4:38 "Wouldn't be a government building without personal information left behind."🤣🤣🤣

In prisons most electronics that inmates have are in clear housings so you can see if anything is hidden inside them

I don’t know how you guys do it, but the vibes you create in your videos are otherworldly and comforting.

As someone who was institutionalized a few times in my younger days Idk why but seeing walk throughs of abandoned jails and such gives me major sad vibes like I’m just imagining if those walls could speak what they would say. When you’re inside these places you just feel so hopeless it’s hard to even put into words. I especially felt this on your Katrina ravaged prison urbex vid. Just my small amount of time was enough to pretty much give me a version of PTSD. I can assure you this place didn’t look much better when it was operational. All the old worn down stuff was old and worn down long before this place shutdown.

I think all the urbex videos are a valuable resource for future historians, otherwise these places go without trace. Highly enjoyable to watch, i always get inspired. Strange twilight beauty indeed.

Bathroom stalls and urinals are numbered like that in some industrial buildings for on-site maintenance workers. When something breaks, dispatch can call it in, and the maintenance team knows exactly where to look.

I'm always amazed at how much is left behind in these old buildings. There's always stuff that looks like it would have still had value when the place was shut down

Holy crap! You guys are in my home state!!! It wasn’t until I noticed the seal on the floor at 29 and change that I said “wtf? That’s a Rhode Island seal!” Welcome proper people! Welcome to RI!

Translucent plastics actually just wasn't a design trend in the 90s, but also (I believe still to this day) a security practice in prisons to assure there is no hiding of contraband or parts being taken out of any piece of equipment.

As someone who works in facilities maintenance there is a possibility the toilets are numbered so the regular staff when they create a work order maintenance staff can identify which one they need service on. I don’t know if it’s different there but our toilets, doors, desks, computers everything is numbered so when you get a work order you can quickly identify what it’s for.

I know exactly how it felt, sounded, and smelled in that place when it was in operation even though I've never been to that specific jail. Our local jail has those same exact typical 6x8 cells built in the 1930's, same toilet, same bunk, same walls, same bars, all the way down to the locking mechanisms, but they're still in use today here. The phones that the cell block guards use are those old Bakelite phones with the really loud ring and when the phone rang it almost always meant that someone from Booking was calling to tell the guard that an inmate was to be released, so when it rang I would get my hopes up (been there 5 times). Heck even the mattresses look the same. Take my word for it kids, JAIL SUCKS!!! Don't break the law and please let this video be your only experience in jail because believe me it's the exact opposite of a good time and the novelty of being "locked up" wears off as soon as you get there.

There's something really funny about the "AVAILABLE" sign on an abandoned prison

At 3:35 when you are discussing the same tile you see in all institutions. The reason they use that type of tile is because it, essentially, lasts forever. That type of tile is not just glued to the cinderblock wall. There is an underlayment of wire mesh and mortar behind it. It's expensive as hell to put in but it takes a damned sledgehammer to break up. 100K years from now, you could dig out that tile from the ground, wash it off and it would look like the same as the day it was made. By the by, all of those green mattresses probably came from the Bob Barker Co. of Fuquay Varina NC. Also, always bear in mind, none of the inmates sent there was due to their playing "hooky" from Sunday school class. Good video.

Been a rough week, I think I’m going to settle in with a new proper people video to totally immerse my mind in and forget about work. Thank you for posting such amazing and beautiful videos of these places, your exploration style combined with the music (or sometimes lack of music, just still silent ambience) evokes how mysterious and remote these places are, it’s really calming after work craziness…like I can vicariously escape to a remote abandoned place to be alone

I have a friend who at one time was a prison guard at a private prison. He said the amount of corruption going on in there was staggering. The crimes being committed by the guards was far worse than the crimes the prisoners committed to get sentenced there.

The tiles are referred to as structural glazed tiles (SGT). They were very popular in the past and are still available today. I wish they were used more as they are durable and look great.

when i was in college i worked at a state mental health institute. i worked on the adolescent ward for boys 13-18. it was a jail for the most part. i still dream about those dorms and halls and the boys incarcerated there. it was a terrible place but these were guys who were criminally insane......crazy...murderous. this video seemed to bring a lot of those memories back. awful

I could feel the despair in these rooms. Also I think it would be hard to repurpose this kind of building, even though it is far more interesting than a blank warehouse.

One of my friends is serving a 2.5 year sentence in a minimum security federal prison camp and clear electronics still exist. He is somewhat fortunate to be serving his time at a camp because when he's not working at his job he can go outside to the yard/track (weather permitting), or use the library/computer room pretty much when he wants to. They're still heavily restricted but have a lot more freedom than those serving time at the adjoining medium security prison.

