4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

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the children on the inside could only envy the ones on the mural most of them never saw the outdoors during their time at pennhurst a sad commentary on state run facilities isnt it
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provocative photo makes you think doesnt it
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this picture is a horrid reminder of what went on behind the walls of pennhurst.............a shame it was so easy to put a child away in those days just because you couldnt handle them........ not because of any mental incapacitation just because they were kids acting like kids.
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the images this picture brings to mind are really intense if it was any other place i wouldnt mind but knowing what i do of the inhumane treatment of the patients at pennhurst. this picture seems a little out of place...........you are a genius motts
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very good shot you are a braver person than i .........i cant seem to move past the first floor of these buildings..........fear of mps catching up to me and the fact im too old to go to jail . thank you for your photos you show me what im to afraid to find myself
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picture paints a thousand words.
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you are to be commended your photos are exquisite the images they invoke are eerie thank you again mr.motts
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if im not mistaken this is the isolation ward mattressses on walls......left for long periods of time for some infraction of the rules
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now i understand why i cant get past the front door of these buildings when i find myself there on the campus
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sadly i know a few of the pennhurst people who went in there as young children are now adults wandering aimlessly around town unable to function without help...........sad
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the stories about what they did to children at pennhurst are alot worse than roaches and flies crawling on them
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only dreams here are broken ones. the stuff nightmares are made of
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i live 10 minutes from here. this place scares me the stories i have heard from people who worked there really make me wonder what kind of world we live in
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GREAT SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Your lighting on this one? It's great, mostly natural??