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Abandoned Jail and Detention Centre Urban Exploring with Freaktography Carlo Paolozza & RiddimRyder
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This Abandoned Ontario Jail and Detention Centre was originally built in the early 1960’s as a provincial mental health facility. In the mid 70’s it was changed to a facility for the Developmentally Handicapped, which closed in 1983. Two years after this closure the facility was given a multi-million dollar facelift to serve as a youth-only secure custody and detention centre.
The facility served the Community Safety and Correctional Services until early in 2012 when the facility was closed suddenly with no reason given or timeline for staff, it just closed down leaving over 200 people out of a job.
Research shows that at one point there were hundreds of inmates housed at the centre, but at the time of its closure it was operating at only 26 per cent capacity.
Through the 60’s and 70’s when the facility was a mental health facility at its peak he Psychiatric Hospital had approximately 300 employees. The patients were sent to institutions in larger centres and many eventually released as the Canadian government moved away from psychiatric hospitals, former staff stated that quite a few of the patients probably ended up on the streets without their medication.
The hospital was known for its wide variety of services, including wards for children, mothers suffering from post-partum depression and alcoholics.
From 2012 through to 2017 the Abandoned Ontario Jail and Detention Centre sat empty, power still running, heaters on, water still running and lights on, then in 2017 the military started using the facility for training purposes. As of December 2018 the military has used the facility for training three times, blowing holes in every possible wall and blowing doors off of every frame. I think it’s safe to sat that any possible re-use of this building is now impossible given the amount of damage done here by the military.
Now, the former psychiatric hospital and jail sits an empty shell of what used to be there, the basement is entirely flooded and water continues to rise above the ceiling of the basement, wooden boards cover the holes in the walls and the floors are riddled with training bullets and debris, and now a playground for Urban Explorers.
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okay guys what's going on I'm freaked
ography today we're in bandages a big
abandon ship one time a psychiatric
hospital then it was a full load
detention center and then it was used as
a youth detention center till it closed
quite a few years ago so the Army has
done some training in here so from what
we understand there's a lot of damage
but some destruction from the Army
blowing [ __ ] up that was gonna be some
jail cells we're gonna have a cafeteria
segregation cells we're gonna have a
cool spot so I'm here with written
writer and of course the UBC follow
along what do we do first
cue the music cue the intro let's get it
this abandoned Ontario jail and
detention center was originally built in
the early 1960s as a provincial mental
health facility in the mid 1970s it was
changed to a facility for the
developmentally handicapped which also
closed in 1983 two years after this
closure the facility was given a
multi-million dollar facelift to serve
as a youth only security custody and
detention center the facility served the
community safety and correctional
services until early in 2012 when the
facility was closed suddenly with no
reason given or timeline given to staff
it just closed down leaving over 200
people out of a job from 2012 through
2017 this abandoned Ontario jail and
detention center sat empty power still
running heaters on water still running
and lights on then in 2017 the military
started using this facility for training
purposes as of December 2018 the
military has used this facility for
training three times blowing holes in
every possible wall and blowing doors
off of every frame I think it's safe to
say that any possible reuse of this
building is now impossible given the
amount of damage done here by the
military now this former psychiatric
hospital in jail sits an empty shell of
what it used to be wooden boards cover
the holes in the walls and the floors
are riddled with training bullets and
debris it is now a playground for urban
explorers okay guys here we go we're
gonna walk through this range here and
then we're gonna go upstairs and see
what's going on upstairs alright here we
go
you go yourself
number one jail cell number two all
right
this side has been just destroyed
compared to the other side then we're
going to take a look upstairs I don't
think we've been upstairs yet oh that's
a pretty cool-looking room right there
all right here we go
no I haven't been up here yet this is
all new to me Andy
[Applause]
okay you got a house out here with some
graffiti pictures of artwork we got in
this one
nothing peeling paint what we got in
here check them all guys go check them
all this one well we got some pictures
on the wall here I'm girlies here we go
you get this shot right here this girl
there you go another one right there
guess you gotta have something to pass
the time
yeah okay you believe that you're gonna
get some girly pics in there yeah yeah
nothing in there we got in here nothing
we're gonna eat on the floor
holy crap that's crazy
nothing PP nothing this one's nice all
right we'll be right back
this is a TV room guys are gonna watch
movies and stuff riveting stuff here
okay guys let's go take a look see what
we got down here
[Music]
holy [ __ ] so watch this guys so here's
this door right here and here's the door
where the door knob would be so the army