It just isn’t Friday unless there is a Properpeople exploration! Thanks!

the clear casing on electronics is common in prison so you can see if someone is hiding contraband in them or took something out.

Still here and still loving these videos from you guys they're some of the best out there.

I always get second hand paranoia whenever these guys explore prisons. If I was wandering around in there I'd be so worried that a random door would slam shut behind me and lock us inside lol

It gives u an crest / eerie felling when you watch this , & makes you picture what the place was like when people were their ,your videos always gave me hooked n interested in watching

I'm always amazed at the thought of how much labor must have gone into all of the tilework when I see places like this. Whatever it was, it seems worth it. It has stood the test of time while many of the other materials around it in the building have decayed. This place was built nearly 100 years ago and the walls that were done in this material still look pristine! Many thank-yous for the fascinating tour :-D

6:13 I remember reading somewhere years ago that prisons have a lot of electronics made for internal use with clear cases so inmates can't hide things in them: phones, portable stereos, tvs.... That may be why that monitor came in a clear case.

I watch a number of different explorers, here and abroad. It is ALWAYS so good to come back to you two to see another video you produce. Your professionalism, your method of photography and lighting, your calm manor - everything really is far and above all the others. Thank you for a great explore. The tiles utilized in these types of buildings seem to be the best and strongest parts of the buildings, they seem to be able to last 100 years or more in some cases. I'm glad the place has been purchased, and that, finally, after a repugnant presidency, we now have so many new jobs, so many new investments, and so many manufacturing areas coming back to life and a president that not only cares deeply about the nation, but about everyone in it too.

What's very clear here is the dismal conditions this place was running in even when open. It is clear that the exposed beams were that way when open since there isn't any evidence of that material on the floors. When seeing places like this, I try to imagine what it must have been like for others to have to have lived here. I was in jail once when I was 18, much smaller place with walls on one side of my bunk. Can't imagine having no place to even side up to keep safe, if you know what I mean. Glad to know that they will tear it down. Nothing else you could do with a place like this. Thanks guys for a great explore. Been watching from almost the beginning.

Finding things that work in abandoned places is really cool. It's great that people upload old places that no longer exist! 😁 Good work!

I couldn't imagine doing time in a dorm-style setup like that. 68 people that need to get along.

prisoners: this small cell is my life now. my life is hell. zoomers: whoa! a LIMINAL SPACE! it's so COMFY and SURREAL in here!

Not sure if anyone else mentioned it but the reason behind the numbered urinals/toilets, etc was NOT to designate who could go where. Actually, it was simply used to IDENTIFY which piece of equipment was/needs servicing. Sometimes the easiest answer is usually correct!

I joined the Navy in 1987. That first dormitory very much resembled the barracks we stayed in during boot camp at Great Lakes RTC. Even the heads with no doors on the shitter stalls.

Everytime I see a new video from you guys I drop everything and watch right away! Thanks for keeping me sane in a crazy world!

Wow. Very sad feelings would come from that place. It would be cool to have that old chair that had "B Dorm" painted on it, though. I have a hard time understanding why these facilities that close don't have either online auctions or hire an auctioneer company to get a few bucks from what's left inside. Like all those metal bunk beds, etc. Seems like it would beat just letting everything rust and fall apart along with the building.

It's funny you mentioned the scrape thing on the ceiling, every time I see paint peeling like that, I want to take a wide buddy knife and scrape a section. Your video's really showcase that desire.

Yet another AWESOME urban exploration adventure from Bryan and Michael! Gonna say the quiet part out loud but looking at those dorm halls, one can only guess, imagine and DREAD at the kinds of unspeakable shenanigan's that possibly went on, or were intentionally overlooked by the guard on duty, In those now long abandoned Dorm Halls when the lights went out. If those walls could talk! YIKES!!! 😖

Thanks for another awesome video guys 👍

I worked there for 7 years up until it closed in 2011 and have revisited it a few times since the closing. I hate seeing it in this condition

Ahh... the vibes of desolation and despair are so nicely conveyed by your videos - including the necessary comic relief every now and then. 👌 With prisons, I always wonder if the particular one was just people storage or were there genuine resocialization efforts undertaken.

The “long shot” of the spinning fan in the dorm room was eerie as hell. Very typical of your superb photography👍!

Techmoan has a video about transparant plastic prison items, like the plastic tv. It was one of the few or maybe only CRT tv that had a digital tuner.

It really is amazing how much expensive equipment was left, especially knowing they immediately requesitioned that exact item in the new facility.

At least the juveniles aren’t caged in their beds-the guards are caged. I think that’s smart. I love those cafeteria trays! I would love to have them! I love that industrial subway tile on the walls. It gives an impression of “clinic,” “laboratory,” or “institution.” And as sparse and lonely and perhaps even inhumane as a juvvy detention center may be, its not meant to be an amusement park. Children do better under sparser conditions, especially ones with behavioral problems. This place was probably nice at one time.

