I could tell quite a few stories about that place (The Wall, Western State Pennitentury, SCI Pittsburgh). The name changed but that didn't change that it was the zenith of every negative emotion, bad behavior, & depravity. Dude didn't exaggerate about swords. This camp had the tag plant (license plates) so you could make just about anything you wanted out of metal. Other camps considered a six inch blade big while inmates in the Wall had battle axes. It's been known to happen that limbs were severed & entrails would hit the ground. It was a terrible place. Also, the video would've been better if they had someone who knew what they were talking about with them. Even better if they did time in SCI Pittsburg. Homeboy outside could tell them about busting the windows out because it was so hot. Then lighting fires in the winter because it was freezing. The concrete floors were crumbling to the point in certain places you could hand your downstairs neighbor a cup of coffee through the hole in the floor/ceiling. You don't have to be a veteran of the Wall necccessarily, any exinmate should be able to explain things like the "dog cages". Funny, they're called dog runs. There (the Wall) they weren't much of a run but at least got to go outside. Why did dude think that was a movie set? What did I miss that indicated a set? Why was the host thinking kids? She sees iron bars, concrete, & razor wire so her mind goes to kids? Maybe because the cells were kinda small in the old jail. The new construction had much more comfortable cells. I think the cells in the old jail were 5×10×8. That isn't much smaller than average. The place was a mad house for sure.
You should see Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. After the upper tier was built, it was cold in the winter and hot in the summer at the end of each floor. They had a hub in the front. It was like a wheel. They flushed the sewage system once a week.
I did 15 months in that tourist attraction. It was a couple years before they closed down. It was a foreboding place when you 1st walked in. But it was pretty easy time. Level 2 meant lots of freedom. Biggest bummer was only the senior yard (for older inmates) had grass. The whole place is packed inside except that small yard.
@@kizzy0197 considering the condition of the prison is in I don’t think anyone in their right mind would want to work there let alone get arrested there
loved your video!! i was an inmate in this prison for a few years and it was hell!! alot of good and bad memories..i was in the yard on the phone when my mom told me she found my wife dead..there was nothing i could do i just had to stay in that yard and mope around..thanks for this video!! great work!!
Thanks for watching! The female in this video Rebecca was my girlfriend and passed away about a year after making this video. It was extremely hard for me to edit this so I know the pain you felt that day.
13:05 That is the cage they place you when you are getting stripped searched. Behind that Satellite Clinic door was a supply closet with two chairs myself and an other inmate would chill. We would listen to music ,read and take back extra trays to sell. I have seen many inmates get sprayed with OC for not complying. I myself have been in that cage. I was onced drugged for days in that place. All of Pennsylvania was locked down due to drugs being smuggled via the mail. Many people including staff got really sick. It created hallucinations,delirium for days. They used to blast music for days in the whole on those blocks above GA and GB. They used to starve people for 7 days or less for fun, I experienced this. When we moved from this jail to another, nothing was done for us, nothing for our time. We just continued as if nothing happened. Spent time from 2014 to 2018 Sci Pittsburgh....
Western Pen was built in the 1880's. No civil war prisoners at the Woods Run facility. This building was a replacement for an older prison that was where the Aviary is today. That was the "Western Pen" that held Civil War prisoners.
I was there when they escaped and when everyone had civilian clothes. That was a city within a city. Watching this made me sick to my stomach. They actually went up to Deathrow. A building was ALWAYS flooded and had both cellies on the top bunk staying dry. Yea i did some art too. Steeler and Penguin work for the guards just to leave me alone.
@@abandonedcentral that’s a yes and a no in the winter it’s wild I was on riverside there are no windows so when that wind hit u feel coming out the shower
The former West Virginia State Prison not far from Pittsburgh in Moundsville West Virginia built in the 1860s that closed in the 90s is now a museum and a thriving tourist destination,this one in Pittsburgh would definitely make an interesting museum,I know it's up for auction,it's a sad side of history like war is ,but it's history.
14:39 We used to spend time out here when a therapist would hold an activity for one hour a day. We would go over Cognitive behavioral therapy and focused group discussions. I remember coming out in the morning by myself when it was 40 degrees out to hear the birds and to get some quiet... Such a beautiful bitter flashback. Now I am here, looking at where I used to be, and now I am working for home in Florida.....This is difficult to watch.
At 11:50 that building you are in, that is the hole. The cell block with all the fishes and murals was for the "Mental Health Block" I still have alot of my Sci Pittsburgh passes and paperwork. Place was great but towards the end, when they where shutting it down...It became an abusive place.
