Old Idaho State Pen: Series 3

Almost done with the Old State Pen pictures.  There were so many interesting elements in this place.  Architecture, sadness, the "oldness" of it all.

Cell House 2

Cell House 2

Cell House 2

Cell House 3

Cell House 3

Cell House 3

Cell House 3

Showers in the Laundry building

Showers in the Laundry building

Showers in the Laundry building

All images taken with iPhone 5 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3

Old Idaho State Pen: Series 2

More black and white images.  I felt sorry and sad for the people on death row.  When I was looking at the gallows, I felt strange because I knew someone had died there.  

Dining Hall seen between the two oldest cell blocks, The Territorial Prison, and the "New Cell House".

Behind the cells on Death Row.

Looking out on the Basketball court from Cell House 5.

Steps leading down to drop room in the gallows in Cell House 5.  The gallows were built and then used only once.

Cell House 4

Cell House 4

  Between the cells on the ground floor in Cell House 4.

Looking at the Barber Shop and the Trusty Dorm.

Burnt out Territorial Prison.  

Old Idaho State Pen: Series 1

I wanted to go to the Old Idaho State Pen because I was interested in the prison.  It was shocking to read about the youngest prisoner who was 11 years old.  He was charged with 2nd Degree Murder for shooting his Mom in the back of the head because she asked him to do his laundry.

These are the first of many black and white pictures taken on an overcast day in April.

The burnt out shell of the dining hall

Solitary confinement window

Northeast guard tower

Northeast guard tower

Solitary confinement 

Shower vent in solitary confinement

Between the oldest cell blocks on the Pen grounds

The second oldest cell block