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Report - State School WS, USA September 2016

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mookster

grumpy sod
Regular User
"You wait all that time to see a padded cell and then three come along at once..."

State Schools or to give them their more accurate and modern name Developmental Centers are peculiar things. They are kind of placed halfway between a fully fledged Asylum and a standard school, that is they are charged with housing, educating and treating developmentally disabled and mentally unwell children and adults that perhaps are unsuited to being committed to a full-on psychiatric facility.

Most of the Developmental Centers dotted around the USA are old institutions housed in historic complexes of buildings however this one is different. It was built in the early 1960s to relieve overcrowding at other facilities nearby and it's stark clinical architecture is worlds away from the beauty of other institutions. The buildings sprawl across a huge 400 acre site, mostly low rise or single storey with the exception of the main hospital building which towers above them all - and is the only building still in active use today. Long winding corridors linked buildings together in sections adding to the overall feel of a sprawl laid out before you.

The facility closed in 2011 and had remained sealed ever since. However an explorer friend of mine who lives practically next door to it one day said it had been opened up...at least partially. All the doors into the corridors that connect different buildings together were securely locked but he assured me that the most interesting building was accessible and there was a chance other parts would be too, it was just a matter of luck as security were pretty on it according to him. Once inside it became apparent just how untouched this place was, by far the cleanest location I've been to anywhere in the USA. The power is still on across much of the site and although it's largely stripped of everything that wasn't bolted down there is enough left to make it interesting. We managed to get into a couple of buildings - the main one of interest which was the former recreation centre and housed a mint bowling alley, swimming pool and a strange combined gymnasium-theatre-chapel combo complete with the nicest projectors I've seen for ages, and we also found a way into one of the more generic buildings on site. Oh and there were three padded cells and numerous padded rooms in just the two buildings we got into, so lord knows how many there are in total.

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Thanks for looking :)
 

mookster

grumpy sod
Regular User
Fantastic! Looks very clean indeed. My main question though....

Who won the game of 10pin?

More like 1pin! That lone solitary pin was the only one left. I guess they lost it during the clearance, and may have been a little annoyed to find they were one short if they got donated anywhere!

It's strange how they cleared everything out with almost clinical precision yet left all the typical 'hospital artwork' style paintings hanging in the rooms.

We got pretty lucky here as my friend tried it when he was in the area and discovered police all over the place doing training...as far as I know nobody has been in since then.
 

host

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Another stunning report mate. When you say security are on top what’s the difference between here and the US ? As in calling cops telling you to just go away or been a bit more trigger happy.
 

mookster

grumpy sod
Regular User
Another stunning report mate. When you say security are on top what’s the difference between here and the US ? As in calling cops telling you to just go away or been a bit more trigger happy.

It depends entirely on the site. A lot of the time on huge open campuses like this the grounds are deemed as public parks - like Sunnyside and Bangour Village in Scotland are - so the security tends to keep a much more vigilant eye on the buildings and anyone who looks 'suspicious' wandering around usually with tripods and rucksacks ha. Some states such as New York where this one is have their own dedicated Office of Mental Health Police department, a fully fledged arm of the law who provide security for mental health hospitals, both active and closed. They aren't the ones you want to run into if you get unlucky as they do have the power to arrest and detain you. The good thing is OMH Police have a strict no firearm policy due to their working environments.
 
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