blew it up and the door knob is all the
way over here so this door knob smooth
from that door right there when they
blew it up all the way to here that's
nuts
they really did a number on this place
boy oh wow this place is crazy big holy
crap
look at the hole that they blew in the
wall here from outside to gain access
holy [ __ ]
another big hole there if it flies all
the way from there over there oh look at
this your bad guy holding somebody
hostage this place is amazing
UVC okay guys it's a nice light here
take a walk down this hallway take a
look outside there at the UBC in there I
think there is UBC we got here and this
busted glass and brick everywhere
this place is good check that big hole
up there guys as you can see we have a
lot of peeling paint on the floor here
in addition to a whole bunch of
destruction caused by the military but
there's a lot of peeling paint that's
fallen to the floor over the years this
place has been abandoned for a very long
time and watch if you go over in the
corner here
if you're doing some sort of tactical
training you just shot that guy right
there see it's two of them in here come
in clear the room shoot this guy he's
got bullets all over him and then right
here shoot this guy - there's your
bullets right there that come out of the
guns training bullets what this hallway
here lots of crunchy pretty much every
single room out of the hole blown
through it green wall orange green wall
feeling safe
lots of damage in here Wow
[Music]
yeah this doors opening light on so we
can see today guys I'm gonna see what's
in some of these rooms here it's just
the bathroom it's here let's see this is
just another room nothing in it
[Music]
okay so now I seem to be inside a common
area of room here
you got one loan TV over there in the
corner and a couple of doors here some
windows here obviously you would have
had some some tables and chairs right
here maybe this is like a visiting room
or something
yeah I think I hear the UBC coming there
he is everywhere I go that UBC's right
there here he comes guys
booyah so I think this is a visiting
room because there's there's a TV up
there if you look on the floor there's
spots for the tables with a pin right
here this is probably where they monitor
so this is like a visiting room okay
guys we are in the cafeteria right now
it looks like go through this blown open
door
looks like they've got some work they
were doing in here building some walls
and they got something going on outside
that they were building that's really
weird and random it's a concrete mixer
out there and like they were building a
room or something that's really weird
here getting camera you be see these
guys figured up okay guys here we go
walking down another hallway looking for
urbex Jaime I got my flashlight on my
shoulder and his blue UBC's mind okay so
here we got what looks like some kind of
a cell but it's not jailed like a with
bars but this is obviously a cell right
here you've got a smaller one here that
the army kick did
activity room ubc keep it on friend of
mine told me this is place quite amazed
and it's really hard to navigate each
room and didn't know how to get from one
rooms and then I say look at this it's
like a sports room with posters all over
the wall well it goes upstairs I've
gotta finish this for before you
anywhere else
you like outside there
we got here you be Jason somewhere I
smell smoke all right leave my camera
there for a minute look around here's
the food services room this is the big
dishwasher yeah
kitchen I don't want to lose my camera
think I'll grab my camera it's in here a
room and then a true weird oh that goes
downstairs okay it looks like the
basements flooded yeah okay guys watch
this so the army came and blew a hole in
the wall right here and look at the
blast goes from there all the way across
onto the wall
that's the blast from there like that
that's the noise that would have made -
so we're in the gym and it's pretty
boring in here it's a pretty lame you
got some big wall explosions you got a
bad guy over here on the wall let's go
check out the bad guy
ready here he comes here he is guys say
hello to the bad guy say hello to the
bad guy he's been shot - multiple times
okay straighten out the camera okay guys
we're in the cafeteria now here you got
all these tables and chairs you got a
lot of blown-up [ __ ] from when the army
was here you got this right here this is
a chair it doesn't move who gets to sit
in that chair
Oh another open door you'll be seeing
another open door here yeah you see it
alright we got up here
plus it's Church just like we're in the
chapel guys right here I'm guessing it's
a chapel
it worked the window here UBC's gonna go
outside there is I should lock the door
what does the pool over there wonder if
it's filled in anyways this appears to
be a chapel I'm guessing okay look at
how thick this glass is guys holy crap
look at this what could help that's one
one two three five five layers of glass
right there that is a thick glass window
and then look how many bullets they shot
at it and they still didn't break this
one and then down here it's like snow
all the glass on the floor this is crazy
and then after church he called for
lunch in the cafeteria
hey no you see I was gonna kick you
outside and leave you there okay
enough for this video in the cafeteria I
got to take some pictures now okay guys
I think we found the jail cells here's
your shower and yeah a rego
there's the cell right here toilets
missing secure isolation unit what you
will receive mattress two blankets daily
shower exercise yard reading material
telephone access to child advocate
Ombudsman lawyer additional items can be
approved in consultation with a manager
all right here we go
