former prisoner in the MDOC. My heart broke for those guys left behind. All I could think about is what if that had happened to me. I know most convicts are worthless repeat offenders. But some of us get out and move on successfully. I am now a small business owner and father to 5. I work hard at being a good person and keeping my karmic energy clear. I totally re invested myself when I came home from prison. I wonder how many guys like me perished in the prisons during Katrina. I hope the pedos and rapist got the worst of it
I jus wanna say I'm fuckin proud of you. I know, probably 80% if not more are repeat offenders, non stop doin bad shit, dangerous and they just quit caring what happens to them anymore... It breaks my heart. But guys like you, man im proud af of you and I don't even know you lol. I myself am kind of the opposite of my husband.... I worked and went to college by the time I was 16 I'd finished high school and had the rest of my life laid out for me it was pretty much smooth sailing for me... But then I met him... And HE was constantly going in n out of jail, breaking house arrest... I'll never forget the first time I got pregnant, I drove to his house to tell him... He was so happy dude I was scared he felt like I felt, like "FUCK what did we DO!!!??" Lol but nah he was so excited!! Told me he loved me n stuff n I had to hurry off to work, we would talk about it all when I got off... I got off that night, went to his house to find him not there.... Eerie... I didn't get to see him again besides in court for the next 11months... I miscarried a few weeks later... But I stayed n I waited for this guy I love so much, we're still together, married 12years now and he hasn't been in trouble in years, last time was traffic tickets, nothing crazy he's settled down alot... He's like you I think, he sees what it's like on that side of things, he's been taken away from it, missed it n wanted nothing more than to come home to us.. he's a different guy now in the whole getting in trouble sense. He grew up, maybe that's how we can put it. Lol Point is, I know it's HARD.... I've seen it firsthand... And I'm so glad you're out here with your 5wonderful babies and their beautiful momma, running your business killin it at life!!! Fuck yeah 🙏 Keep growing my friend. You're amazing and I'm proud of you!!!!!! Hope something amazing happens to you today!!! 🙏❤️
@@LivingDeadGirl0702 Thank you so much for saying that ❤️ No one has ever said something like that to me, except for me😁 I tell myself that, most people are to busy with life to be concerned with me 😀 and that is okay. I was locked up from 2002 - 2007. Came home and never went back. I was fully aware of the statistics and determined to beat the odds 💪🏽 I own a fitness company now and I'm a certified personal trainer, a dream I created while in prison. (I worked out religiously in the joint). Shout out to your hubby! it warms my heart to know there are other guys out there that made it out of the criminal lifestyle! To many times we only hear about the ones that go back. I'm proud of you and your husband 💯 Keep doing the right thing👊🏽
@@curtisjackson7742 I want to let you know I'm also proud of you. I know its not easy being "good". Its one of the hardest things to do in life. But, its also so rewarding in many ways, top way is mental health. Keep pushing, you're giving your children someone great to look up to and will strive to be like. We have enough terrible in the world, it's great to have someone like you. Congrats on all the hard work! 👏
@@curtisjackson7742 man im happy that my comment meant something to you. You deserve to hear it more and I'm surprised no one's told you yet to be honest! Keep on keepin on man take care!! 🙏 ❤️
All of us weren't left in the basement some of us were still on those floors that you walked on some of us were still stuck in some of those upper and lower level cells that you walked in some of us stayed inside that building for 3 days with no food and no water I am one of those people
So like what happened to the trustees that are mostly not in cells or any of the inmates that were not in a cell at the time? I ask this bcuz they could’ve opened the cells for yall. Did anyone actually drown at this jail or was it the CCC jail like ppl are saying?? What did the guards say to yall before leaving?? You say some of y’all were still stuck?? Where were the others that wasn’t stuck?? Why didn’t the inmates that wrote the HELP message on the roof get food from the kitchen or commissary?? Was it all under water and were there ppl in there too?? I have so many questions but I’ll stop here. I’m so sorry that this happened to yall and I hope you are living well and staying positive. Much ❤️ from the D(Detroit)
You probably never heard about the national guard coming in assaulting civilians and stripping them of fire arms and other weapons. During hurricane Katrina either. Not to mention the asbestos pre manufacture mobile homes given to the people who lost there homes. That where deemed unsafe after people started dying in mass numbers in there sleep, all of witch where confiscated and “destroyed” aka re branded and sold cheap to miners and oil field workers across the country.
Probably not talked about cause it’s one of MANY similar situations in the area. The situations have been discussed as a whole, just not specific mention of every single building. You’d think a State owned Jail or Prison, would get a lil’ more attention though huh ? It’s absurd all around, everything about Katrina and the towns affected (SCREWED OVER)
I really appreciate your exploration, nice job! As a healthcare worker I just need to say that you really should be wearing a good mask 😷. You don’t realize all the toxins growing in the places you are exploring and especially when it is wet and damp. The water is dripping through many layers on rotting, molding, mildew that you don’t want growing in your lungs! Just cuz I care! 😘
For a documentary type explore they missed out not at least joining back with him after they did their own thing. Nothing like a tour with a long time resident.
I was in this place before, during & after Katrina. Wasn't moved till 4 days later only to be taken to Hunts Correctional Facility and slept on the ground in the rain for 2 days. We were outside taking showers with a hose pipe, they threw peanut butter and jelly sandwiches over a 20ft fence to feed over 800 inmates. You never experienced hell till you experienced these living conditions. I had a friend in there who had a seizure and they refuses to help him. At the time the Sheriff was Marlin Gusman, a born idiot who allowed his deputies to abandon us them 3 days following Katrina. No food, no water or medical attention. So.e were to be released 3 days prior to Katrina but the governor called for a mandatory evacuation allowing inmates to be held longer. I can honestly say that I wouldn't want anyone I hate to experience what I've been through those 3 horrific days. While trapped in there, you can hear inmates screaming from the lower floors till they went dead silent.
I am so sorry you had to live through that. I could only imagine how awful it must have been. I would love to know what they were thinking when they locked you all in the prison to die. They should be ashamed of themselves for the way they treated you and the other inmates.
I met a guy who escaped the prison death of Katrina on a short ride on a travel bus and it was shortly after the Katrina. He shared with me that he and some other prisoners were left stranded on a bridge and they all fought hard for survival ... he said he don't know who all made it but that all the documents in the prison was being destroyed and that he felt he could start over as a free man as he explained seeing people drowning in the water right below them I could see the freedom all over his face and he was still shaken a bit not knowing his final destination. He mentioned how high the waters were on the piece of bridge where they stood yelling for help, it sounded so sad, he explained they knew no one was coming for them. I don't know what he was in there for but I would hope that he would start over clean. He also mentioned a few of the fellas went in an opposit direction towards Texas and I do believe he told exactly how they escaped that water scenery but I have forgotten it however many prisoners were purposelyleft for dead so he said ... Now I'm going to watch this video to see what they are saying.