I see you guys are in Pittsburgh, you guys could hit us up for some explored as we’re local here and explore all over Pittsburgh and western PA. The whole channel is dedicated to it
😞 sad that she is no longer with us. I, just recently started following you. She was amazing to watch in the previous videos. I,seen her in. Beautiful in and out.
I just really want to know how permission was obtained to actually get inside and explore the prison. I’m local and really been wanting to shoot a video like this for the channel. Glad to finally see the inside at least
@@philbrenneman753 it was set up through the department of corrections. The security guards there don’t have authority to let anyone inside without waivers signed by the DOC.
@@abandonedcentralhow did you reach out to them ? i'm interested in contacting them to get permission for me and a group of coworkers to explore / document
They filmed Escape at Dannemora there, Part of season II Mind Hunters, Some of this years Mayor of Kingstown. The hospital was the cancer treatment center for DOC
I've been inside there & trust me at that time you wouldn't want to have done time there. The 00G was absolutely on point, he's probably a little younger than me & he's right, you live with that place till death. 😡
To the people that made this video....awesome video! Seeing everything in this video, drastically brought back so many memories that my friends and I made, during our stay at this God forsaken prison. I've been out since June 2016, shortly before it closed down and just last year completed my sentence while on parole. So, for the ignorant people that stereotype inmates, label us as no good or worthless scum criminals, or whatever, fuck yinz. I been a tax paying, productive member of society a month after I was released and still runnin strong. AND walked off 4 years of state parole. Thanks for the video guys!
I feel you. I was there April 2013 to April 2014. Brings back so many memories. When you first go home you kind of miss it in all honesty. No one who wasn't incarcerated will ever understand.
I LOVE THE FUNCTION OVER THE FORM. A PRISON OR A POWERPLANT. THE DESIGN NEEDS TO ACCOUNT FOR MANY THINGS… BUT IT’S “ARTISTIC VALUE” IS NEXT TO WORTHLESS. THE BEAUTY AND THE “FORM” COME FROM AN EXCELLENT DESIGN. EVEN IF IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
I spent years in here an nobody would ever listen to us the man bill u interviewed is like my grandfather he recently passed away but I’m glad you exposed the truth thank you guys
@@abandonedcentral oh jeez, 4 years ago? Why the delay on uploading it now? I wish I could obtain permission this year to document it like you did since I’m also local and preserve history here within the city. At least we get to see it here on video
How did you get permission to explore? A friend of mine is doing a project for this at school and wants to see what it is really like and learn more about it.
Those outside cells were just for solitary confinement,, if they got there hour out and wanted to go outside they would put them in the, that menu might of sounded good lol but trust me,, when u seen what it looked liked you'd think otherwise trust me
Alot of storys and yes fayette is open i live 2 miles from it. I want to do a documentary about the Wall. Telling old stories from staff that worked there.
Really nice combined exploring with amazing photos .. also nice tribute to Rebecca. Rest In Paradise, hopefully her photobook will have a chance to be published. All the best to you all !
Thanks for watching! This was a hard one for me to edit and thats why it took so long to be released. Her book will be finished in 2020. Sorting through thousands of her photos over a several year span has been extremely difficult to organize and edit by myself. Theres over 300 photos already re edited for it, and I'm only half through all the locations she photographed. It's a long process, but it will get finished this year!
I was there in 2010. Never knew how old the place was, but knew damn well it was really old. In the cell there was no room for anything else but the bed, so I would do my pushups and situps on the bed. Crazy watching this video cause it brings memories.
Just to add, the cells downstars were bigger, and for two people, while my cell upstairs was for a single person, single cell and there was no room to move around. Just a bed and a toilet right next to it.
The dog cages were used all year long that was solitary confinement yard a hour per day an if u went out they wouldn’t allow u back in till the hour was up no bathroom no nothin
I used to work in the hole . I helped pass out Linens, toiletries ,etc. We would be awoken at random times at night to go clean the floods the inmates would create. SO odd seeing you all walk around. The worst place was on the top floors of Block GA and GB. Those small blocks they house mentally violent prisoners. They used to Spray OC alot and leave them to burn for hours. I experienced this by an officer Sydlick .
How did you get permission to explore? I live in Pittsburgh and have been googling trying to find somone to ask for a tour or get permission to go explore but I’ve been unsuccessful.
