When Prison Served Disgrace for Dinner

When Prison Served Disgrace for Dinner | ABANDONED

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00:00 - What is The Old York Prison
00:46 - The History of York County
03:36 - The Prehistory of the Old York Prison
06:57 - Concerning conditions in prison
10:08 - Segregation and "food loaf"
13:50 - The mission of Modern Day York County Prison
14:58 - The State of Old York Prison today
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@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

@jimmccauley9099 8 ай бұрын

WOW! I got to spend about 12 hours there in 1977. Longest 12 hours of my life l thought. I was in cell 4 on tier 4. Unpaid traffic ticket turned me into a hardened criminal. I knew the one guard from school so l lucked out there. I laughed, he laughed, got me a pack of cigarettes and a coffee, laughed some more. Got threatened with an ass-beating if l didn't quit laughing. Girlfriend's dad bailed me out (just before their family cook-out) and what a proud moment that was. Ahhh...good times.

@Unclesmokey314 8 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@richardfoster9499 8 ай бұрын

The prisoners locked up on alcatraz Island had access to hot showers, the prison officials believed giving the inmates hot showers would make them not be able to withstand the freezing waters if they tried escaping.

@coldwar45 8 ай бұрын

I grew up within walking distance of this old prison. Definitely very eerie.

@drshoe8744 8 ай бұрын

I grew up in York, nothing can send you on the straight and narrow like your parents driving you past the old York Prison as a child and stopping out front so you can hear the prisoners scream and holler at you. I even know people who spent time there until the new Prison was built out by Mt Zion and Rte 30.

@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Did your friends comment on the dinner situation there?

@dannyjones3840 8 ай бұрын

OMG 😂 they brought you to the boogeyman lol

@hoski9940 7 ай бұрын

Lived in York from 2005-2021. Then Miami now. I have been inside the old prison. There is a hole on the most overgrown side. Climb through.

@zoftigbeatnik 8 ай бұрын

I lived in York,PA for 10 years and I went to take a look at the Prison. You couldn't go in but just looking in the entrance with the bars,I just got a creepy feeling. Never went near it again.

@user-hq3gp9zb1l 3 ай бұрын

It easy

@m.a.mehalick0910 8 ай бұрын

I'm digging the recent local (to me) history you've been doing. The old York prison is truly an engineering and architectural marvel, even if it was used for unseemly reasons.

@drshoe8744 8 ай бұрын

Me too, I knew that beast as soon as I saw it. I had friends who spent time there, before the new prison was built. We submitted plans to turn it into a Music Hall and Restaurant years ago, but were turned down.

@classic.cameras 8 ай бұрын

Early English settlers sure were obsessed with York. There is York (Now Toronto), New York and this Yorktown. Am I missing any? Like wow.

@michaelwhite2823 8 ай бұрын

You missed York Hunt

@FURST420 7 ай бұрын

There’s a York County in PA, NE, MA, SC & VA - maybe more, but those are the ones I’ve been to (I drove truck for 27 years)

@BobbyBlitz69 7 ай бұрын

Grew up less than 2 blocks from this building and still wasn’t aware of 80% of this history. Great video!

@OP-wb3wl 8 ай бұрын

I used to live in Ashburn Virginia it’s crazy there there’s so many data centers. Love your videos keep ‘em coming ❤

@williamlindner3984 8 ай бұрын

While you are doing York county stories . I would suggest you read Lewis's book on York county witchcraft "Hex" and look into doing a story on the 1928 Rehmeyer murder. That ought to be some great material for an interesting video...

@runningintohistory 8 ай бұрын

And the witch of Marietta!

@darylkornbau6739 8 ай бұрын

As a York resident I always wondered about the creepy old prison building.

@sandybruce9092 8 ай бұрын

I was born in York way way back in 1947 but we moved to AZ I. 1955 - all and I do mean all of my family still live there and family goes way back to when York was brand new - I’m guessing someone took the leap over the Susquehanna 😄. I live in NC now but do drive up at least once a year - I miss the food🫢🫢🫢😄😄😄😄. I’ve driven by the old prison often but was never told the story - till now! And thank you so much for the history lesson at the beginning - and I’m one of those who know that York we the first Capital of the new US!!!

