I went here for my 8th grade class trip in October. It was really cool but also really creepy I kept thinking I was seeing shadows everywhere! I didn't know it was suppose to be haunted until ghost hunters went there!
Headed to Jeff City in two weeks with my 4th grade class. We used to visit to the State Penn and do the hillside chat with an inmate in the back of the prison (very powerful). Had many students (and parents) changed for the better due to those chats.
Thank you for your time of service there. Hard to believe it closed 7 yrs ago.
ahh, memories. i was there in 97-99 i think. spent most of the time in 3-b and 3-a. worked in the kitchen till i got caught smugglin sandwiches out. then had to make my hustle drawing. soooo damn hot in the summer and in the winter cold on the first floor and hot as hell on the 8 walk. thanks for the memories, ive been out of trouble since and this reminds me why. if you have any other footage, please email me
Couldn't pay me enough or 100% healthcare to work at one of these places. This girl has worked hard but wouldn't have the patience to put up with that crap.
Been there Did that. I was In for Joy riding 1979, Did 2 years. Money exchanging hands, guards bringing in drugs and ripping off the state that they worked for. I have no respect for the keepers as well as the kept.Although I love and respect everyone that I encounter in my life. I found that at the least, 25 percent of the individuals that I lived with and interacted with on a day to day basis really didn't need to be there, and I was a psychology major
@deeno75 I won't end up there because I have some damn sense. Do you know anything about the Walls? They didn't send people there for jaywalking. That place was a bloodbath when it was open and it wasn't because the inhabitants were saintly souls that just made a little fuck up. Everyone fucks up but not everyone commits a crime severe enough to end up there. They don't lock people up in a state prison for making just one little mistake.
THIS WAS AN INHUMANE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, I LIVED THERE FOR 17 YEARS. HOWEVER, THE "MENTAL TORTURE" THEY ARE NOW PUTTING THE INMATES THROUGH IS MUCH WORSE FOR ALL INVOLVED AND SOCIETY.
PRAY FOR NEW GUIDANCE IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS! please....?
@OG1919 You're joking right? Prisons aren't supposed to be country clubs. Inmates these days are spoiled. They live better than the people that serve our country and that's a damn shame. We should go back to the old ways if you ask me. If you were in there for 17 years it's because you were a fuck up that had done something pretty crappy to get in there. Stop asking for pity and start accepting responsibility for getting yourself there in the first place.
that prison was rough , i was there for visiting days to see my husband in the late 70s to early 80s . super maxs was for all the hard azzes , and i remember dudes who wore kool ade on their eye lids cause they were the girls in there. tiny mercers wife christie was my room mate in jeff city back than . after they put him to death she went and became a lawyer in her home state . i believe iowa. msp was a very hard prison back in the days .
Unfortunately two of my brothers called this hell hole "home" for 20 years.One is out leading a productive life, and the other was moved to the his new "home" when this place closed.(life without parole)
Wife and are are going on (tour) to this place in the very near future!!!
I was convicted of second degree murder in 1985, did 21 years on a 30 year sentence. did the first 7 in MSP. a hard joint for inmates and CO's alike. unlike any prison in history. I dont believe the things that happened there could ever truley be told with merit. murder,rape,robbery,assult. in many cases it was the CO's committing these crimes. but you will not believe that. but I seen it. have some documentation of it and you will still not believe it. I am #155584
@010hek ur fortunate to have gotten sentenced in the eighties my brother got his sentence in 94 under the 85% he's down in Charleston now but he did the first part of his bit at the walls. We recently went for the tour; it was an experience like none other.
@010hek i know your telling the truth my husband was locked up msp from 1978 to 1982 for arm robbery ... they had lockdowns cause someone was set on fire in their cell , i lived in jeff city than to be close to him in the 1980-1982.
#42321 I know know brother...I was in for "joyriding 2 years. missouri judicial system sucks. Had a dui before that 3 years earlier. that's it.....I'm a menace to society.
If the public only knew the shit that we co's have to put up with would they say- thank you for doing what you do. or would they say - how can you stand to look at yourself in the the mirror. I say it doesn't matter what they think or say. we do what we do , because that's what were built to do.
First off, the song, 18 & Life....sebastian bach, one of my favorites and now on broadway! What a voice. Secondly, you are my second friend to serve in a prison. My other friend got stabbed 18 times by a mexican gang so they took his normal job away and had him drive the buss's that transport felons. Seems you are lucky to have made it out alive. I watch the History Channel every chance I get and I also watch Gangland. Very interesting. Very dangerous. youre tuff...nuf said. Great video!
man you must have had some guts to work there if i were older i would have given anything to work there i have always had a facinations with the penitentiary its so fasinating i have been on that tour at least 50 times
I love walking around old closed down prsions and loony bins...one never knows what you might find.