That’s sad and my heart goes out to him, but sadly, he’s not being 100% truthful about how the bridge situation happened. I made a comment earlier on here explaining the REAL situation and events told by literally everyone that I talked to including deputies who I worked with, the actual inmates themselves that were there on the bridge, and civilians. All of them had the same stories at different times(referencing the times that they individually told me the events of those horrible days). I mean IDENTICAL stories despite not knowing each other personally or knowing each other existed, with the exception of some deputies and inmates knowing each other from working/existing closely together then and presently. Not saying that the gentleman is a bad person or a liar or ANYTHING negative, I’m just saying that they seem to have embellished some facts and events. That’s all. God bless him and you.✊🏾💙
@@paperdollartzgeniuz3911 I understood that. I was just letting you know. Again, not being negative, argumentative, judgmental, or any disrespectful or negative thing. I was just letting you know what REALLY happened so you wouldn’t go on believing false stuff. God bless you, Sir for being an angel to that man by being a listening ear.
@@OfficerSuperman_she-her ... It was a ten minute brief chat converstion whilebboarding the bus ... we sat in different areas of the bus. I hadn't repeated his story since that day ... it's not that serious of what I believe of what really happened, he made it out alive is what matters and that hopefully he made good with his freedom. Thanks for your kind information though.
They just left all the prisoners behind locked up. Someone needs to be held accountable. The families of the prisoners who drowned should at the very least be compensated and the mayor should go to prison along with the guards. That's some bullshit
Nagin was Mayor of NO at time of Katrina, who served two tumultuous terms in office that ended in 2010, was found guilty by a jury in 2014 on 20 counts of wire fraud, bribery and tax evasion after a trial that captivated the city. He was the first New Orleans mayor ever convicted of corruption.
They could of atleast moved everyone to the top floor and paid a few guards hazard pay to stay behind and watch the prisoners and kept a generator going, or transferred them to different prisons in different states
@@NomadGuardian He ran off to Texas and let them fend for themselves. He showed NO leadership. All he did was scream. In Mississippi they took care of business and helped each other.
@AvalonDreaming danggg! That's messed up. Funny how he ran to Texas. Reminds me of Ted Cruz when he took his girls on vacation during that big ice storm in Texas last year when hundreds of thousands were left without power for WEEKS. And Trump when the Capitol was stormed. Sheesh!
I’m extremely happy to have come across your channel and exploration of abandon places. The story behind this is insane and is even crazier that it was swept under the rug that correctional officers just left prisoners to die. That trips me out.
Born and raised in New Orleans and this building is so creepy at night time! Most of our abandon buildings have power. We have a homeless man every Christmas put out a little Christmas tree in the window of the abandoned charity hospital. Should definitely have mask on. You should check out the hospital and the plaza tower building. The city has plans after Katrina to make it into a residential and commercial building that has extended power supply and water supply that could be used 3 months after a storm if needed. But it’s covered in asbestos
I suffered from mold exposure at my old house once and it does major harm to the body, digestive system, brain fog, anxiety, etc those people living there definitely need to be wearing mask and have circulating air. This is interesting thou looks fun to explore the empty buildings
Awesome content. You all showed something that most of us I’m sure never knew or thought about. It’s insane how many of these prisoners were left behind. Sooo sad 😔
I was homeless for 2yrs on the streets of new England including the harsh winters and you never had a building like this to stay in. As bad as some parts are this is a homeless person dream crash spot it even has power. I know if it was me I would of cleaned up one of the better areas swept it out and cleaned it up as best as could. The power alone is huge I dam near died from exposure a few times. My toes had turned purple from hypothermia and they have never been the same since. I'm glad you gave her some money most people would rather spit on you then help you. I had the cops come to my tent in the middle of the night in the snow and slash my tent apart and throw my belongings in the river leaving me with nothing but the clothes on my back and nowhere to sleep they dam near killed me by doing it and they did it to other people I knew who ended up freezing to death
I live in New England and it gets cold here!! 🤦🏽♀️ That's horrible how the police did that to you!! Thanks for sharing a little piece of your life. Happy Healthly Holidays to you and your family!! ✌🏼😷
@@eurasianhillbilly5513 it sure does get cold I know a couple people who are still homeless and 3 days before Christmas the cops went around the city slashing tents then having the city come pick them up. They slash them so the people can't just set them up somewhere else but now those people have no where to go at night and no blankets. I don't agree with the way they handled the situation they should offer them a bed in a shelter before doing this to them. The shelter around here only lets you stay for a couple weeks then you can't come back for 90 days the system sucks
Loved the video. I remember driving by there a few months before Katrina hit and to see it now and seeing that area now is kind of sad . What happened during and after Katrina is the closest thing to the walking dead you will ever see or not see . It was pure apocalyptical there and just shows a small glimpse of what will happen if that were to happen worldwide.. be safe everyone
im born n raised here in the city from n.o. east. but no the closest thing to living dead has got to be kensington ave in philly look up that shit on youtube n tell me dat aint the real deal living dead. real zombies bruh walking round with flesh eating disease from the bullshit dope they be shoving in they arm, shits eating they body from the inside out. they have youtube videos on kensington. i only thought new orleans was bad til i seen allat kensington shit
Back in the day when I was constantly in trouble an in an out of jails this was always one of my biggest fears. A natural disaster happening. The thought of being trapped in a concrete cell with no means to eat or escape if water levels started to rise..that's a scary thought and whoever allowed this to happen needs to be charged to the fullest extent of the law. SMH.
@@jenjennitrite8146 Nobody knows what really happened the storm like that hits electrical stuff gets bad and whatever else happens in the midst of it how do you know they didn't try to get everybody they could out. What are you a fucking magician? That you would have saved your own ass first before you got anybody out
@@antiscyllisneocht5669 I was thinking this is a hard judgment day for thoes who pissed on God's word. I'd love to see the case work on who was left to see how many rapist and murderers got dragged to hell that storm
@#HotMessMom If they was left in a cell where no power was working then they we're abandoned them cells, them doors, kitchens nothing gone work without power
Whatever the charges might of been those men that were left didn't deserve the death sentence. Without a judge and jurors. Nice work on this piece. Very informative and once there has been destruction the news media doesn't like to focus to much time on things that are still a problem. It will take decades to get the city back to what it was. I pray for the victims that were left for dead.
I know a few people who where in that jail during Katrina one person was in tears telling me how they had the inmates in Water up to their neck while wearing shackles trying to Evacuate and the Guards left lots of people to drown
My friends went to New Orleans in 2020. There were hundreds of homeless around their hotel in the city of New Orleans. They were shooting up with needles right in front of the police on the sidewalk. There was a abandoned building some of them were staying in. Someone could have turned that building into a shelter. Even this jail could make a decent shelter but we don't bother with that. Thirty beds at the salvation army for cold nights. Smh.
I was part of the first team to enter back into new Orleans the day of the hurricane search, rescue, recovery, and rebuilding from day one. Spent two years there rebuilding. I saw stuff you would never in your life believe.
