A man explored the inside of a terrifying abandoned prison in Ontario, Canadaand showed the conditions in which the prisoners lived and the worn-out facilities of the building built in 1925 and abandoned since 2014. The gloomy images portray the cells, security rooms, visiting areas and also the punishment rooms.
In 2014, the last inmate from the former Windsor Jail, in Sandwich Towne, Ontario, Canada, was transferred to the South West Detention Center and the prison founded in 1925 closed its doors. The government has since removed the locks and locks from the site and the property has passed through several owners, however a new use for the facility has not materialized due to restrictions imposed by the Sandwich Heritage Conservation District.
Dave, who on social media is called Freaktography, took a tour of the facilities that have been abandoned for 10 years and surprised his followers with his findings. In this almost century-old prison, the man took a gloomy tour, showing the narrow corridors, the cells where the prisoners lived overcrowded, and the administrative and operational areas of the penitentiary.
“This abandoned Ontario jail has a fascinating history dating back to its construction in the mid-19th century. This marvel of neoclassical architecture, which has served as a penitentiary center for more than a century, has undergone important changes over the years,” explained the content creator, who is famous for touring abandoned facilities of all kinds.
“Built in the 1850s, the abandoned jail was initially designed to house prisoners from a nearby county. Its imposing stone walls and its characteristic façade embodied the penal philosophies prevailing at the time,” shared Dave, who also stated that the overcrowding and obsolescence of its facilities sparked the debate that led to its closure.
Remains of a prisoner found in an abandoned prison in Canada
The Windsor Jail had areas for male and female prisoners. Although it had 197 beds, it has been reported that the number of inmates far exceeded its capacity and that the atmosphere inside was tense. “There were attacks due to the overcrowded conditions, I think that was the main cause. Medical conditions. Sometimes there were up to 20 people living in the same space, sharing two televisions and a shower area. So that is very difficult for anyone to handle,” Karen Dalpe, who worked at the facility for nearly 30 years, told Windsor Star.
In that sense, human remains of the people who were held there were found. “Shortly after its closure, An archaeologist hired by the government found the bones of one of the few men who died by hanging in prison. His remains were moved to another cemetery, but it seems that they left part of them,” Dave told his followers, referring to one of the three men who were sentenced to death.
The identity later became known: “Our research suggests that these are the remains of an individual who was executed in prison in the 1930s,” said Ian McConachie, communications advisor for Infrastructure Ontario, in 2015, when A kneecap and some human phalanges were discovered in the prisonreported CBCat that time.
In this old prison three men were sentenced to death. These prisoners were found guilty of murder and were hanged at the Windsor Jail facility. In 1976, when capital punishment was abolished in 1976, the trapdoor was welded together and the area where the condemned spent their final hours became a segregation cell.
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