there that is for sure!

~LG
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Now that I look at it more closely...it looks like it has gone BEYOND rust. I think that is some serious CORROSION going on there.

(Just thought I would throw this in here...)
~LG
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D'oh...money beat me to it lol.

Boy talk abouyt NO privacy at all..sheesh. :-/

That is some serious rust on there. Wow.
~LG
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I agree...I wouldn't like to have to live in such a small space. I had to at one time (I was locked away in a psych hospital where the rooms weren't much bigger than this, and which circumstance had led me to look at pictures of old abandoned psych hospitals lol) and it wasn't fun or nice. :(

I love the peeling paint lol. Very nice texture...:)

~LG
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Wow. Firstly, Bobo...that made me cry! I don't think that I could have said it any better myself. I like port wine too, by the way, and cheese lol. They seem to go well with these galleries don't they?


Secondly...I think Iceberg hit it right on the head too lol. Trashed...literally, figuratively, and everything in-between lolol!

I bet it was hella spooky walking in here...talk about ghosts from the past mixed with creepy people living in there...

What did it smell like in there? Musty and moldy combined with dirty funk I bet. :D

~LG
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I have been coming to your site for a few years now but I haven't been in a few months since you took a break. I just realized that you're back & I'm so excited! Yay Motts!
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I'd love to go back in time and see how this area was when the prison was in use. I would hope that railing went all the way across...
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Did someone take the back off that chair or is it a swivel stool on wheels like your doctor might have?

Another cool, creepy cell block shot!
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I'd love to spend a night here if I could bring my own bedding. Creepy fun!
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Someone must have been really, really bad....