@@gingerfetter9042 The Governor and State knew Katrina was approaching, Gross Negligence to the 10th Power NOT getting those inmates transferred out and leaving them LOCKED in a fucking CELL!!!
It’s crazy I looked up some of the members of the sheriffs office @ 25:50 at the time and some of them have since died! R.I.P to them and all of the victims of Katrina 🙏🏽
As some who had been homeless for several years- I wholly appreciate people like these men that see someone hurting and genuinely want to help. It breaks my heart seeing that woman all alone. Being on the streets as a woman is so hard, I could only imagine what she might had been thinking.
Good video I watched the whole thing very eerie to say the least, also that was the nicest thing you could of done giving that homeless women money that probably made her day so much better and would of been greatly appreciated.
@@williamjones7851 as an addict myself i really didn't mean it to come off sounding so judgemental. I'm not saying drugs are good or help you at all bC the problem obviously becomes dependency and then the long term damage outweighs really any immediate benefit/ relief, but there decimated is a reason people (such as myself) turn to drugs in the first place. Especially for people like me who have a lot of truama and also a whole host of mental and physical health conditions, I tried to explain to people that drugs are never the problem they actually are my own self-medicating solution to the problem, and as someone who's been around the block with inpatient rehab more than once i personally have made a serious commitment to try to stay clean as of recent again just because I'm not happy and I don't feel good and somethings got to give. Right now for myself I know there are certain things I probably should and shouldn't do but we are all different people with different likes and dislike, have different experiences growing up and all need different things at different times and you know what I'm totally okay with that I don't want us all to be the same.... that sounds like a bunch of robots. We're all just trying to make it and i have no judgement how you or the next person gets by as long as you are not violating another person's health/safety (especially kids that's just my big thing with drugs is the destruction of causes families and the horrid and sometimes inhumane shit so many innocent little kids are exposed to bC of caregivers being fucked up but there's more to that than just drugs....I know there are people who can work/ drive/ function fine on substances and I know some of the biggest monsters out there are total squares, there's always levels to the shit)
So what if she got high, I give money to homeless people and I don't give two shits what they do with the money, sometimes if I'm rich enough I'll give them money sort of knowing its for drugs and buy them a McDonald's or something else.
@@williamjones7851 most addicts dont even get high they use just to feel normal so giving them money is still helping as it stops crimes being committed for the drugs I've seen addicts rattling and it's not a nice
Really good vid homie, sound was amazing and the little interviews with those people was very down to earth and something other people should do, very well done!
That's how we ALL are here in New Orleans... being born & raised here in this gumbo pot mixture of people creates VERY "down to earth" people! Gotta love NOLA!
*I do have to add another comment;* the *music* that you chose for this fits perfectly with this whole situation. It improves the whole eeriness of the situation
Prison should be demolished, removed period. People can be abducted and kept there. It's unsanitary and very unsafe.😒💯 They'll probably find some of the missing underneath, dead of course.
New subscriber, I went thru Katrina….. it was hell in South Louisiana during that time. The sound of the military helicopters day and night overhead was chilling. They finally called in Warden Cain (at the time he was over Angola) and his crew did get the prisoners gathered up and to a safe encampment.
The homeless guy said if you need someone to show y’all around I can tag along and help y’all and they just said okay see ya later that was fucked up buddy probably doesn’t meet a lot of new people that was fucked up of them
You gotta be careful of the company you keep in normal places, let alone an abandoned prison where no help is coming no matter what. It probably was hurtful and I'd say 90% chance that guy just wanted some company, but it's really not a good place to make new friends.
I agree with the decision less chance of them to try some dumb shit keep everyone at a distance until trust is built plus the guy would have wanted cash or something for helping the tour the place safety first always
You guys need respirators walking into mold like that!! Eeeshh!! Good video tho! Thanks for exploring this place, i got goosebumps when that guy said its haunted! Cant wait to see more ❤
They don't give a shit about you even if you were only in jail overnight for a ticket, they would leave you to die. A friend of mine was in jail for 6 months and was begging to see medical every night because he had stomach pains. They refused him every time like they do everyone. When he was released he was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer and was dead within a few months. It would have been treatable if they would have let him see medical. He wasn't even 30 years old.
I can’t believe the Staff had to leave the prisoners and they drowned. I don’t think I could’ve done that. I thank the nurses for putting those patients to rest before they had to die and suffer alone. Great video guys, it seem like a Really scary place. Even just watching the video I get the feeling of extreme sadness and evil.
They didn't have to leave them they chose to. They could have bussed them beforehand to other facilities in other states. They could have even moved them up a few floors they chose to do this.
@@jsperez240 lol and you're projecting as well as failing in your attempt to troll people. You're the only one here who spewed ignorance. And furthermore for me to be racist I'd have to have a system to oppress people which I don't. Nice try. 😂
This is so creepy, but fascinating at the same time. I lived in New Orleans for 4 years with my than boyfriend David (from Rochester, NY). He got arrested at a ball game for a fight. And I remember him staying in this actual jail until I could come and get him.
Hearing all those bugs flying & knowing it was flooded from a hurricane and that it has mold everywhere makes me feel awful for the homeless living there. I have bronchitis and can’t have a lot of dust in my house without it affecting me. I’d be so sick and the the HORRIBLE HOMICIDE that basically happened to those people left behind would be enough to keep me out. I pray for all of New Orleans that they finally properly & fully recover from hurricane Katrina. What really trips me out is the fact American officials stick there nose in other countries business when states like this in our home!! Need our help.
I'm trying to find what the guy was talking about with military calling it skylar? How do you correctly spell it so i can read about it. I tried close caption but no luck. Thank you
I hope that every "worker" who abandoned these people ( not just criminals) were found and sent to jail themselves. They left these PEOPLE to parish. NOT OK. BTW great vid
Unfortunately the criminal justice system 👀 at something like that as doing a favor to the world regardless of the fact that you are supposedly innocent till proven guilty in a court of law then you are still locked up and forced to prove your innocence so really you are guilty till proven innocent otherwise why would you be in jail fighting to prove your innocence
Oh I'm glad you shared this, I couldnt hear what they said. That was very kind of them to give her money. I can't even imagine how hard her life must be right now if she's willingly living in an abandoned jail
If they knew a hurricane was coming why did they keep prisoners locked in the basement? It's like they knew they were going to die down there. The sheriff responsible for that will face the grim reaper when he passes away if he hasn't already
The red feet painted in the floor is part of prisoner control. “Stand HERE, until the cuffs are on or off… “ move off the square and you’ll catch a violation or a bullet. Terminology for the Prison Areas - The Cells- self explanatory The Range- Common areas usually with tables and Card Decks - Pod- Where the Screws (Corrections Officers) are. Yard - is any open air outdoor area for prisoner activities (Roof)
Huge buildings like this with heat. There is NO Excuse for there to be homeless people. These places could be fixed up and put in great use. It is across the street from a police station how sad is that!