Lol yea, to a photographer in an abandoned prison, it's a nice color to photograph. From some older photos I see, the cell doors were white for awhile.
wow what a life to be able to do this and that building is like a time capsule you can see the 19th 20th and 21 century Architecture as the years went on
@@abandonedcentral it was homeboy Eric's cell before they shut the prison down he gets into how he made fake blood out of juice packs and used ash to write on the walls definitely not a movie set
@@MJ-yi5ou Just watched that part of his video where he explains it! Pretty awesome he would do it to scare other inmates haha, currently emailing back and forth with him right now!
Worked there from 2012 until it closed in 2017... its so cool cause I knew that inmate you interviews very well and and everywhere you toured I remember and and was explaining everything to my wife. Those out door cages where you said it was cold was just an outdoor rec area for the special unit that was up there.
Was the cages the A300 yard on the roof? I was there pretty close same time as you except different circumstances. Pretty sure I played some handball with the dude in the interview but not positive.
When I was a paramedic years ago we used to pick up the WP inmates who “fell down some steps” or “slipped in the shower” and took them to the hospital.... Hell there used to be a public swimming pool right outside of the jail “woods run pool” that we all went to as kids.
great video!! ive done a video about this place from the outside looking in.. can you point me in the direction about getting permission myself? I do travel, abandoned, & lil bit of paranormal vlog videos. i live 20 minutes away from that place...
Thanks for watching! I got permission to photograph the prison by the state back in 2018. I don't think they let anyone access with permission since then that I know of. Best bet is talking to the security guard on site and seeing if he can get you in contact with the correct people.
The Walls in Nashville is closed, its where they filmed the green Mile! They painted the floors red because of the blood spilled! Tennessee paid $1:00 a year to rent the property.
I did 15 years in there. What was called a shower pass is really just something you'd have on your door when in the shower which lets the officers know to not lock your door. Part about sexual inmate abuse, the main inmate abused is named Robert "Willow" Williams. He's gay but was able to spin the case into some money in which he settled but lies and says he got $90K. Two officers were convicted and both got the lightest penalty ever. 5 years probation one one and 6 months probation for the other. CO Friess CERTAINLY had a racist aura. I tried to never be near him. Most of those 6 worked in the hole so they were basically assigned there specifically to be able to do those things. At 8:50 is the walk thru the bottoms. That's where an escape was made in the 90s. No inmate, even the snitches would not see that part. This is my first time seeing it outside of a documentary that only showed a few pictures. Which reminds me, the writings on the walls where people put time and effort in? The only way they'd be allowed to keep their work is if they were snitches. Old dude said all the snitches were getting stabbed... If I had his name I'd check everything about him. I get he's PK (Pale King) and most people assume them to be racist. Some are, some aren't. I never had an issue with any PK. In fact I did some shit with a few, but I assure you he lied right there. An inmate named Radio was raping people but that rape culture is basically TV. Even the sexual assaults by the COs... All that was voluntary. At 13:56 that's the work of more than one inmate. A black inmate and a white one. As one part says Niggers Die with the ER at the end but there's also tombstones with names of some people from the Hill District and Deraud which is a street there. The chow schedule shown at 14:08 doesn't specify how much you would get of each item. Trust me, you don't eat good there unless it's commissary. The cages directly after that is the cages you go in for 1 hour a day when in the hole. Yeah used 365 days a year. The cell made for a movie set further shows that the world of prison we see on TV is overly dramatized and is why we have a distorted view of prison. 99% chance that I warmed up on that same stationary bike at least 2000 times. 😂 That was a trip down memory lane! Came close to some of my cells too.
I was in both Menard CC and Pontiac CC (Unfortunately) in Illinois and they're IDENTICAL to the old main building in the beginning of this video. Illinois still uses them HEAVILY.
Read the book "Born to Lose" about the historic Pittsburgh serial killer, Stanley B. Hoss. Probably one of the most infamous inmates to serve time at Western Penitentiary
Damn!!!!! What a heartbreaker at the end. So sorry to hear she passed away ... So sorry to hear of that. Rest Eazy young one ... Pray for peace and strength for her family and friend's. I apologize for the question if it is taken as ignorance. But I have to ask ..... How did she pass if you can let me know. I was really enjoying her narrative and her shots. Just made me sad to learn of this. She seemed , only for this slight window into who she was, a really cool and caring person.
That was dope guys, made it so much better with the dude's story that lived that nightmare. Prison is no place for anyone, it sure as hell ain't no joke.