This video was something else.. especially the ambient noises from the city, which was just so relaxing

It's good that they are encouraging deeper reflection on prison conditions in this country.

Looks like a few of the prisons I have worked at. Great video.

The fact that I'm watching a video about an abandoned prison, that happened to have the July August 2009 issue of Playboy in view at 18:05, which happened to have an article on Billy Mays.. Sometimes the internet amazes me..

Keep it going you guys nail everytime❤️

6:14 that's a prison TV,and they are quick sellers on the old school tv market

"These tiled walls look just like what you'd find in a 50's asylum" LMAO. My junior high and high school buildings had those tiles. 🤣

That bathroom! 😳😳😳. I could never do it. Id never ever up going ever; my social anxiety would make that almost impossible! Id need WAY more privacy than that! lol

My Dad was a Corrections Officer in Sing Sing Prison in Ossining NY. In his early days he was a guard on Sing Sings death row the electric chair. He served on death rows condemned cells for 8 years until the death penalty was outlawed in NY in 1969. Then he moved into CO detail in general population. He was also in the Attica Riot back in the early 70’s. In your video the clear monitors are purposely that way so no contraband, weapons, drugs etc can be hidden inside. It had nothing to do with it being a cool design. As for the cell bars being cut. I’m surprised they didn’t complete cutting all of them. It’s the same principle when you throw out a refrigerator, you must take the door off so no kids can go inside, get stuck and suffocate which has happened and that’s why all states require removal of the door. Well with the cell doors it’s the same principle. If kids or who knows goes into the property trespassing, they can’t take someone and lock them in a cell and leave. The can do it to intentionally hurt and kill somebody. This is why I’m surprised there were other cell doors in tact or why didnt they just weld them opened or closed although cutting them would be the safest method that nobody will get trapped or locked in the cell. As for the soap on a rope in the showers, well the reason for that is if bubba is coming up behind you 😁😁😁 Just kidding there was no soap on a rope 😁 But I’m not kidding about the rest.

4:27 Its actually Windows XP without Luna. You can make it out on that Start icon Windows symbol which is quiet unique to XP and Server 2003. And the abstinence of the quick start on the start bar tells its not Server 2003.

my thought on the cut cell doors is to prevent someone from getting locked in and left but it doesn't explain why they're not ALL cut

I did time there. Getting nostalgic watching. Late 90's early 2000's, that was best facility in RI to do bids. You guys wouldn't say to one convicts face. they blowing kisses. Y'all would of got your wig split in one those bathrooms. Great episode!

That intro just never gets old, I've been watching y'all for roughly 4 years now haha.

Thank you guys for showing us round this facility ... you always have the flair to make us feel like we are there with you as the filming is spot on and the background music adds to the mood to where ever you explore. No other explorers do what you do and are as passionate as you guys. I always feel like I was there with you, and I always try to imagine when these places were full of people. Shame it will be knocked down ... thanks again guys and take care ...

I bet they could have fit more than 68 beds in that dorm, but no one wanted to be the inmate assigned to bed 69.

This was luxurious compared to some of the other prisons I’ve seen, they even had stall blinders.

Crazy how so much effort is put into keeping ppl out of building that often rot to collapse.

I love your videos, especially prisons and hospitals. I would love to see you exploring some sites in Australia.

I would be interested to see videos of places like this that you guys have visited and have since been torn down and replace by something else to give a before and after video. Always love see the abandoned places and the great videos you guys make.

Quick comment about numbered stalls. I visited an office building here in Tokyo built in 1923 (just before a devastating earthquake that same year - which it survived) and they had the stalls in the restrooms numbered throughout the building, with no repeating numbers. I think it was probably a maintenance issue? For example if someone noticed a leaking toilet on the 8th floor, all they would have to do is report that "Toilet #162 is leaking". It's very specific and not prone to miscommunication. Incidentally, the building also survived the bombing of Tokyo in WW-II, but not the wrecking ball of modernization, as it was demolished in the 1990's to make way for the current high rise in the same spot with the same name. Oh, the building I'm referring to is the Marunouchi Building (in front of Tokyo Station). The original building and new building have the same name....

My husband is a CO of 35 years, and he swears part of the facility he works in has spirits about it. Hes had a couple experiences himself that left him spooked. Think of sadness and despair felt by the inmates, and in most the self harm attempts and as in his, a couple that resulted in death. I live in Canada and sadly in my province a high percentage of First Nation incarcerated. They truly feel the spirits amongst them in the facility.

Wow it's open dorm would be a great storage facility for industrial storage The chow hall would be a great banquet center or community event center along with the gym And all the small rooms would be great for office space for small businesses The individual cells would be great for personal individual storage units

It is remarkably clean and nice for being abandoned for so long

Always a good day when Proper People uploads a new video ;). Very nice!

