4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

Freaky.

Sick.

How this institution was kept open all of those years fathoms me.

A few years back there was an exit sign lit up.

Wonder what happened to the candy striper?

the ratio at pennhurst so i have been told by ex employees was 21 residents to one staff, you ever try waking, feeding, cleaning up, and handling everyday skills with 21 handicapped people. if not then try to be as lynne suggested a little more compassionate to the people who did work there, thats not to say that there werent bad apples in the bunch, but the state was paying the tab then, now its the county governments in pennsylvania paying the tab...that was thrown in for everyones information...and if you think there isnt abuse in the homes that these ex pennhurst residents live in your sadly mistaken, i worked in those homes for 12 or more years and there is just as much abuse there as was in pennhurst. and for those wondering no i was not an abuser, but i have seen it happen and it sometimes is at the unintentional directive of the higher ups in the companies wanting to prove some sort of point.

the little hands that touched those books are now living in neighborhoods near you. check out the local agencies that have group homes for the mentally retarded, all those little hands are grown up now

surgeries you can and cannot imagine, i got to see some of the medical aftermaths of pennhurst patients

I guess it just bothers me that people are so eager to ignore perfectly reasonable mundane explanations for what they see just because they want to see something spooky. (And with that I'll drop the subject because you're right, this isn't a message board. Sorry, Motts.)

and Ridged......

I Wonder What Happened To the Child Who Played With This Last?

great album!!

what strikes me odd here is that no toilet is the same. Things being just a little off, out of wack, oddly placed and off kilter seems to be a signature theme in Pennhurst. Does anyone else notice this?

A state training center in the US. But I hopscotch from state to state, working at different facilities.

I worked in a State Hospital and was in the Physical Therapy room many times, with regards to balance and safety, railings were present on at least one side, but usually both. Some Railings were removable, and others were bolted to the wall in front and on the side. There is no way a person could have gotten to the top step and turned around on these steps even with help.