Take it out on the actors in the real life truman show. Its people doing what they have to do to survive. Like the cockroaches following the fleeting oxygen into that camera lens guard, people go where they have to, to be able to survive and live. Look at em. Look at their life. You really gonna hack on em? I think theyve been through, still in middle of enough. N who uses heat in NOLA? Maybe spend less that throwin stones and build them a house. But thatd cost you more. Oh wait. Thats right. Damn. Fuck all the chomos, but i doubt some raging criminals are gonna live across from police station....... If i was inmate and they left me to die, id be goin for blood when they got back. Thats the mentallity of 90% of cops these days. Prolly pissed anyone survived
What a nice, utopian thought. But you can start in your own community, Faith. Gas up the minivan and check the alleys and underpasses for those in need of a warm bed. You don't mind if they crash on the couch, forever, do you?
So effing sad...we are one of the worst, least humane in our incarceration of people. The courts and cops are offenders too. So much abuse...so much corruption.
I left New Orleans years ago and I'm much happier since I did. I wanted to move away way before Katrina ( back in the mid 90s) but never could afford to. But Katrina was the last straw. Really if it wasn't for the fact that the hurricane turned at the last minute and went east of the mouth of the river, New Orleans would have been 30 feet under water. Therefore, there wouldn't be a city there now. I guess God gave it one last chance.
I’m so shocked that everyone is shocked. It’s abandoned, it went thru a major storm, not to mention the amount of homeless people living in there at any one time.
@@Timedelayedfuse I’m sorry. That makes more sense. No wonder it didn’t make sense to me. Yes people only think of themselves. Even patients in nursing homes were left. It’s a sad world we live in. Thank you.
You guys are young and you probably have the mindset that you are invincible. Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not there. You need special masks and you need gloves. This isn't a matter of IF you will get sick, it's a matter of WHEN. Maybe if you took some samples of the place with you and tested it at a facility, I bet you would go running to purchase protection gear. You do great work, it would be nice if you could do this for a very long time. God Bless
I love that dude, saying how it's haunted. Maannnn I bet it is, I wanna go there Edit: the longer I watch the more eerie sounds I hear, my ear started ringing too the energy there is high
It was probably in bad shape to begin with. No, our social structure doesn't make prison conditions #1 on their list of important shit to worry about. Too bad. Imagine our world if they did.
@@TypeOneg Too bad? Are you implying prison conditions should be "#1 on their list?" How about fixing health care and education before advocating for rapists and thieves.
Another random fact: When you go through the academy, they take your academy class through there on a tour to show you what it looks like now and tell you what happened(if you don’t already know) in what they say is a way to do better and never let it happen again. That along with to show how “good” the inmates and deputies have it now since the $165M facility was built and opened around 2014-2016(can’t remember the exact year, but it was new when I went through the academy in 2016).
Man that's so sad that they left people behind...we are all human it's just heartbreaking to think about it..imagine being left and just slowly starving aww man..godbless all LOST and their families..rip to those lost..🙏👍‼
@@justinnietengarten6315 I can remember the buses full of people coming to Houston everyone was shell shocked I can’t even imagine the people who were stuck there
I don't know where he got his info from but 500 inmates did not drown. I'm born and raised and I'm still living in and work for the City of New Orleans. Also the inmates weren't left behind, I know guards and inmates that been there.
I'm from Canada and I have never heard of anything like this and I'm shocked about the people who were just left to there own devices and that's what I'm so upset about even if they were in jail they still should have been treated like a person at least, we don't even think about doing that to our own worst enemy, it just wouldn't be right!!! Every body deserves a chance to be treated humainly and not just some wild animal. We don't even have an electric chair or a death bed. But we certainly wouldn't be leaving people to die in a cruel manner, I'm just so shocked about this!!! We had no idea that this had happened to people over there. I'm very sorry for the people who did loose there lives. R.I.P whoever's not here to this day from over there, those poor souls, god be with them!!!!! Amen. I'm glad you put this out for all to see and find out for themselves what took place there!!! Thank you!!!! Good video Guy's!!!🇨🇦🎀🇨🇦🎀🎄❄️🎀✝️🛐♾️☯️👏👏👏👏👏👏🌈🇨🇦
More than 500 are still “missing” till this day?!?!?! Excuse me, *WHAT?!?!? Why have I not heard of this before and that over 500 inmates who were locked in this jail are mysteriously “missing”?!?! Wtf?!?*
You do know some inmates ran away and never turned themselves back in ????? They count as missing as well . Also some may have escaped and ended up drowning later on
Hey Guys! Just came across your channel. I am impressed. The quality of your photography is amazing. Now touching on the basis of this video, I have to wonder what happened to the 500 missing inmates. How awful for the inmates that remained behind. Of course, it would be the last place people would come to rescue. How sad for our society. Thanks guys for being real.
I was in America at the time of hurricane Katrina we where on holiday and where travelling back from North Carolina to Ashburn near the blue ridge mountains on the way we drop threw part of the storm on the highway I remember being scared as hell seeing the big Riggs swaying back and forth on the highway we got home ok and I watch the news coverage on the tv New Orleans was a wreck it was so heartbreaking to see bodies floating In the rising water animals being left to there own demise family’s wiped out homes destroyed most people thought New Orleans wouldn’t recover but they did thank god but the poor people who lost their lives and possibly everything the once owned. On the outskirts of the city you can still find abandoned houses cars all manner of things six flags amusement park is a flood damaged hell hole still that’s another good exploration video to watch. I read a lot about this disastrous hurricane by the time most of the city’s response units started to clean up they found homes still occupied by those who were unlucky enough to be trapped when the waters began to rise search teams just place a red x on the door to let body recovery know that there where dead inside I can only imagine the true horrors the poor people and the convicts at this prison face s how cruel just to be left to drown with no way to escape they people who left them to die should hang their heads in shame I don’t think I could go on living a normal life knowing that they were left there r.i.p
I'm not surprised. When Katrina happened the media loved filming all the people dead or about to die waiting on roof tops. To this day, most traumatizing thing I ever watched on tv besides 9/11.
As much as I HATED working for OPSO, because of how corrupt the deputies and rank are and how horrible they treat the inmates, saying that they left majority of them to die there is a lie. Deputies were literally called in to help evacuate and keep safe and contained as many inmates as possible. The deputies and inmates were then stuck on the bridge to try and evacuate the city for days. Mind you, imagine there being hundreds to thousands of inmates on a bridge with little to no resources and no help. You would be even more pissed than usual. Now imagine having a MAXIMUM of around 100 deputies to contain, control, and care for as much as possible those hundreds to thousands of pissed and scared inmates with only a shotgun for every few deputies. Because of those circumstances, unfortunately, some inmates weren’t able to be saved in time. It’s one of the worst feelings in the world feeling like you’re the reason someone lost their life, in the most agonizing way, despite knowing that you did EVERYTHING you could to save them. Anyway, like I said, the deputies there, rank, and overall staff in general are horrendous and corrupt. Hence, why I left to become a road cop where I could stick to my oath and morals and actually HELP people. However, the few deputies that left their families to go help the inmates on their off days, not knowing if they would ever see them again, were some of the FEW good deputies that worked there.