I spent five days on the 7th tier there because it was a holiday weekend. Couldn't see the judge until Tuesday. Let's just say it was a holiday weekend that's all I'll say about that LOL had a great time best 5 days I could have spent since I'm a history buff
I could tell quite a few stories about that place (The Wall, Western State Pennitentury, SCI Pittsburgh). The name changed but that didn't change that it was the zenith of every negative emotion, bad behavior, & depravity. Dude didn't exaggerate about swords. This camp had the tag plant (license plates) so you could make just about anything you wanted out of metal. Other camps considered a six inch blade big while inmates in the Wall had battle axes. It's been known to happen that limbs were severed & entrails would hit the ground. It was a terrible place.
Also, the video would've been better if they had someone who knew what they were talking about with them. Even better if they did time in SCI Pittsburg. Homeboy outside could tell them about busting the windows out because it was so hot. Then lighting fires in the winter because it was freezing. The concrete floors were crumbling to the point in certain places you could hand your downstairs neighbor a cup of coffee through the hole in the floor/ceiling. You don't have to be a veteran of the Wall necccessarily, any exinmate should be able to explain things like the "dog cages". Funny, they're called dog runs. There (the Wall) they weren't much of a run but at least got to go outside. Why did dude think that was a movie set? What did I miss that indicated a set? Why was the host thinking kids? She sees iron bars, concrete, & razor wire so her mind goes to kids? Maybe because the cells were kinda small in the old jail. The new construction had much more comfortable cells. I think the cells in the old jail were 5×10×8. That isn't much smaller than average. The place was a mad house for sure.
You should see Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. After the upper tier was built, it was cold in the winter and hot in the summer at the end of each floor. They had a hub in the front. It was like a wheel. They flushed the sewage system once a week.
I did 15 months in that tourist attraction. It was a couple years before they closed down. It was a foreboding place when you 1st walked in. But it was pretty easy time. Level 2 meant lots of freedom. Biggest bummer was only the senior yard (for older inmates) had grass. The whole place is packed inside except that small yard.
EZ-5833, C-block- riverside, tier 4.. peace brother, stay free
20 years ago I was there. Damn seems like a dream how time flies.
How long did you spend there?
I was too I got my number Nov 2000
I did 11 years in that shithole. My DOC number was P5295. I hated that joint.
i was there to you should know names than you know me
@@kizzy0197 considering the condition of the prison is in I don’t think anyone in their right mind would want to work there let alone get arrested there
I was an inmate twice there
loved your video!! i was an inmate in this prison for a few years and it was hell!! alot of good and bad memories..i was in the yard on the phone when my mom told me she found my wife dead..there was nothing i could do i just had to stay in that yard and mope around..thanks for this video!! great work!!
Thanks for watching! The female in this video Rebecca was my girlfriend and passed away about a year after making this video. It was extremely hard for me to edit this so I know the pain you felt that day.
I forgot about the pay phones in the yard !
Did a 5yrs after my release they closed it dwn
You know when you get called to see the chaplain that is bad news. Lost my brother when I was in.
13:05 That is the cage they place you when you are getting stripped searched. Behind that Satellite Clinic door was a supply closet with two chairs myself and an other inmate would chill. We would listen to music ,read and take back extra trays to sell. I have seen many inmates get sprayed with OC for not complying. I myself have been in that cage. I was onced drugged for days in that place. All of Pennsylvania was locked down due to drugs being smuggled via the mail. Many people including staff got really sick. It created hallucinations,delirium for days. They used to blast music for days in the whole on those blocks above GA and GB. They used to starve people for 7 days or less for fun, I experienced this. When we moved from this jail to another, nothing was done for us, nothing for our time. We just continued as if nothing happened. Spent time from 2014 to 2018 Sci Pittsburgh....
I live right up the hill from SCI Pittsburgh. The Warden's House between the prison and the river walk is amazing.
Western Pen was built in the 1880's. No civil war prisoners at the Woods Run facility. This building was a replacement for an older prison that was where the Aviary is today. That was the "Western Pen" that held Civil War prisoners.
Really awesome explore. Happy New Year 🎆. Hope you have an awesome 2021😃👍
Thanks JD! Happy New Year to you as well!
I was there when they escaped and when everyone had civilian clothes. That was a city within a city. Watching this made me sick to my stomach. They actually went up to Deathrow. A building was ALWAYS flooded and had both cellies on the top bunk staying dry. Yea i did some art too. Steeler and Penguin work for the guards just to leave me alone.
When who escaped? That freak child lover cult leader?
This is so well done
I loved hearing everyone's perspective
It was a really nice touch to add the news stories as well
Thanks for your feedback Claire, glad you liked the video!