A
I must say..that if I was ever to be an outlaw...I would have to be killed because no way in hell would I allow anyone to lock me away....that is no life...none at all.
Thank God I am a good guy...well that depends on who you ask too....libs say I am a baby killer..lol
I recently toured The Walls in August of this past year. My brother lived there for ten years. Live there; work there; visit there...it is a place that gets inside you and lives forever. As the reigning Jail Mail Queen I can tell you that we all miss The Old Walls and that the art of doing time will never be the same I get at least one letter a week from someone telling me how much that miss that old place; I suppose if they have to be in prison anyway theyd rather be in one thats their home
Wow... thank you for sharing. Very scary, dangerous profession... that's for sure. I watch a lot of the DOC/Prison documentaries at night. It's a whole other world in there.. a dangerous world. Music went great with this video! 5 stars*****
My entire understanding and solidarity! My cousin, a couple of years ago while studying, did the servant in prison. An incredible experience: even just bring the food was dangerous.
Scary place, lots of bad people caged there and at others like it
Thanks to all DOC persons, most people never have to see this part of the civilized world, or the criminals who make a place like this needed, But dont get me wrong in a way crime is a good thing... It offers many jobs in the police, DOC, ford gets contracts for cop cars, and ammo companies get contracts to supplie the police and many more companies, profit from crime.
Also a world without crime, would be without evil or good
Thanks for sharing. A view into a world that many people are fortunate enough not to have to enter. What is disturbing to me is that since justice is often so perverted, it is often the poor without decent legal representation who wind up with long terms in these forsaken places while others roam free not suffering the consequences of their crimes. This prison with a waterfront view strongly contrasts freedom as opposed to imprisonment. Very thought-provoking. Bet you were glad to leave each day
Interesting, so where is this, in Mississippi? I'm not that far from Memphis myself, and when it closed where did they send the inmates? Nashville usually sends them to Clifton, if they have long sentences.
Thank you for sharing Bulldog. That was so interesting. Much respect for doing what you've done. It takes a special person to work with and guard convicts ;) I agree with Cousin Susie (I do have a cousin Susan LOL) but they should wear those pink underwear, have pink towels and watch only a Christian TV station, just the same way the AZ warden does it!
Have you seen the movie Felon? It was actually base on true event in the prison. Awesome flick!!
I went here for my 8th grade class trip in October. It was really cool but also really creepy I kept thinking I was seeing shadows everywhere! I didn't know it was suppose to be haunted until ghost hunters went there!
HockeyGirl5774 2 months ago
Headed to Jeff City in two weeks with my 4th grade class. We used to visit to the State Penn and do the hillside chat with an inmate in the back of the prison (very powerful). Had many students (and parents) changed for the better due to those chats.
Thank you for your time of service there. Hard to believe it closed 7 yrs ago.
Packerscorner 4 months ago
I WANT GHOST ASVENTURES TO COME HERE!!!!!!!
pkwyrules14 7 months ago
ahh, memories. i was there in 97-99 i think. spent most of the time in 3-b and 3-a. worked in the kitchen till i got caught smugglin sandwiches out. then had to make my hustle drawing. soooo damn hot in the summer and in the winter cold on the first floor and hot as hell on the 8 walk. thanks for the memories, ive been out of trouble since and this reminds me why. if you have any other footage, please email me
leenstlouis 8 months ago
Wow Donnie, very cool footage.. I am suprised they let you get this. Jeff City really? My brother works at Susanville CA.
JJ - Carry on!
jjohnston1 8 months ago
Couldn't pay me enough or 100% healthcare to work at one of these places. This girl has worked hard but wouldn't have the patience to put up with that crap.
3slimdog 9 months ago
Been there Did that. I was In for Joy riding 1979, Did 2 years. Money exchanging hands, guards bringing in drugs and ripping off the state that they worked for. I have no respect for the keepers as well as the kept.Although I love and respect everyone that I encounter in my life. I found that at the least, 25 percent of the individuals that I lived with and interacted with on a day to day basis really didn't need to be there, and I was a psychology major
kyoshi59 1 year ago
nice video....love the song...awesome
jcbsebrigh 1 year ago
@deeno75 I won't end up there because I have some damn sense. Do you know anything about the Walls? They didn't send people there for jaywalking. That place was a bloodbath when it was open and it wasn't because the inhabitants were saintly souls that just made a little fuck up. Everyone fucks up but not everyone commits a crime severe enough to end up there. They don't lock people up in a state prison for making just one little mistake.
Thrillcekr 1 year ago
i went there when i was eighteen... go figure.... LOL. dont commit bomb threats......
JASONROCK1983 1 year ago
Absolutely great video!!.
EVELYNEMIL 1 year ago
There were good guards and good prisoners; people are people...wherever you are.
