1,236 Comments for York Street Jail

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Barber shop.
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this is where the boys cut hair and shaved each other it is at the end of the main bloc the chow hall is around the corner.
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It's the main bloc either 6th or 1st tier. I was doing time here when the riot occured in the early eighties. I was a shit hole then and looks like it still is...
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My great uncle died in this jail. How can I found out his record. JolantaKasza@hotmail.com
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That is a LONG hallway!
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Um, so basically a VERY big calculator?
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This is some of the stuff I had to clean while I was at the jail.
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It would be like a cattle call when sowers were called, There would be 40 guys in there trying to take showers with another 190 waiting.
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I used to have to clean this shower three times a day. Hey it was a job for inmates and it sucked
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ha ha BFloyd! good one!
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why is the bed in front of the door????
BTW I would have touched it too. May have even jumped up and down on it har har!
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you will see a name on the wall PUCHI HILL,
This was one of the gay inmates that was there back in the 80s.
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this is the guard tower that overlooked the rec yard and was manned with a armed guard during rec time..
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this is where inmates used to hang out, but it looks alot different then when I was doing time there..Thats the main block to the right and west block in the middle sticking out.
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you were right..This is where inmates were booked in and released. You were brought in through the big doors then they closed behind you and you knew you were not free anymore........