@@abandonedcentral awww you are very welcome!!!
Very interesting always wanted to see the inside. My grandfather was incarcerated there from 1929 -1939.
I remember going to visit my older brothers Dad as a kid..he's been serving a life sentence since 1967..he's down in Fayette now
He's been in prison for 55 years?!!?
@@simonyip5978 IN PENNSYLVANIA LIFE IS UNTIL U DIE
Sad part I spent 5 years of my life in this jail
That must of been rough
@@abandonedcentral that’s a yes and a no in the winter it’s wild I was on riverside there are no windows so when that wind hit u feel coming out the shower
The former West Virginia State Prison not far from Pittsburgh in Moundsville West Virginia built in the 1860s that closed in the 90s is now a museum and a thriving tourist destination,this one in Pittsburgh would definitely make an interesting museum,I know it's up for auction,it's a sad side of history like war is ,but it's history.
I'm done eight years in moundsville
I'm curious as to how you got access to the inside of this prison. Well done!
she said in the beginning of the video that they had permission
Great video bro.
bword 🙏🏻
Thanks Rodrick! You better go get that spot done 👊
@@abandonedcentral this week 😆
I think jigsaw puzzles are generally a crowd favorite in prison . Things that take a long time to complete.
Work there from 1991 to 2005 transfer to Fayette. Got a part in Escape at Dannemora im the tower officer shooting tear gas in the riot scene.
You have any crazy stories from SCI Pittsburgh you can tell? Is Fayette still active today?
Oh you were one of the saditic CO's?
@@ChiTownGuerrilla could be if needed.
@@abandonedcentral yes and yes
14:39 We used to spend time out here when a therapist would hold an activity for one hour a day. We would go over Cognitive behavioral therapy and focused group discussions. I remember coming out in the morning by myself when it was 40 degrees out to hear the birds and to get some quiet... Such a beautiful bitter flashback. Now I am here, looking at where I used to be, and now I am working for home in Florida.....This is difficult to watch.
17:00 Eric Costo's Cell he has a TH-cam prison consulting TH-cam channel❗💯✌
At 11:50 that building you are in, that is the hole. The cell block with all the fishes and murals was for the "Mental Health Block" I still have alot of my Sci Pittsburgh passes and paperwork. Place was great but towards the end, when they where shutting it down...It became an abusive place.
I see you guys are in Pittsburgh, you guys could hit us up for some explored as we’re local here and explore all over Pittsburgh and western PA. The whole channel is dedicated to it
This was shot a few years ago but ill check out the videos on your channel! Thanks for watching!
@@abandonedcentral No problem! I read your comment about the 4 years old. Still nice to see what it looks like
Aww #bwordliveson
Very cool. Next level editing. Nice work, guys.
Much appreciated man! A lot of work went into this one. Thanks for watching!
I want to get old prison guards together and tell you guys some stories about the prison. Cause once we are gone the storys of what went on are gone.
i was there myself for 10yrs i was there from 1992 till 2002 than i went to summerset
Sick bro! Been looking into this for years. Never got to it. Dope video.
Lol hey there
Thanks Joey! It's def a good one for sure.
14:24 u really think that food resembled what the menu listed. Also the outdoor cells were for the solitary confined inmates outside rec time
😞 sad that she is no longer with us. I, just recently started following you. She was amazing to watch in the previous videos. I,seen her in. Beautiful in and out.
She really was. I still have some cool videos with Becca in them I'll be releasing throughout this year.
I just really want to know how permission was obtained to actually get inside and explore the prison. I’m local and really been wanting to shoot a video like this for the channel. Glad to finally see the inside at least
We just contacted the prison directly to get permission.
@@abandonedcentral A security guard at the prison left you in? Or Department of Corrections?
@@philbrenneman753 it was set up through the department of corrections. The security guards there don’t have authority to let anyone inside without waivers signed by the DOC.
@@abandonedcentral That's good to hear, I had the security contract at that time.
@@abandonedcentralhow did you reach out to them ? i'm interested in contacting them to get permission for me and a group of coworkers to explore / document
They filmed Escape at Dannemora there, Part of season II Mind Hunters, Some of this years Mayor of Kingstown. The hospital was the cancer treatment center for DOC
"Incredible" is not a word for a Prison.
I've been inside there & trust me at that time you wouldn't want to have done time there. The 00G was absolutely on point, he's probably a little younger than me & he's right, you live with that place till death. 😡
Great video guys!!!