That’s not even true. A woman who was an inmate at OPP said she was treated worse than a dog. Y’all gone pay dearly for what was done to those people. Don’t come on here lying when everyone is saying y’all did opposite.
@@jazmynbrown6820 FIRSTLY, You obviously lack comprehensional reading abilities. I said I hated how badly they treated the inmates, hence why I left because I refused to treat other human beings like they were worse than trash. SECONDLY, you don’t know me and I don’t know you(thank GOD) for you to get your illiterate ass on here telling me I’m a liar as if you were there when I were there and knew what I did and didn’t do then. If I was content or complacent with the way the other deputies treated the inmates, I most likely would’ve still been there, but clearly I’m not. Maybe you should focus on bettering your reading comprehension, people skills, critical thinking, reasoning, entitlement issues, and I’m sure many more issues you have before you embarras yourself on the Internet in front of strangers with your failed attempt to analyze to judge a complete stranger with absolutely NO evidence or truth to your pathetic, backwards ass reasoning. Be blessed!🙂
@@jazmynbrown6820 ALSO, this happened before I even began working with them. I was still in highschool. I had this story confirmed by not only the deputies that experienced this, but also family, friends, strangers that live there who were also stuck, AND inmates themselves that survived the whole ordeal that were still incarcerated by the time I began working for them in 2016. Do I give a shit about a complete stranger talking like they know me? Hell no. Does your disrespect, ignorance, and entitlement lowkey aggravate me? Absolutely. 🤷🏾♀️
Awesome exploration! It must be quite scary coming across anybody in an abandoned location, especially one this massive. Glad I discovered your channel. Liked and subscribed, all the way from South Africa! 😎
former prisoner in the MDOC. My heart broke for those guys left behind. All I could think about is what if that had happened to me. I know most convicts are worthless repeat offenders. But some of us get out and move on successfully. I am now a small business owner and father to 5. I work hard at being a good person and keeping my karmic energy clear. I totally re invested myself when I came home from prison. I wonder how many guys like me perished in the prisons during Katrina. I hope the pedos and rapist got the worst of it
I jus wanna say I'm fuckin proud of you.
I know, probably 80% if not more are repeat offenders, non stop doin bad shit, dangerous and they just quit caring what happens to them anymore... It breaks my heart.
But guys like you, man im proud af of you and I don't even know you lol.
I myself am kind of the opposite of my husband.... I worked and went to college by the time I was 16 I'd finished high school and had the rest of my life laid out for me it was pretty much smooth sailing for me... But then I met him... And HE was constantly going in n out of jail, breaking house arrest... I'll never forget the first time I got pregnant, I drove to his house to tell him... He was so happy dude I was scared he felt like I felt, like "FUCK what did we DO!!!??" Lol but nah he was so excited!! Told me he loved me n stuff n I had to hurry off to work, we would talk about it all when I got off... I got off that night, went to his house to find him not there.... Eerie... I didn't get to see him again besides in court for the next 11months... I miscarried a few weeks later... But I stayed n I waited for this guy I love so much, we're still together, married 12years now and he hasn't been in trouble in years, last time was traffic tickets, nothing crazy he's settled down alot... He's like you I think, he sees what it's like on that side of things, he's been taken away from it, missed it n wanted nothing more than to come home to us.. he's a different guy now in the whole getting in trouble sense. He grew up, maybe that's how we can put it. Lol
Point is, I know it's HARD.... I've seen it firsthand... And I'm so glad you're out here with your 5wonderful babies and their beautiful momma, running your business killin it at life!!! Fuck yeah 🙏
Keep growing my friend. You're amazing and I'm proud of you!!!!!!
Hope something amazing happens to you today!!!
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@@LivingDeadGirl0702 Thank you so much for saying that ❤️ No one has ever said something like that to me, except for me😁 I tell myself that, most people are to busy with life to be concerned with me 😀 and that is okay. I was locked up from 2002 - 2007. Came home and never went back. I was fully aware of the statistics and determined to beat the odds 💪🏽 I own a fitness company now and I'm a certified personal trainer, a dream I created while in prison. (I worked out religiously in the joint).
Shout out to your hubby! it warms my heart to know there are other guys out there that made it out of the criminal lifestyle! To many times we only hear about the ones that go back. I'm proud of you and your husband 💯 Keep doing the right thing👊🏽
Even the worthless repeat offenders didn't deserve to die like that. And Good for you changing your life around. 👍
@@curtisjackson7742 I want to let you know I'm also proud of you. I know its not easy being "good". Its one of the hardest things to do in life. But, its also so rewarding in many ways, top way is mental health. Keep pushing, you're giving your children someone great to look up to and will strive to be like. We have enough terrible in the world, it's great to have someone like you. Congrats on all the hard work! 👏
@@curtisjackson7742 man im happy that my comment meant something to you. You deserve to hear it more and I'm surprised no one's told you yet to be honest! Keep on keepin on man take care!! 🙏 ❤️
All of us weren't left in the basement some of us were still on those floors that you walked on some of us were still stuck in some of those upper and lower level cells that you walked in some of us stayed inside that building for 3 days with no food and no water I am one of those people
Who was left in the basement? Do you know ?
Glad you made it out.
So like what happened to the trustees that are mostly not in cells or any of the inmates that were not in a cell at the time? I ask this bcuz they could’ve opened the cells for yall. Did anyone actually drown at this jail or was it the CCC jail like ppl are saying?? What did the guards say to yall before leaving?? You say some of y’all were still stuck?? Where were the others that wasn’t stuck?? Why didn’t the inmates that wrote the HELP message on the roof get food from the kitchen or commissary?? Was it all under water and were there ppl in there too?? I have so many questions but I’ll stop here. I’m so sorry that this happened to yall and I hope you are living well and staying positive. Much ❤️ from the D(Detroit)
I love you 💕
@@dajadynasty honestly ppl did die in some of those buildings, that's not the only building. Guards said nothing to us they just left.
I'm glad I came across this video. Why isn't this talked about?! This is the first time hearing about this.
SAME IM COMPLETELY SHOCKED
You probably never heard about the national guard coming in assaulting civilians and stripping them of fire arms and other weapons. During hurricane Katrina either. Not to mention the asbestos pre manufacture mobile homes given to the people who lost there homes. That where deemed unsafe after people started dying in mass numbers in there sleep, all of witch where confiscated and “destroyed” aka re branded and sold cheap to miners and oil field workers across the country.
👍 right!!??? I'm furious actually.
Same
Probably not talked about cause it’s one of MANY similar situations in the area.
The situations have been discussed as a whole, just not specific mention of every single building.