so there's the bed but the toilets have
been removed guys they're all exactly
the same cool oh now we're talking guys
now we're talking
another one and then we got some cells
back here
somebody's been living here it looks
like check this out we got some dudes
boots and it's close somebody's living
in here and then you got another one
right here more boots and then you got
your shower here with a with jail cell
doors all right okay this is cool I like
it
and then probably can't get outside but
this is the recreation yard right here
here we go UVC we found it yeah okay
guys I got to take some pictures
okay guys we're gonna do some filming
will be walked right now we're just in
the offices so there's really nothing
interesting down here but I got the UVC
with me yeah it's back there you BJ
somewhere so I'm gonna go up here and
we're gonna make a left turn see what's
interesting so this is where the jail
cells for you just ass that's not
straight first chief medical officer
right there okay yeah we were right down
here so we'll go down there
[Music]
every door in here has been completely
bent and warped
is it yeah okay so this is the control
room right here guys
[Music]
giant penis on the wall with a hat on it
there you go there's your your main
control center yep look at the giant
glass look at that all the big hole
never in that class there okay guys I'm
gonna take some pictures time to turn
the camera off okay guys so we're in
like a main lobby area here that's
outside come on over here okay here's
your family visiting lounge
notice to the public notice the legal
counsel all kinds of interesting
information that you need to know when
you're in here does my camera moving
along meeting room some other kind of
room all right all right
what look good hey guys so we found the
gym
you got a really old piece of rusted old
gym equipment in here you can do your
chest press you can do a you do your lat
pull-downs you can do some biceps
triceps take your water bottle there and
then this here is where you do your
crunches your knee raise up against the
wall it's nice and sturdy yeah right
there jump up hold on tight and lift
your legs and work them out let's get
outside here probably not no so this is
the gym guys that's all I have to say
about that okay guys we're walking
around here checking all this stuff out
done wrong corridor in here big long
hallway oh this is the weight went this
way this is the chapel yeah spiritual
center this
this is the spiritual center folks can
you feel the spirit can you feel it feel
it all right
it's about it and you can see my GoPro
there it is moving right along spiritual
center yeah this room feel these bars on
the walls here this is y'all cell for
tonight
goddamn it's pretty cool hey all right
I like this side
all right picture time
okay guys so this is for we're all just
kind of doing our own thing trying to
stay together but we're all splitting up
but here we are for a three-ply portrait
there's upj res writers there's UBC or
best Carlo your zu BD free tog Rafi so
what we're gonna do now we're gonna set
up and we're gonna take a picture and
then I'm gonna post that picture right
here okay
so we're gonna sit down we're gonna take
our seats we're gonna get ready then
we're gonna take a picture time here we
go okay guys every good Explorer needs
good nutrition urbex lunchtime or bex
breakfast the most important time of the
day for me it's a peanut butter jam
sandwich made from home peanut butter
jam butter bread this is how you do it
I'm gonna have my lunch now ubc
represent Tim Hortons over there eating
his sandwich me homemade peanut butter
Jim we got some really old stuff going
on here like it smell red and brighter
it's no cigarettes we got a lot of
peeling paint here we got some nice
light down here have a look you got the
doors all over the place some guessing
these are inmate rooms shower area don't
drop the soap these rooms are pretty big
yeah they're all pretty much the same
least a year Leeson these ones would get
a window that must smother there's the
bed too but the bed's gone and then you
get a stool and you get a desk and you
get a twin don't look outside it's a
pretty big room
do these toilets first shower stalls
weird
okay guys we're gonna head upstairs
let's see what we got up here maybe dark
up here I think I see one very nice dark
there we go okay now we're ready some
barred doors this is exactly the same as
before we were just on Gaza shower room
well this room's got a bed in it
nice I've got to take some of these
pictures of the rooms with bets all the
rooms downstairs didn't have any beds
there you go nice I like that all these
rooms have des good every room has a bed
and every door has been completely
slammed
got in here it's pretty much identical
yeah there's some cool looking chairs
over there take a look over here these
are pretty neat looking chairs this is
where we should have done our picture
together
that's hilarious
yeah and look at all the chairs they're
like bolted to the floor and then
there's this one here all by himself
[Laughter]
yeah look at this
they cut this door right in half holy
[ __ ] give this guy's the army guys cut
this door right in half during their
training this is insane
big cells
okay guys picture time back in a bit
guys taking a walk here
there's your laundry room can't see it's
dark take in some of these rooms here
they're all exactly the same okay there
you go feeling pain window desks stool
space for the babies to be fit door
blowing out by the army guys this one's
got a bed in it there you go
this is a full room bed desk and chair
that's a good reminding a picture of
that bathroom no they too come on here
yeah you go guys
we're inside this sound this is a big
cell for one person so here's what it