To the people that made this video....awesome video! Seeing everything in this video, drastically brought back so many memories that my friends and I made, during our stay at this God forsaken prison. I've been out since June 2016, shortly before it closed down and just last year completed my sentence while on parole. So, for the ignorant people that stereotype inmates, label us as no good or worthless scum criminals, or whatever, fuck yinz. I been a tax paying, productive member of society a month after I was released and still runnin strong. AND walked off 4 years of state parole. Thanks for the video guys!
Weren’t u on PC the whole time? 😂😂😂
I feel you. I was there April 2013 to April 2014. Brings back so many memories. When you first go home you kind of miss it in all honesty. No one who wasn't incarcerated will ever understand.
There was a guy raped with broom stick guards involved when I was there.
so?
I LOVE THE FUNCTION OVER THE FORM. A PRISON OR A POWERPLANT. THE DESIGN NEEDS TO ACCOUNT FOR MANY THINGS… BUT IT’S “ARTISTIC VALUE” IS NEXT TO WORTHLESS. THE BEAUTY AND THE “FORM” COME FROM AN EXCELLENT DESIGN. EVEN IF IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
Is this Philly prisons? I seen north Philly on the door at 10:38?
Someone from Philly wrote that. The prison is in Pittsburgh.
Great video!!!
Thanks for watching Donald!
I spent years in here an nobody would ever listen to us the man bill u interviewed is like my grandfather he recently passed away but I’m glad you exposed the truth thank you guys
Good Stuff Fran
Thanks Curt!
Were from Pittsburgh,Pa and was just there 1 hour ago and was told I wasn't allowed to post my video and pictures on social media accounts
This video was shot almost 4 years ago.
@@abandonedcentral oh wow awesome video though
@@3SoulsParanormal Thanks for watching! Glad you were able to see it also.
@@abandonedcentral oh jeez, 4 years ago? Why the delay on uploading it now? I wish I could obtain permission this year to document it like you did since I’m also local and preserve history here within the city. At least we get to see it here on video
How did yall get access?? I live in pittsburgh
We got access from the State Correctional Dept right after it closed a few years ago.
Did you ever figure out what film set that cell was set up for?
How did you get permission to explore? A friend of mine is doing a project for this at school and wants to see what it is really like and learn more about it.
You every find out?
All the snitches got stabbed. At this point even the way he chews gum let's me know he's a REAL OG.
Wow this is crazy to watch , my fiance spent many years and I spent many days in the visiting room
Those outside cells were just for solitary confinement,, if they got there hour out and wanted to go outside they would put them in the, that menu might of sounded good lol but trust me,, when u seen what it looked liked you'd think otherwise trust me
They should've called PREA on the CO'S if it was around then
Prea was the result of that.
I did time there in 2002.Its crazy to look back where I was long ago and who I an today.
2:15 Why wouldn't they put netting on each floor which would prevent suicides and people throwing each other over the edge?
Metal fence below breaks the fall.
I painted a lot of the stuff in there it was actually a job an they did it to make it look good for outsiders
Alot of storys and yes fayette is open i live 2 miles from it.
I want to do a documentary about the Wall. Telling old stories from staff that worked there.
yo vivo en Pittsburgh y me gustaria saber donde obtener los permisos para ingresar a este lugar, que buen video!!
Really nice combined exploring with amazing photos .. also nice tribute to Rebecca.
Rest In Paradise, hopefully her photobook will have a chance to be published.
All the best to you all !
Thanks for watching! This was a hard one for me to edit and thats why it took so long to be released. Her book will be finished in 2020. Sorting through thousands of her photos over a several year span has been extremely difficult to organize and edit by myself. Theres over 300 photos already re edited for it, and I'm only half through all the locations she photographed. It's a long process, but it will get finished this year!
Nice .. i'll try to get one when it's out.
Is Rebecca the girl in the video??? What happened to her if u don't mind me asking
Great video
Thanks for the visit
I was there in 2010. Never knew how old the place was, but knew damn well it was really old. In the cell there was no room for anything else but the bed, so I would do my pushups and situps on the bed. Crazy watching this video cause it brings memories.
Just to add, the cells downstars were bigger, and for two people, while my cell upstairs was for a single person, single cell and there was no room to move around. Just a bed and a toilet right next to it.
The dog cages were used all year long that was solitary confinement yard a hour per day an if u went out they wouldn’t allow u back in till the hour was up no bathroom no nothin
I did security here up until a few months ago, very strange being there alone for 24 hours
Wish I would of known that, I really want to go back to reshoot a few photos here.
