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Hi All,

I went to former maximum security prison, Maitland Gaol, on a Uni excursion a little while ago, and I'm just going through some images now for an assignment and thought I'd share a few. Despite having been closed down a few years ago, Maitland Gaol is still a very good indication of what maximum security gaols are currently like in NSW, so it's a very interesting place to visit.

Our guide, a former inmate, even taught us how to strangle someone with single ply toilet paper, how to make a blade out of paddle pop sticks and cigarette butts, and how to boil water incide your cell, all for no extra charge!

More (including Ivan Milat's former home) can be seen here .



Below: These signs are placed on the back of each cell door.


A typical non-protection Cell.


Daily exercise yard for prisoners on protection.

interesting shots.

I went for a tour inside parramatta gaol, when they had an open day, in the brief period between being closed as max security and being reopened for weekend detention.
quite sobering.

I also did some work in one of the cellblocks at silverwater and found the difference quite amazing.

Steve

Interesting series Macka, including the one on your site tell quite a story

I went to school inside the Sydney Women's Gaol... Gaol's are interesting places.

Interesting pictures. I like the note at the end of the yellow sign after all of those HIV and blood warnings telling the person to "always engage in safer sex" complete with a condom character...

Will you PM me how to strangle someone with toilet paper? I'm curious as hell and Google gives me nothing!

Will you PM me how to strangle someone with toilet paper? I'm curious as hell and Google gives me nothing!

I too would be interested in this essential skill also!!

Steve

Nnnnsic wrote:Will you PM me how to strangle someone with toilet paper? I'm curious as hell and Google gives me nothing!

Ok, coming right up.

Hmm... might have to use that technique in one of my scripts...

Apparently this jail is haunted - they used to have night tours for people who thought they might see ghosts.

i'm surprised the inmates have access to injecign equipment and razor blades, as the sign states

surprised becuase it's a max security jail

couldn't these things be used to mount an escape?

really gritty and in your face macka and meaningful, nice work

jben_net wrote:Apparently this jail is haunted - they used to have night tours for people who thought they might see ghosts.

If you believe hard enough you can probably see just about anything you want to. These stories probably come form the fact that once upon a time they used to hang people at Maitland.

wendellt wrote:i'm surprised the inmates have access to injecign equipment and razor blades, as the sign states

surprised becuase it's a max security jail

Wendell, the reality is that just about anything can be and is smuggled into gaol, including drugs and injecting equipment.