would look like with everything in it
with your bed and then your little desk
and your little stool there and your
window outside see what they would see
there you go
here's their little their table bed
mattresses are all gone and then
whatever would be over here that's a big
big room and I do BC just showed me
you're in a bathroom up the hallway but
there is no toilets if you come in here
these ones got the stainless steel
toilet zone so you got a stainless steel
toilet and then you got your stainless
steel stinks see this one's going to
rolling up to shake this one's got
toilet in it oh there's a gyro right
there stainless steel urinal toilet and
like no privacy whatsoever crazy and
then there's your mirror right there you
see it you see me there you go alright
okay guys so I'm here with UBC and we're
walking around you BJ's off somewhere
and we're walking around and I remember
the last room we were in that had jail
cells but like this it had these windows
here so I felt like we were coming on to
something and so here we go gonna turn
my camera around hopefully you guys can
see and here's your large main control
room here so here's where your guards
would sit this is where they don't have
all their cameras set up all their
controls and stuff for the different
jail cells they've got a bathroom in
here
possibly a place to store their weapons
and then you come over here and so you
have to sort of common rooms from the
looks of it and then you come in here
and here you got one of your main ranges
in the in the prison as UBC so here you
go
so you've got your bed you got your desk
with your stool you've got a little wah
a little shelf here and then you've got
your toilet sink and your mirror and
then here's where you get your with your
food
here's your window and I guess for when
they're well-behaved this is the common
area from where they would sit this is
what I've been wanting to see is uh look
at this what a mess wow this is cool
guys I like this hey you go take a look
at least this one's got privacy from the
bathroom
that bottle was right here for the
showers no yeah we're gonna order the
stairs over there they go upstairs - no
we haven't been this part yet
this is awesome
[Music]
there's a private toilet here and
private showers
common area
look at the hole they cut through here
with the torch it's insane
okay guys picture time see you later
okay guys found some pretty cool [ __ ]
here Freedom Riders says this is gonna
be a prisoner intake and what you got
here is you've got a cell completely
blocked off with Plexiglas and then
inside it there's a little place for him
to sit and then there's a urinal and
then here is where you get all your
stuff sweatshirts boxers socks towels
t-shirts pants and the liquid laundry
detergent is for staff clothing that has
been soiled with blood or other bodily
fluids that's awesome
no ending gassing yeah cool and then
here's a room here where you probably go
in and get shower to get dressed
yeah that's a shower and there you can't
see it because the door won't open but
this is pretty cool here check this out
guys another one of those really weird
jail cells Scott saw its guts on the
Plexiglas inside so you can't get spit
out and [ __ ] out and stuff and then it's
got let's see we can't go inside it
because they've got it blocked off and
welded shut but looks like it had a
toilet and that's about it nothing else
in there too bad we can't get in there
that would be pretty cool
but it's been welded shut right here as
you can see this no getting in there
again this is your intake area yeah
there you go so you got a stool to sit
in place for privacy if you've got to
use the bathroom a shower and here's
where you get all your stuff pants
shirts towels boxer shorts socks and
then a shower room right here it's just
probably locked yeah still pretty cool
though
[Music]
here you go okay guys so we were going
to go to the basement we're going to go
to the basement so we came over here and
then we came down these steps here and
then we came around the corner here and
then we can on the corner here and then
this one we found to go into the
basement the basement is totally flooded
like right out to there we can't get in
the basement okay guys we are we're
still here and we're in a different wing
with some different types of cells and
these ones I don't know they don't quite
look as nasty or as mean to live in but
they're the same they've got a bed and
they've got a window st. sighs but water
they they're got your showers in here
right there those are your shower stalls
this just seems a little bit a little
bit nicer than some of the other ranges
that we've seen in here still got lots
of army damage blowing up doors and
breaching walls and breaching through
doors but that's it's still pretty cool
place level floors who fail they're weak
are not allowed to access the incentive
rooms no exceptions
let's see what's in the incentive room
nothing but that's your incentive right
there guys all right okay we'll do that
back a little while maybe this is the
arts and crafts room based on the art on
the walls here maybe I'm wrong but maybe
I'm right okay
there's the ceiling fan that's it I'm
only gonna sign that today Carlos all of
us that you to paper you know smoke and
he don't do vapor he's married so we
ain't no play here he's UBC and there
ain't no great sir hey guys her backs in
nutrition tip number two turkey pepper s
healthy they're yummy nutritious and
packed full of good protein good urbex
protein and once you get to the end
shape like Carlos penis
[Laughter]
what's up guys okay we did it Bandon
jail wrapped it up [ __ ] are
behind me kerbecs Jamie or Mex Carlo big
jail
what else did I say hope you guys have
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