1,236 Comments for York Street Jail

this was to seperate inmates from the west block from those in the mainblock

this is west block..(pc and high profile inmates)

this is the main rotunda where the visits happend and the brass had offices.
way back in the day this is where inmates were hung,the stairs lead to platforms where citizens would watch the hanging. The last person to die by hanging in massachusetts was hung here for killing his family...

this staircase ran from the main rotunda to the A section of the jail.

there was really no warden, there was the sherriff of hampden county who ran the jail but did not stay in the "sherriffs house".
They used this place for work release and day reporting inmaes.

this gate led from the west block(pc&high profile cases) to the visiting rotunda.

the different colors were of no signifigance, they were painted like this because thats what they had for paint.

this was a three man cell at the ends of each tier

I used to live on the second teir at the begining of this photo back in 1984

THIS IS OUTSTANDING!!!!! WELL DONE MOTTS!!!!!

rotten candy, get your rotten candy here!!

oh, Grifspop, i tried looking at the link you posted and it came back invalid. anywhere else where i can find that story sir??

im loling at the fact that right above the showers are fire extinguishing heads. crap, why have that there when all you have to do is just turn on all the showers?? that or have a big enough 3 to 4 foot pool and just get your bath that way.

some jails/prisons guards would kick you around or whatever until you did if you refused to get a shower.

kinda looks like "Grime Scene DO NOT ENTER" with the angle of the C.