@Adalwolf17 8 ай бұрын

Didnt expect to see a vid on this here, Its even creepier in person.

@AC-jk8wq 8 ай бұрын

Nice work again Ryan!

@karakreativevlog 8 ай бұрын

I live close to this area and I didn't know all of the history associated with it. This is fascinating.

@jefflevoir6127 8 ай бұрын

I think they should open it back up tomorrow.

@malikharris4245 7 ай бұрын

Love this channel just moved to York pa from Lancaster and moved from Philly to Lancaster Amazon got me moving every year lol but I watched this and realized it’s the building right around the corner from me now I have to take a closer look

@sebastianripoll6173 8 ай бұрын

This video is AMAZING!!

@history_leisure 8 ай бұрын

The design on the Thumbnail feels very reminiscent of many train stations of the area (namely 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, but even the older DFW area stations that still exist-being at a major junction also doesn't help change that notion)

@dansmith4077 8 ай бұрын

Great video thank you

@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@DeanStephen 8 ай бұрын

What a handsome building. I wonder if Frank Lloyd Wright modeled his Larkin building on it.

@lordcatboygaming 8 ай бұрын

I grew up in lancaster the older folks would flaunt that single day fact like we ruled the world for a single day all the time lol.

@brovalight 8 ай бұрын

York hasn't changed much.

@sherwoodbrooks8163 8 ай бұрын

You showed a lower Chesapeake Bay map on which Yorktown (VA) is named but the postcards show York, Pa.

@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

Sorry for the confusion; that image should not have slipped into the edit.

@robertbrodie5183 8 ай бұрын

history and current status of the Doylestown prison would also be good to investigate

@michaelgallagher7872 7 ай бұрын

Montgomery County tried to tear down the old prison on Airy St. and hope no one would objsct. There is now a historic building movement fighting it.

@bovinebovinicles 6 ай бұрын

My dad actually snuck into that place after it closed. He said he felt like he was being watched the whole time and had a horrible feeling in his gut.

@JimTheFly 8 ай бұрын

"Foodloaf" makes me think of Nutraloaf, a food that was TECHNICALLY perfectly nutritionally complete, but was so hideous that its use was considered a punishment for inmates. While having all the nutrition an inmate might need, it's designed to taste as hideous as possible.

@ligmasack9038 8 ай бұрын

Almost like Prison is meant to be a PUNISHMENT...

@albudrow5436 8 ай бұрын

in the late 80`s i looked into turning it into a mall/ nightclub

@steveshoemaker6347 8 ай бұрын

What a deal scary....Thank you excellent video..... Shoe🇺🇸

@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@timjballin 8 ай бұрын

I’m actually in jail right now, and I never even thought to seek legal counsel. Thanks!

@dannyjones3840 8 ай бұрын

To the ones complaining about prison conditions I say- DON'T BREAK THE LAW.

@alanfike 8 ай бұрын

I see a lot of unused land around it. If they're going to tear it down, they could do so much with the land.

@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

I'm not a fan of tearing down historic buildings :)

@ryanrhoads1229 8 ай бұрын

I went to Elementary school there.We use to go over to the prison after school and get stoned.

@ryanrhoads1229 8 ай бұрын

That land you see to the right is a schoolyard

@yakamarezlife 7 ай бұрын

@@ITSHISTORY they won't tear it down York's barely got money to fix the roads let alone tear down anything as far as the food goes I got green bologna I kid you not

@kentlyvision 8 ай бұрын

I live 15 min from this!

@dustyvanbrocklin4731 8 ай бұрын

Toured Eastern State in Philadelphia. It’s pretty neat.

@rocknrollnichole1071 8 ай бұрын

I was waiting to find out if it would be high cost condos in the future

@jetsons101 8 ай бұрын

Ryan, nothing like a good prison story. There is still room for improvement.....

@erents1 7 ай бұрын

Such a creepy place, especially on an eerie Pennsylvania foggy night!

@frankgrima 8 ай бұрын

Looks like a solid well constructed building would make a for a data center, I worked on a data center in San Francisco called 365 Main

@rogerpenske2411 8 ай бұрын

The worst prison? Come on Ryan, I know that you are familiar with the charm school in Joliet

@Bimmer_MD 8 ай бұрын

Shizzz....some roadkill venison would be 1000x healthier than the "NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION" meat that they feed inmates in LA County Jail.