You’d think a State owned Jail or Prison, would get a lil’ more attention though huh ? It’s absurd all around, everything about Katrina and the towns affected (SCREWED OVER)
I really appreciate your exploration, nice job! As a healthcare worker I just need to say that you really should be wearing a good mask 😷. You don’t realize all the toxins growing in the places you are exploring and especially when it is wet and damp. The water is dripping through many layers on rotting, molding, mildew that you don’t want growing in your lungs! Just cuz I care! 😘
I was thinking the same thing.
Exactly what I thought !
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Agreed
masks don't do anything at least not a cloth one haha
The first homeless man said "the basement is creepy, like a kill room or butcher shop. I can take you down there if you want." Um No Thanks
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
For a documentary type explore they missed out not at least joining back with him after they did their own thing. Nothing like a tour with a long time resident.
I was in this place before, during & after Katrina. Wasn't moved till 4 days later only to be taken to Hunts Correctional Facility and slept on the ground in the rain for 2 days. We were outside taking showers with a hose pipe, they threw peanut butter and jelly sandwiches over a 20ft fence to feed over 800 inmates. You never experienced hell till you experienced these living conditions. I had a friend in there who had a seizure and they refuses to help him. At the time the Sheriff was Marlin Gusman, a born idiot who allowed his deputies to abandon us them 3 days following Katrina. No food, no water or medical attention. So.e were to be released 3 days prior to Katrina but the governor called for a mandatory evacuation allowing inmates to be held longer. I can honestly say that I wouldn't want anyone I hate to experience what I've been through those 3 horrific days. While trapped in there, you can hear inmates screaming from the lower floors till they went dead silent.
@darren Callahan is this a county/city jail or a prison DOC??
I am sorry u had to go threw this
@@deannafromdablock1994 city smh downtown nola
I am so sorry you had to live through that. I could only imagine how awful it must have been. I would love to know what they were thinking when they locked you all in the prison to die. They should be ashamed of themselves for the way they treated you and the other inmates.
Whoever made the decision to leave inmates to fend for themselves in a locked facility should face charges
I was right next to this jail I was manger at hotel all I heard was screaming and shooting I need to be interviewed I seen and heard it all 😔😔😔
Wow!!!
Keep saying that see if the government don't go pick u up.make it look like you disappeared on your own or got into a car accident.
@@priscillasanchez1106 I think you need to go to a docter
Start you a UA-cam channel and break down the stories
Please contact me...My Twin brother was inside of that prison too during Katrina.Ill interview you both at the same time.
Exploring abandoned places, is such a thrill for me. I am so jealous of people who make their living doing this. This one is very well done.
I met a guy who escaped the prison death of Katrina on a short ride on a travel bus and it was shortly after the Katrina. He shared with me that he and some other prisoners were left stranded on a bridge and they all fought hard for survival ... he said he don't know who all made it but that all the documents in the prison was being destroyed and that he felt he could start over as a free man as he explained seeing people drowning in the water right below them I could see the freedom all over his face and he was still shaken a bit not knowing his final destination. He mentioned how high the waters were on the piece of bridge where they stood yelling for help, it sounded so sad, he explained they knew no one was coming for them. I don't know what he was in there for but I would hope that he would start over clean. He also mentioned a few of the fellas went in an opposit direction towards Texas and I do believe he told exactly how they escaped that water scenery but I have forgotten it however many prisoners were purposelyleft for dead so he said ... Now I'm going to watch this video to see what they are saying.
That’s sad and my heart goes out to him, but sadly, he’s not being 100% truthful about how the bridge situation happened. I made a comment earlier on here explaining the REAL situation and events told by literally everyone that I talked to including deputies who I worked with, the actual inmates themselves that were there on the bridge, and civilians. All of them had the same stories at different times(referencing the times that they individually told me the events of those horrible days). I mean IDENTICAL stories despite not knowing each other personally or knowing each other existed, with the exception of some deputies and inmates knowing each other from working/existing closely together then and presently. Not saying that the gentleman is a bad person or a liar or ANYTHING negative, I’m just saying that they seem to have embellished some facts and events. That’s all. God bless him and you.✊🏾💙
@@OfficerSuperman_she-her ... I didn't know the guy other than being a passenger on the same Travel bus that I aboarded.
I’m glad you listened to him, because he probably wanted to talk with someone about it.
@@paperdollartzgeniuz3911 I understood that. I was just letting you know. Again, not being negative, argumentative, judgmental, or any disrespectful or negative thing. I was just letting you know what REALLY happened so you wouldn’t go on believing false stuff. God bless you, Sir for being an angel to that man by being a listening ear.
@@OfficerSuperman_she-her ... It was a ten minute brief chat converstion whilebboarding the bus ... we sat in different areas of the bus. I hadn't repeated his story since that day ... it's not that serious of what I believe of what really happened, he made it out alive is what matters and that hopefully he made good with his freedom. Thanks for your kind information though.
I love ppl that can just start up a conversation w a stranger..
This is BY far the best bando walk through on UA-cam currently.. well done, good work, best location...
They just left all the prisoners behind locked up. Someone needs to be held accountable. The families of the prisoners who drowned should at the very least be compensated and the mayor should go to prison along with the guards. That's some bullshit
@Ron Dunn Exactly. Yes, it's absolutely terrible, but in all honesty, what could they have done? Horrible and frightening situation.
Nagin was Mayor of NO at time of Katrina, who served two tumultuous terms in office that ended in 2010, was found guilty by a jury in 2014 on 20 counts of wire fraud, bribery and tax evasion after a trial that captivated the city. He was the first New Orleans mayor ever convicted of corruption.
They could of atleast moved everyone to the top floor and paid a few guards hazard pay to stay behind and watch the prisoners and kept a generator going, or transferred them to different prisons in different states
@@NomadGuardian He ran off to Texas and let them fend for themselves. He showed NO leadership. All he did was scream. In Mississippi they took care of business and helped each other.
@AvalonDreaming danggg! That's messed up. Funny how he ran to Texas. Reminds me of Ted Cruz when he took his girls on vacation during that big ice storm in Texas last year when hundreds of thousands were left without power for WEEKS. And Trump when the Capitol was stormed. Sheesh!
I’m extremely happy to have come across your channel and exploration of abandon places. The story behind this is insane and is even crazier that it was swept under the rug that correctional officers just left prisoners to die. That trips me out.
Born and raised in New Orleans and this building is so creepy at night time! Most of our abandon buildings have power. We have a homeless man every Christmas put out a little Christmas tree in the window of the abandoned charity hospital. Should definitely have mask on. You should check out the hospital and the plaza tower building. The city has plans after Katrina to make it into a residential and commercial building that has extended power supply and water supply that could be used 3 months after a storm if needed. But it’s covered in asbestos
Why the mask tho?!?
@@chrisrathburn5026 Mold, or Asbestos like she said.
