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| Main guard tower |
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| This is a double gated entryway. The prisoner wagon was driven into the "room"and then the front gates closed behind them. Then the inner gates were opened to allow access to the prison |
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| a few of the inmates and why they were in prison.... |
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| Yes, Pearl was also an inmate |
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| Hollywood did use the prison a few times |
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| The inmates had several shops in which to make things. This lacework was knitted by a male inmate. It is beautiful! |
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| Cell blocks |
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| This is where you went if you misbehaved...... |
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| ....a strap steel bar cage in the middle of the floor of a room dug out of the hillside. Only the bottom of the cage remains. |
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| You were put in here with nothing but your underwear on. One meal a day of bread and water. No Toilet. A small vent in the ceiling with a little shaft of light. It was not solitary because if more than one person was in need of The Cell, you all went in together......remember, no toilet |
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| You can see the name "Pete" and year 1889 near the inside corner of the entry to this cell |
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| I'm standing in the doorway of a cell in the newer wing. No better conditions, just whitwashed |
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| The cells had two bunk beds stacked 3 high with one pot to piss in, literally. The iron beds were installed after years of dealing with horrific bedbugs. |
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