328 Comments for Essex County Penitentiary

Again, tidbits of history like these are a pleasent suprise to find in abandoned places

It's the paperwork left behind that gives you a much better glimpse into the building's past and the pasts of those who walked behind those walls

Guess prisons don't have the same confidentiality that hospitals do. Then again I am sure the elements have totally ruined all of that paper by now. Probably just a goopy mass of wet,soggy papers and faded ink

I dont even eant to imagine the smell comin off those....and kinda looks like whomever wore them just...vanished

Jesus, is that the floor buckling or just a massive mound of rust?

Looks like someone chucked one of them, and judging by the label stating outdoor useage, immediatly regreted their decision

What a strange little nook.. And some very gaudy tape/tile looking stuff surrounding it. Does anyone have a clue as to what that even is? Or was a part of?

Those are some CRAMPED looking cells. And whomever took these doors down was at least kind enough to lay them out in an orderly fashion

Kinda looks like someone was using that area down there as bedding, covering up with the jumpsuit.

Thank the heavens I never had the displeasure to yet experiance such. It sounds like a mild torture

This whole place looks like some kind of demented horror house attraction, and that door on the other end further adds to this rather terrifying feel

Water, water everywhere and nary a drop to drink. Water, water everywhere, it's stagnation must surely stink.

They took everything else yet left that cabinet sitting there, with all it's mysteries yet unanswered

Did they just construct the whole interior of the building from metal? I have never seen so much at once in a building before

Damn, all that rust is just so surreal. I can hardly make out anything in that room