@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

Can you elaborate on that? Maybe we should do the history of LA county jail next.

@shawnwalsh5430 8 ай бұрын

Horse meat and other things that are fed to animals mainly in a Zoo. I've worked in transport refrigeration many years and seen the same thing....

@nobilesnovushomo58 23 күн бұрын

I am insulted that even a 19th century prison looks better than most buildings today.

@runningintohistory 8 ай бұрын

Nice I just did a story about a murderer that attempted to escape from here in 1919. It was interesting to find the prison before this one.

@djplonghead5403 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful building. Just wish it wasn’t a prison…

@garydean0308 8 ай бұрын

Venison is good for you. I don't see the problem.

@JasonGunn418 8 ай бұрын

There should be jails/prisons like this today. It may deter crimes. I wonder if they would sell this building. Each flr could be an apartment.

@lcpltylerhanyzewski 8 ай бұрын

Great work. Would you ever do a video on eastern state penitentiary in Philly?

@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

That video is long overdue!

@lcpltylerhanyzewski 8 ай бұрын

@ITSHISTORY it's an interesting place. Currently watching the old Joliet video. Place is 45 minutes from me.

@marychrist6847 8 ай бұрын

I currently live in York with my family👼

@Urbex_Undergroundexploring22 8 ай бұрын

I want to visit this place. How did you get in?

@jessemorehead8617 2 ай бұрын

The current prison is four times the size of the old one, if not bigger

@richardmcleod1930 8 ай бұрын

"Even back then"???? What does this term used in the video really mean?

@nathanbrady8529 7 ай бұрын

It's bugging me how you ask "why did such a small town need such a large prison?" Then later on, you accurately answer the question by addressing it as the York COUNTY prison. It didn't just serve the city, it served the entire county. Unsurprisingly, the county has more people than just the city alone. For a case in point, check out the Rehmeyer murder, which occurred around Winterstown in Southern York County, yet the trial was held at the York Courthouse and detainment of the accused was at the York Prison, as, again, the complex served the entire county, not just the city.

@Soundbrigade 8 ай бұрын

The Vänersborg town jail (Sweden) was turned into a condo. Once was shown a flat with the one cell bedrooms and two cell kitchen and livingroom. Guess it had been a hard work carving away 2-3 feet thick walls, but also you wouldn’t disturb neighbors with loud music.

@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

Aren't Prisons in Scandinavia like nice hotels?

@Soundbrigade 8 ай бұрын

@@ITSHISTORY Three different answers: There are prisons in Norway that looks like nice hotels, but there's a plan behind, giving the "guests" a lot of freedom but a hell lot of responsibility - they have to do all planning of their prison days themselves that enhances their social capabilities and when released very often leaves criminality behind. Michael Moore made a film about that once. Sweden isn't there yet, but those who committed less serious crimes have also a lot of freedom. In our town those prisoners run a company growing tomatoes, building park benches and also (very popular) hunting towers and selling them and these people, many with underlying problems like drug abuse or ADHD or whatever go nuts when the workshops close on weekends). Else I get it that much is about keeping the convicts away from the public, especially now when organized crimes (shootings and bombs) accelerate, but still giving the inmates a sort of useful way of getting away from crimes by studies or by working. A few years after Estonia got its freedom back an Estonia man took the ferry to Sweden, hoping to get many years in a Swedish prison hotel by killing a random person on the streets of Stockholm with a hammer. He was sentenced to life in prison, but the relatives to the murder victim petitioned the court and it was decided that the culprit had to serve the sentence in Estonia!!!! Btw. I'm coming to Dowtown Abbey ... Downers Grove to my granddatughters 5th birthday on Dec 18 and will leave on Jan 16, could we hire you as a personal guide maybe? We will spend most time in downtown Chicago.

@ewkabel 8 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if prisoners were not fed other prisoners from death row.

@88icryspy Ай бұрын

It's funny you mention the size of the abandoned York prison because now we have a massive county prison that's used for immigration/I.C.E.

@AllenIngling 8 ай бұрын

That word is "exacerbated."

@stephenmoerlein8470 8 ай бұрын

Roadkill might have been more edible than food loaf!