@@abandonedcentral My company no longer does security there anymore! wish I woulda seen this video earlier I would have offered yall to come back :(
I worked here for a while. The building itself is fascinating.
Yes it is
I used to work in the hole . I helped pass out Linens, toiletries ,etc. We would be awoken at random times at night to go clean the floods the inmates would create. SO odd seeing you all walk around. The worst place was on the top floors of Block GA and GB. Those small blocks they house mentally violent prisoners. They used to Spray OC alot and leave them to burn for hours. I experienced this by an officer Sydlick .
Did you know Edward Bitter?
Great video I liked it
Thanks for watching Bobby!
I was there the haunting is still in my head and heart. It is why I am here
Guys.. Next visit.. If there is one.. Check the chapel out.. If it is still there.. When I was incarcerated a lone pine tree grew near the chapel
such a cool explore
How did you get permission to explore? I live in Pittsburgh and have been googling trying to find somone to ask for a tour or get permission to go explore but I’ve been unsuccessful.
They haven't let anyone access this building in a few years now. We just got lucky to gain access for this video back in 2018.
he says it's a nice color blue door it really pop's..LMFAO i bet the inmates thought the same thing doing 60 years..hahaha
Lol yea, to a photographer in an abandoned prison, it's a nice color to photograph. From some older photos I see, the cell doors were white for awhile.
wow what a life to be able to do this and that building is like a time capsule you can see the 19th 20th and 21 century Architecture as the years went on
16:50 cell was just interviewed on " Lockdown 23and1 " channel he stabbed himself in the head when he was high on K2
Damn that is crazy. I will have to look that up.
@@abandonedcentral and that's kool aid on the walls. He said he did it bc he thought it was funny and would scare ppl
Eric Costos cell.
You guys did an awesome job with this film!!!! Hit me up if you have any questions!!!
Thanks alot Josh! Im sure this one brought back some memories for you. Probably not the best ones, but we appreciate you watching!
You guys did a great job!!!
That's ERIC COSTO's cell, he just spoke about it on lockdown 23&1
It is not a film set, Eric was just a sick and twisted funny inmate
Just seen lock down and came here to check it out that dude is out of his mind funny as hell
@@MJ-yi5ou Gonna have to give this a watch today! We for sure thought it was made for a movie.
@@abandonedcentral it was homeboy Eric's cell before they shut the prison down he gets into how he made fake blood out of juice packs and used ash to write on the walls definitely not a movie set
@@MJ-yi5ou Just watched that part of his video where he explains it! Pretty awesome he would do it to scare other inmates haha, currently emailing back and forth with him right now!
Worked there from 2012 until it closed in 2017... its so cool cause I knew that inmate you interviews very well and and everywhere you toured I remember and and was explaining everything to my wife. Those out door cages where you said it was cold was just an outdoor rec area for the special unit that was up there.
Thats pretty wild that you knew that inmate while working there.
Was the cages the A300 yard on the roof? I was there pretty close same time as you except different circumstances. Pretty sure I played some handball with the dude in the interview but not positive.
When I was a paramedic years ago we used to pick up the WP inmates who “fell down some steps” or “slipped in the shower” and took them to the hospital....
Hell there used to be a public swimming pool right outside of the jail “woods run pool” that we all went to as kids.
13:47 "I hope and pray he got laid as soon as he got out" LMAO
What an amazing memory
Thanks for watching!
great video!! ive done a video about this place from the outside looking in.. can you point me in the direction about getting permission myself? I do travel, abandoned, & lil bit of paranormal vlog videos. i live 20 minutes away from that place...
Thanks for watching! I got permission to photograph the prison by the state back in 2018. I don't think they let anyone access with permission since then that I know of. Best bet is talking to the security guard on site and seeing if he can get you in contact with the correct people.
How do u open up?
Despite everything, made me laugh to think how they reacted when ordering pizzas. 😄
" delivered .. where ? "
" yes, the abandoned prison, mate "
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Hahaha they had to confirm like 3 times that we were at the abandoned prison 😂
@@abandonedcentral 😆😆🤘
North block in 1992 was a classification war zone i was 19 and i remember they asked me where do you want your body sent if something happened to you
The Walls in Nashville is closed, its where they filmed the green Mile! They painted the floors red because of the blood spilled! Tennessee paid $1:00 a year to rent the property.
Thanks for that information but this isn't Tennessee State Prison in Nashville although we do have a video on that location.