OG1919 1 year ago
THIS WAS AN INHUMANE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, I LIVED THERE FOR 17 YEARS. HOWEVER, THE "MENTAL TORTURE" THEY ARE NOW PUTTING THE INMATES THROUGH IS MUCH WORSE FOR ALL INVOLVED AND SOCIETY.
PRAY FOR NEW GUIDANCE IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS! please....?
OG1919 1 year ago
@OG1919 You're joking right? Prisons aren't supposed to be country clubs. Inmates these days are spoiled. They live better than the people that serve our country and that's a damn shame. We should go back to the old ways if you ask me. If you were in there for 17 years it's because you were a fuck up that had done something pretty crappy to get in there. Stop asking for pity and start accepting responsibility for getting yourself there in the first place.
Thrillcekr 1 year ago
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JASONROCK1983 1 year ago
that prison was rough , i was there for visiting days to see my husband in the late 70s to early 80s . super maxs was for all the hard azzes , and i remember dudes who wore kool ade on their eye lids cause they were the girls in there. tiny mercers wife christie was my room mate in jeff city back than . after they put him to death she went and became a lawyer in her home state . i believe iowa. msp was a very hard prison back in the days .
sweetbabe19571 1 year ago
love the song and the video ! √
TheGuyFromZhills 1 year ago
√ love the song ¶ and great vid √
TheGuyFromZhills 1 year ago
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19jody72 2 years ago
Unfortunately two of my brothers called this hell hole "home" for 20 years.One is out leading a productive life, and the other was moved to the his new "home" when this place closed.(life without parole)
Wife and are are going on (tour) to this place in the very near future!!!
Sad things happen in life
19jody72 2 years ago
Pretty Boy Floyd did time there.
TheParrillaCompany 2 years ago 4
Old, old prison. It kinda reminds of Huntsville in Texas.
FuryOfMsMarvel 2 years ago 2
This place was bad, I was confined there for at least 17 years, but prisons today for prisoners is even worse!
snowdog1606 2 years ago
I was convicted of second degree murder in 1985, did 21 years on a 30 year sentence. did the first 7 in MSP. a hard joint for inmates and CO's alike. unlike any prison in history. I dont believe the things that happened there could ever truley be told with merit. murder,rape,robbery,assult. in many cases it was the CO's committing these crimes. but you will not believe that. but I seen it. have some documentation of it and you will still not believe it. I am #155584
010hek 2 years ago
@010hek ur fortunate to have gotten sentenced in the eighties my brother got his sentence in 94 under the 85% he's down in Charleston now but he did the first part of his bit at the walls. We recently went for the tour; it was an experience like none other.
sunnymoonbeam11 1 year ago
@010hek i know your telling the truth my husband was locked up msp from 1978 to 1982 for arm robbery ... they had lockdowns cause someone was set on fire in their cell , i lived in jeff city than to be close to him in the 1980-1982.
sweetbabe19571 1 year ago
@010hek
#42321 I know know brother...I was in for "joyriding 2 years. missouri judicial system sucks. Had a dui before that 3 years earlier. that's it.....I'm a menace to society.
kyoshi59 1 year ago
If the public only knew the shit that we co's have to put up with would they say- thank you for doing what you do. or would they say - how can you stand to look at yourself in the the mirror. I say it doesn't matter what they think or say. we do what we do , because that's what were built to do.
humankilljoy 2 years ago 4
@humankilljoy
It's a job that you signed up for quit your your b--Itchin. If you can't do it without complaining find another job. easy as that.
kyoshi59 1 year ago
thank you 4 sharing friend
hypecritevilusers 2 years ago
Thanks for sharing! I totally understand because I'm one that works in the system. It's not for everyone........
joeymcnew37209 2 years ago 2
great job!
gregwithcton 2 years ago 2
Well done.
fuckragheads 2 years ago 2
First off, the song, 18 & Life....sebastian bach, one of my favorites and now on broadway! What a voice. Secondly, you are my second friend to serve in a prison. My other friend got stabbed 18 times by a mexican gang so they took his normal job away and had him drive the buss's that transport felons. Seems you are lucky to have made it out alive. I watch the History Channel every chance I get and I also watch Gangland. Very interesting. Very dangerous. youre tuff...nuf said. Great video!
valofvalhalla06 2 years ago 2
man you must have had some guts to work there if i were older i would have given anything to work there i have always had a facinations with the penitentiary its so fasinating i have been on that tour at least 50 times
mileybalikes 2 years ago
I love walking around old closed down prsions and loony bins...one never knows what you might find.
A
I must say..that if I was ever to be an outlaw...I would have to be killed because no way in hell would I allow anyone to lock me away....that is no life...none at all.