The bars are likely cut after it was closed so that a worker wouldn't become trapped.

That computer printout at the beginning is most likely Windows '98, but the crazy thing is the "Status Date" says 2007, so they were still using Windows '98 in 2007. Thats crazy. The clear CRT TV was for inmates and was used so inmates could not hide things inside. Prisons still use transparent TVs, but the only way it is a CRT is if a lifer still has his old TV.

Cool fact, that clear monitor looked accually like an inmate TV, inmates can buy their own food, clothes, cosmetics, and even stuff like tvs and radios, all electronics will be clear though so nothing can be hidden inside

The TV is very common, especially the old school looking one now. Inmates can save up points and buy it through a prison catalog, or family members can buy it for them.

I’ve lived in RI for 32 years and never knew this place existed.

The stalls are probably numbered for maintenance purposes. Urinal 6 was found to be inoperable due to normal use. Shift commander notified 😂

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I love watching when you and your boyfriend go on these trips. Thanks for another awesome video guys !

I'm always curious how you get into these places, and how difficult it is. Also how you have avoided getting in trouble for trespassing all these years.

6:21 - transparent gear is a prison thing - it's so they can spot hidden contraband and/or missing/modified parts.

4:23 Actually Windows XP with the Classic theme (which does look very similar to Win 95/98/NT 4.0/Me/2000 except for the icons). The telltale thingy here is the kind of Windows logo on the Start button. The software probably IS from the Windows 95 era, very crude barebone interface.

The proper people by far have my favorite intro on youtube

Those cages in visiting are for high security inmate visitation to keep them from the lower security inmates. All electronics in prisons are in clear cases for security. The pool table room was officer recreation only. The stalls are numbered for maintenance... Urinal 7 in C tier is running,.. that kind of thing. The single cage cells are high security and ad-seg and yes, inmates are let out one at a time for showers

I was riveted throughout! Just when I thought I understood the timeline of relays to logic controllers, here is an interim technology. These days with MRLs the norm, it seems to a layperson like me that lift machinery costs (acquisition, installation and maintenance) must today be a smaller chunk of a building's costs than in the 70s. Is this accurate? Just the space and the electricity for the generators in Four Ways must have been a massive part of the cost. This was before the days of "smart" lighting, HVAC and building management systems....the lifts must have been the most solid and complex thing in the entire structure! Thanks so much for another brilliantly detailed and well-paced video.

That brick tiling kinda reminds me of a school. School to prison pipeline Great video as always

For some reason I always wanted one of those clear TV sets. Wish they sold them besides at prisons but I think they weren't FCC compliant because no shielding.

I understand the ethos of leave only footprints and take only photographs, I do. But how tempting is it to just take a book, or a key or a file or two? Those monitors can fetch HIGH prices on the secondary market for the right buyer if they're functional.

6:13 It's clear so inmates cannot easily hide contraband inside. There are companies who manufacture appliances in clear housings specifically for correctional facilities. That having been said, today clear cases are making a comeback in the retro computer collecting scene. You see many original compact Macs, Apple II machines, Amigas, and others in clear cases. They're pretty sweet!

If I remember correctly, Herbert Byrd (one of the inmate files you guys picked up) was incarcerated for killing his girlfriend. It was pretty gruesome based on the news at that time

Your haunting music at the end of this video sounds almost like Mark Isham's score, from 'The Beast'.

I was so waiting for you to comment ‘dentist CHAIR just CHILLIN’ when you saw it alone in the hallway…😢

That tv you guys called a monitor is actually a TV and the reason why it is clear is so no contraban can be passed when the inmate receives his or hers new TV.

Thank you for showing this place. It feels so real, and gives a good feeling of what may be life inside...

This was a great video Michael And I think this is the 1st video I've seen on your channel involving a prison Or if you done a prison video it has been a while.

Always great videos. Ty for sharing. God bless y'all and your family

there are still companys around that build clear and see trough monitors, tape recorders, discmans etc. for jails

Been watching y’all since I can remember having a KZfaq account. Amazing work as always, I can’t begin to explain how much I appreciate the work and dedication y’all have for providing such interesting tours of these abandoned places with stories to tell. ❤

Amazing all that stuff was left behind

A Honnor dorm, Brings a whole new meaning to the "Honor Roll" LOL

@17:40 - I spy “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.” Phenomenal book, glad someone read that in the prison.

I love coming home from school just to watch your videos!!

They are number because if there is an issue with the toilet , urinal or shower when they tell maintenance like toilet number don’t flush. Makes it easier for maintenance to know which one. In the beginning the cells that was labeled DC 1,2 were probably holding cells and the other one with table and bench probably was use to talk with lawyers