I did 15 years in there. What was called a shower pass is really just something you'd have on your door when in the shower which lets the officers know to not lock your door.
Part about sexual inmate abuse, the main inmate abused is named Robert "Willow" Williams. He's gay but was able to spin the case into some money in which he settled but lies and says he got $90K. Two officers were convicted and both got the lightest penalty ever. 5 years probation one one and 6 months probation for the other. CO Friess CERTAINLY had a racist aura. I tried to never be near him. Most of those 6 worked in the hole so they were basically assigned there specifically to be able to do those things.
At 8:50 is the walk thru the bottoms. That's where an escape was made in the 90s. No inmate, even the snitches would not see that part. This is my first time seeing it outside of a documentary that only showed a few pictures. Which reminds me, the writings on the walls where people put time and effort in? The only way they'd be allowed to keep their work is if they were snitches. Old dude said all the snitches were getting stabbed... If I had his name I'd check everything about him. I get he's PK (Pale King) and most people assume them to be racist. Some are, some aren't. I never had an issue with any PK. In fact I did some shit with a few, but I assure you he lied right there. An inmate named Radio was raping people but that rape culture is basically TV. Even the sexual assaults by the COs... All that was voluntary.
At 13:56 that's the work of more than one inmate. A black inmate and a white one. As one part says Niggers Die with the ER at the end but there's also tombstones with names of some people from the Hill District and Deraud which is a street there.
The chow schedule shown at 14:08 doesn't specify how much you would get of each item. Trust me, you don't eat good there unless it's commissary. The cages directly after that is the cages you go in for 1 hour a day when in the hole. Yeah used 365 days a year.
The cell made for a movie set further shows that the world of prison we see on TV is overly dramatized and is why we have a distorted view of prison.
99% chance that I warmed up on that same stationary bike at least 2000 times. 😂
That was a trip down memory lane! Came close to some of my cells too.
Who did you contact for access? I live within walking distance and I've always wanted to explore it.
#bwordliveson it was so good to hear her voice and see her today I miss her so much 🖤
We all miss her so much!
@@abandonedcentral how did she die? She was so young & pretty
Sci Pittsburgh. Was there 2 times. 2000 and then 2012. From there in 2000 to sci graterford then 2012 to sci houtzdale.
I was in both Menard CC and Pontiac CC (Unfortunately) in Illinois and they're IDENTICAL to the old main building in the beginning of this video. Illinois still uses them HEAVILY.
What prison was this
Was just driving around it the other evening shooting some photos.
One of the best abandoned prisons in the USA by far.
I read an article that stated Bidwell/Manchester Craftsman’s Guild bought it for $1. Anyone know if it’s true?
Def loved this video bc you sure didn't blur nothing out 😂😂😂. Salute
Check out Lockdown 23and1 he just did a video with the guy who lived in the cell you thought was a movie scene lol...dude explains his cell
We just figured that since a movie was just filmed at the jail right before we visited it. I'll have to check it out, sounds pretty wild.
Yes that is cuzzo, he has a good stories..
Thats y im here found out through the show
Look up Erick Costco he have a youtube hell yall u every thing abut the cell and staying there
How can I visit
I know crime is out there, but when police start doing less crime than citizens, then revisit how prisons are run.
This the old Green right?
Yes it is
Read the book "Born to Lose" about the historic Pittsburgh serial killer, Stanley B. Hoss. Probably one of the most infamous inmates to serve time at Western Penitentiary
Will def have to check that out. Wish I knew about it while I was editing this project.
I went to eastern state in philly al capones cell is there so close to the city to ,greets from Liverpool
Damn!!!!! What a heartbreaker at the end. So sorry to hear she passed away ... So sorry to hear of that.
Rest Eazy young one ... Pray for peace and strength for her family and friend's.
I apologize for the question if it is taken as ignorance. But I have to ask ..... How did she pass if you can let me know.
I was really enjoying her narrative and her shots. Just made me sad to learn of this. She seemed , only for this slight window into who she was, a really cool and caring person.
Another dope video!
Thanks for watching Alison!
That was dope guys, made it so much better with the dude's story that lived that nightmare. Prison is no place for anyone, it sure as hell ain't no joke.
Thanks for watching!
I WAS THERE IN THAT BIG BUILDING SHE REFERRED TO 3RD TIER 1997
I spent five days on the 7th tier there because it was a holiday weekend. Couldn't see the judge until Tuesday. Let's just say it was a holiday weekend that's all I'll say about that LOL had a great time best 5 days I could have spent since I'm a history buff