Thank God I am a good guy...well that depends on who you ask too....libs say I am a baby killer..lol
lonewarriorfit 2 years ago
I recently toured The Walls in August of this past year. My brother lived there for ten years. Live there; work there; visit there...it is a place that gets inside you and lives forever. As the reigning Jail Mail Queen I can tell you that we all miss The Old Walls and that the art of doing time will never be the same I get at least one letter a week from someone telling me how much that miss that old place; I suppose if they have to be in prison anyway theyd rather be in one thats their home
sunnymoonbeam11 2 years ago 2
I worked there from 1984 to 1994. Ad Seg and Death Row. Been every place in the video.
Hayselton1503 2 years ago
been there
copemancountryboy 2 years ago
SWEET VIDEO!!
windrivercountrykid 2 years ago 5
You must have been very dedicated to go to that place everyday. I bet you have some stories!
totalwastecase 2 years ago 6
Simply magnificently done!!!1000GS!!Will
willy350z 2 years ago 6
5 stars for you buddy. Must have been a hard job. I bet you saw some things.
You'll have to share some stories with me sometimes.
Much Love
Rae*
01Rae2U 2 years ago 12
Wow... thank you for sharing. Very scary, dangerous profession... that's for sure. I watch a lot of the DOC/Prison documentaries at night. It's a whole other world in there.. a dangerous world. Music went great with this video! 5 stars*****
usafireandrescue 2 years ago 12
What's the song?
vikturi 2 years ago
that is no joke!!! WOW
wvsheshe1 2 years ago 12
Great Video, my brother is schooling to become a oc
73828 2 years ago 10
Is Their Gangs their?
vikturi 2 years ago
very nicely done
MrUndertaker94 2 years ago 14
My entire understanding and solidarity! My cousin, a couple of years ago while studying, did the servant in prison. An incredible experience: even just bring the food was dangerous.
Acquacheta 2 years ago 12
Scary place, lots of bad people caged there and at others like it
Thanks to all DOC persons, most people never have to see this part of the civilized world, or the criminals who make a place like this needed, But dont get me wrong in a way crime is a good thing... It offers many jobs in the police, DOC, ford gets contracts for cop cars, and ammo companies get contracts to supplie the police and many more companies, profit from crime.
Also a world without crime, would be without evil or good
1usmc0 2 years ago 11
Very intense video. It must have been very hard to work there.
thanks for sharing.
Gail Barsky
profitsmakeover 2 years ago 14
Nice!!! The music was perfect, exelent vid!!
Joe
joyodrums 2 years ago 14
Thanks for sharing. A view into a world that many people are fortunate enough not to have to enter. What is disturbing to me is that since justice is often so perverted, it is often the poor without decent legal representation who wind up with long terms in these forsaken places while others roam free not suffering the consequences of their crimes. This prison with a waterfront view strongly contrasts freedom as opposed to imprisonment. Very thought-provoking. Bet you were glad to leave each day
destinationdawn 2 years ago 15
Intense but good! Thanks for sharing Donny~
pttrxa 2 years ago 16
Bang Bang shoot em up, the party never ends! YOUR CRIME IS TIME! Nice vid but the song 18 & Life.....great choice Bulldog.
valofvalhalla06 2 years ago 16
five star!
ladyvalkiria 2 years ago 17
very interesting...I don't know if I could work there, it would be sad to see...you did a great job on the vid I also like the song...perfect!!
Shelly
HealthNut1975 2 years ago 15
wow powerful video !! I just took a curse in the university about: penitentiaries conditions and rehabilitation around the world !!!
thank you:)))
77Merav 2 years ago 17
You do a great job bulldog x much respect to you x
kirstiedale3 2 years ago 17
Interesting, so where is this, in Mississippi? I'm not that far from Memphis myself, and when it closed where did they send the inmates? Nashville usually sends them to Clifton, if they have long sentences.
Flamingredrose9 2 years ago 17
Thank you for sharing Bulldog. That was so interesting. Much respect for doing what you've done. It takes a special person to work with and guard convicts ;) I agree with Cousin Susie (I do have a cousin Susan LOL) but they should wear those pink underwear, have pink towels and watch only a Christian TV station, just the same way the AZ warden does it!
Have you seen the movie Felon? It was actually base on true event in the prison. Awesome flick!!
Meesh60612 2 years ago 15
Awesome! I love Jefferson City History! I've never seen inside the walls, so this is pretty cool!
PantyMython 2 years ago 16
outstanding video. never seen the insde of a prison. this one shows its age.they should have more like this one.thanks for sharing
wizart49 2 years ago 17
This was really great having an inside look inside the prison!! I t hink all prisons should be run like that prison in AZ by that
sheriff Joe!
Great Video and thanks for sharing Donny!!
CousinSusie 2 years ago 21