@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, food loaf sounds terrible.

@williamj.dovejr.8613 8 ай бұрын

Or better than a bug bar or a bug sandwich...

@justhearmeout 8 ай бұрын

Calling an injury lawyer, because I'm in jail/prison? Not hating on sponsorship tho!😅 Love your work as always. ❤

@mikeseier4449 8 ай бұрын

I will say the best way to avoid living in a crappy prison would be,…….. Don’t break the law and be a criminal!🤷‍♂️🧐

@tarajoe07 8 ай бұрын

Because no one has been put in jail for something they didn't do

@dannydaw59 8 ай бұрын

Is York known for it's Peppermint Patties?

@coldwar45 8 ай бұрын

Yeah but they haven’t been made there since the 80’s. Moved to Reading PA in the 80’s and then to Mexico in 2009

@sandybruce9092 8 ай бұрын

@@coldwar45 Absolutely correct! But it’s still a big bummer to me with the move to Mexico. Hershey also moved some of their products out of the town of Hershey to Mexico and I remember many people really putting up a very big stink. I still check product info if I’m going to have any chocolate.

@yakamarezlife 7 ай бұрын

@@sandybruce9092unfortunately the only things they still make in Hershey is the chocolate bars kit Kats and Reese's peanut butter cups everything else is made in Mexico

@bluecollarnobody4217 8 ай бұрын

Good prison should scare you and it shouldn’t be easy

@BruceLee-xp5fc 8 ай бұрын

Nice mic

@fatalberti 8 ай бұрын

the old building looks better than any downtown, crime, or hood in any american city. interesting, foreboding, brutalist architecture. meh, may jail/prison experience should be uncomfortable such that it repels future repeat infractions

@andrewbrindescu6666 8 ай бұрын

Jail is not Ritz hotel. And food is base on surviving not personal likes. Comit the crime serve the time.

@opossum4463 8 ай бұрын

Why are we using Jail and Prison interchangeably?

@ITSHISTORY 8 ай бұрын

No, the facility served both purposes.

@Schlipperschlopper 8 ай бұрын

This prison has a very "3rd Reich like" fassade design, could be a pure Albert Speer design from Nuremberg ;-)

@MrChuckGrape 8 ай бұрын

These aren't outdated practices, unfortunately. Look into Joe Arpaio sometime.

@user-so2ni3lq1x 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the history lesson. As for prisoners, bed bugs a major problem? Road kill for dinner? Ever been down south, thats called a banquet. Not much sympathy here for prisoners.

@dy9955 5 ай бұрын

Very little empathy for how prisoners are treated. And don't start with the "some are innocent/non violent." Ok, then let's fix the court system.

@hustle717 8 ай бұрын

It's appalling to see the entitlement of some of the commentators, knowing darn well they shouldn't be "casting stones" themselves.

@donise8406 8 ай бұрын

Diverse fiber optics cables? Will they get their own pronouns?

@freetolook3727 8 ай бұрын

Lose the background "music".

@michaelwhite2823 8 ай бұрын

Interesting as always but I gotta tell you, prison convicts are at the bottom of my sympathy chart.

@mikeseier4449 8 ай бұрын

My man, You state the truth indeed!👍

@dylanrodrigues 8 ай бұрын

Most compassionate and empathetic American be like

@dannydaw59 8 ай бұрын

I care for the ones that were wrongfully convicted & shouldn't be there.

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 8 ай бұрын

Everyone should be treated with basic dignity. You treat a person like an animal then they're going to act like one when they get out.

@NotSoCrazyNinja 8 ай бұрын

Not everyone convicted is actually guilty and many convicted are in for things that shouldn't even be illegal to begin with. A couple of examples being cannabis and debt. Yeah, in some areas you can be jailed for debt and not released until you paid off the debt at slave wages.

@DonBair 7 ай бұрын

Hey! I live in Wrightsville, just outside of York City. I did a lot of drinking at Alex's (Georges), just around the corner. I've met "Old-Timers" who did time in the old prison. The general consensus was, "That was one sweetheart of a prison"! Evidently, you could throw a line out of your cell window and an ally, on the ground, could tie whatever they wanted to the other end. These were guys with four-digit prison numbers in the new facility; I'm inclined to believe their tales.