I suffered from mold exposure at my old house once and it does major harm to the body, digestive system, brain fog, anxiety, etc those people living there definitely need to be wearing mask and have circulating air. This is interesting thou looks fun to explore the empty buildings
Awesome content. You all showed something that most of us I’m sure never knew or thought about. It’s insane how many of these prisoners were left behind. Sooo sad 😔
It’s not sad! The victims they killed or hurt, now that’s sad!
@@HeadNtheClouds highly doubt they were all murderers or rapist. It’s very sad
@@HeadNtheClouds and not all imprisoned are guilty.
Thank you kayb!
I was homeless for 2yrs on the streets of new England including the harsh winters and you never had a building like this to stay in. As bad as some parts are this is a homeless person dream crash spot it even has power. I know if it was me I would of cleaned up one of the better areas swept it out and cleaned it up as best as could. The power alone is huge I dam near died from exposure a few times. My toes had turned purple from hypothermia and they have never been the same since. I'm glad you gave her some money most people would rather spit on you then help you. I had the cops come to my tent in the middle of the night in the snow and slash my tent apart and throw my belongings in the river leaving me with nothing but the clothes on my back and nowhere to sleep they dam near killed me by doing it and they did it to other people I knew who ended up freezing to death
That is awful Justin,no way to treat people.sorry you had to go through that hell.hope you are in a better place now x
I live in New England and it gets cold here!! 🤦🏽♀️ That's horrible how the police did that to you!! Thanks for sharing a little piece of your life. Happy Healthly Holidays to you and your family!! ✌🏼😷
Damn where in New England?
@@anthonyw9129 N.H CT ✌🏼
@@eurasianhillbilly5513 it sure does get cold I know a couple people who are still homeless and 3 days before Christmas the cops went around the city slashing tents then having the city come pick them up. They slash them so the people can't just set them up somewhere else but now those people have no where to go at night and no blankets. I don't agree with the way they handled the situation they should offer them a bed in a shelter before doing this to them. The shelter around here only lets you stay for a couple weeks then you can't come back for 90 days the system sucks
I’m so glad you did this video. This is a dam shame how lives were lost and nothing was done about it!!
Nothing at all and pushed under the run but the people running the city,.
Loved the video. I remember driving by there a few months before Katrina hit and to see it now and seeing that area now is kind of sad . What happened during and after Katrina is the closest thing to the walking dead you will ever see or not see . It was pure apocalyptical there and just shows a small glimpse of what will happen if that were to happen worldwide.. be safe everyone
im born n raised here in the city from n.o. east. but no the closest thing to living dead has got to be kensington ave in philly look up that shit on youtube n tell me dat aint the real deal living dead. real zombies bruh walking round with flesh eating disease from the bullshit dope they be shoving in they arm, shits eating they body from the inside out. they have youtube videos on kensington. i only thought new orleans was bad til i seen allat kensington shit
Back in the day when I was constantly in trouble an in an out of jails this was always one of my biggest fears. A natural disaster happening. The thought of being trapped in a concrete cell with no means to eat or escape if water levels started to rise..that's a scary thought and whoever allowed this to happen needs to be charged to the fullest extent of the law. SMH.
you can't bring charges against god
@@antiscyllisneocht5669 You can against the people that were responsible for them! 😠😡
@@jenjennitrite8146
Nobody knows what really happened the storm like that hits electrical stuff gets bad and whatever else happens in the midst of it how do you know they didn't try to get everybody they could out.
What are you a fucking magician?
That you would have saved your own ass first before you got anybody out
@@antiscyllisneocht5669 I was thinking this is a hard judgment day for thoes who pissed on God's word. I'd love to see the case work on who was left to see how many rapist and murderers got dragged to hell that storm
God will judge them accordingly
My husband is from NO. He said that this really happened. The prison guards abandoned the prison and prisoners did drown. Many are missing as well.
Good
@@oworld4057 what if one of them were your love one that's not good regardless of what an individual did to go to prison not to suffer in that way
How could they be missing tho? Hope escaped…
@@wyneewilliams9926 no family in LA
@@oworld4057 Whatever
Great video,it's messed up those guards who are supposed to be good guys abandon people who aren't all good but they are still people.
@#HotMessMom If they was left in a cell where no power was working then they we're abandoned them cells, them doors, kitchens nothing gone work without power
Maybe their famlies needed them though.
Nobody was left behind. This video is not correct. They don’t even have cells down there
Not one single guard in this world is a “good guy” period!
@@nicsmomma01 dont go to jail 🤷🏾♂️….period
Whatever the charges might of been those men that were left didn't deserve the death sentence. Without a judge and jurors. Nice work on this piece. Very informative and once there has been destruction the news media doesn't like to focus to much time on things that are still a problem. It will take decades to get the city back to what it was. I pray for the victims that were left for dead.
This is such a shame this had to happen the way it did.
I know a few people who where in that jail during Katrina one person was in tears telling me how they had the inmates in Water up to their neck while wearing shackles trying to Evacuate and the Guards left lots of people to drown
Yeah sure
@@hardcorehunter9438 it really happened. What are you "sure-ing" about ?
What happened? Did any of them survive and what happened to them??
@@lorishoe12 the people I know survived but they get emotional talking about it and say others were left to Drown
@@lorishoe12 also they moved on with Their lives but of course they say the sheriff of New Orleans was at fault
Homeless shelters R needed everywhere.
My friends went to New Orleans in 2020. There were hundreds of homeless around their hotel in the city of New Orleans. They were shooting up with needles right in front of the police on the sidewalk. There was a abandoned building some of them were staying in. Someone could have turned that building into a shelter. Even this jail could make a decent shelter but we don't bother with that. Thirty beds at the salvation army for cold nights. Smh.
Thanks guys... The Flys and that Heat must of been almost unbearable to film this for us all!!!
Very!
Absolutely that for sure freaked me out I heard all them flies I thought maybe there was a deceased human or animal in that room or some demons
@@witchywoman4157 no, yea, your right....was prolly demons makin the buzz sound 🤭
The flies did sound believable. Unfortunately they were added. But excellent job on sound effects!
@@williamstallings3969 were they really added for effect? Kinda weird. No, I could actually see the flies!
I was part of the first team to enter back into new Orleans the day of the hurricane search, rescue, recovery, and rebuilding from day one. Spent two years there rebuilding. I saw stuff you would never in your life believe.
Like what? Were those prisoners really abandoned? And if so, did they recover their bodies?
Yes please share.
Yes they were abandoned and then they rescue some by boat. And I believe the 517 is mostly the death count not just missing.
@@gingerfetter9042 The Governor and State knew Katrina was approaching, Gross Negligence to the 10th Power NOT getting those inmates transferred out and leaving them LOCKED in a fucking CELL!!!
@@mrbing70 like what?
It’s crazy I looked up some of the members of the sheriffs office @ 25:50 at the time and some of them have since died! R.I.P to them and all of the victims of Katrina 🙏🏽
There is DEFINITELY a body in that room with all the flies swarming. Likely someone OD’d I would report that anonymously if I were you
Was thinking the same thing
Can you give me a time stamp please?
@@chaboyaj9189 9:05
My thought also was something is dead in that room
Too many flies can only mean that.
All those flies made me think something was dead in that room 😬😬
dude sameeee. it reminds me of like a horror game’s ritual area or something. like i expected a pentagram or some sh1t like that
Youd smell it
And that woman was sleeping in that place alone Jesus
I instantly started itching 😭
underrated channel, also really nice of you guys to help that lady out.
Much appreciated!
Thank you for your help and kindness ☺️ Respect
As some who had been homeless for several years- I wholly appreciate people like these men that see someone hurting and genuinely want to help. It breaks my heart seeing that woman all alone. Being on the streets as a woman is so hard, I could only imagine what she might had been thinking.
That was crack money 😂
@@greatone9887 oh well, makes em happy atleast
The feet in the red box is a visual for inmates to "stand here" facing this direction. I used to work there in the early 90's
Not for dancing classes? Just kidding.
Maybe for bend over and spread em
@@cddjny l0lpp
We are very blessed that someone has allowed us to here about this
Good video I watched the whole thing very eerie to say the least, also that was the nicest thing you could of done giving that homeless women money that probably made her day so much better and would of been greatly appreciated.
He'll yeah it she got high
@@williamjones7851 as an addict myself i really didn't mean it to come off sounding so judgemental. I'm not saying drugs are good or help you at all bC the problem obviously becomes dependency and then the long term damage outweighs really any immediate benefit/ relief, but there decimated is a reason people (such as myself) turn to drugs in the first place. Especially for people like me who have a lot of truama and also a whole host of mental and physical health conditions, I tried to explain to people that drugs are never the problem they actually are my own self-medicating solution to the problem, and as someone who's been around the block with inpatient rehab more than once i personally have made a serious commitment to try to stay clean as of recent again just because I'm not happy and I don't feel good and somethings got to give. Right now for myself I know there are certain things I probably should and shouldn't do but we are all different people with different likes and dislike, have different experiences growing up and all need different things at different times and you know what I'm totally okay with that I don't want us all to be the same.... that sounds like a bunch of robots. We're all just trying to make it and i have no judgement how you or the next person gets by as long as you are not violating another person's health/safety (especially kids that's just my big thing with drugs is the destruction of causes families and the horrid and sometimes inhumane shit so many innocent little kids are exposed to bC of caregivers being fucked up but there's more to that than just drugs....I know there are people who can work/ drive/ function fine on substances and I know some of the biggest monsters out there are total squares, there's always levels to the shit)
So what if she got high, I give money to homeless people and I don't give two shits what they do with the money, sometimes if I'm rich enough I'll give them money sort of knowing its for drugs and buy them a McDonald's or something else.
@@williamjones7851 most addicts dont even get high they use just to feel normal so giving them money is still helping as it stops crimes being committed for the drugs I've seen addicts rattling and it's not a nice
I love how long you set your camera on one thing I felt like I was really there some people walk too fast you really know what your doing bro 🦾
I was thinking the same thing.... definitely a master of his craft
I’d be so creeped out running to people in a big ass prison you thought was abandoned!
Really good vid homie, sound was amazing and the little interviews with those people was very down to earth and something other people should do, very well done!
Glad you enjoyed!
Yes I totally agree with you 💯❗
That's how we ALL are here in New Orleans... being born & raised here in this gumbo pot mixture of people creates VERY "down to earth" people! Gotta love NOLA!
Is he ur homie tho
That's my ex husband yall talked too
giving her that money was pretty cool.
you now have a new subscriber.
*I do have to add another comment;* the *music* that you chose for this fits perfectly with this whole situation. It improves the whole eeriness of the situation
Prison should be demolished, removed period. People can be abducted and kept there. It's unsanitary and very unsafe.😒💯 They'll probably find some of the missing underneath, dead of course.
New subscriber, I went thru Katrina….. it was hell in South Louisiana during that time. The sound of the military helicopters day and night overhead was chilling. They finally called in Warden Cain (at the time he was over Angola) and his crew did get the prisoners gathered up and to a safe encampment.
The homeless guy said if you need someone to show y’all around I can tag along and help y’all and they just said okay see ya later that was fucked up buddy probably doesn’t meet a lot of new people that was fucked up of them
You gotta be careful of the company you keep in normal places, let alone an abandoned prison where no help is coming no matter what. It probably was hurtful and I'd say 90% chance that guy just wanted some company, but it's really not a good place to make new friends.
@@jk7140 I didn’t think about that that’s a good point
I agree with the decision less chance of them to try some dumb shit keep everyone at a distance until trust is built plus the guy would have wanted cash or something for helping the tour the place safety first always
Sounded like he knew some shit about this place. I was hoping they would've given him a short interview at least. Totally understand why they did not.
You guys need respirators walking into mold like that!! Eeeshh!!
Good video tho! Thanks for exploring this place, i got goosebumps when that guy said its haunted! Cant wait to see more ❤
Right u will get sick ewwwww🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️👀
They don't give a shit about you even if you were only in jail overnight for a ticket, they would leave you to die. A friend of mine was in jail for 6 months and was begging to see medical every night because he had stomach pains. They refused him every time like they do everyone. When he was released he was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer and was dead within a few months. It would have been treatable if they would have let him see medical. He wasn't even 30 years old.
I can’t believe the Staff had to leave the prisoners and they drowned. I don’t think I could’ve done that. I thank the nurses for putting those patients to rest before they had to die and suffer alone. Great video guys, it seem like a Really scary place. Even just watching the video I get the feeling of extreme sadness and evil.
They didn't have to leave them they chose to. They could have bussed them beforehand to other facilities in other states. They could have even moved them up a few floors they chose to do this.
@@Page57 all lives matter
@@jsperez240 obviously not. Especially to white racists.
@@Page57 you’re racist
@@jsperez240 lol and you're projecting as well as failing in your attempt to troll people. You're the only one here who spewed ignorance. And furthermore for me to be racist I'd have to have a system to oppress people which I don't. Nice try. 😂
This is so creepy, but fascinating at the same time. I lived in New Orleans for 4 years with my than boyfriend David (from Rochester, NY). He got arrested at a ball game for a fight. And I remember him staying in this actual jail until I could come and get him.
Buffalonian…. Let’s go Buffalo!
@Bethany Wilhelm is he a chemical dependentcy worker?
Did you have a good time while he was locked up ? And how long did you leave him in there before you got him out ?
@@centrallivewire7922 how about them Chiefs?!!! Chiefs fan here but much respect to the Bill's that was a fun game to watch!
@@monsantofungaro5704 ……. Split hair winners about to get dogged
This is amazing!! Please share this video!! More people need to be talking about this!!
The wind, makes it sound very Haunting. Like the cries of lost souls.
7:00 “I’m sorry” nah but that made me tear up. I feel horrible for her. I hope she’s in a good place now.
Hearing all those bugs flying & knowing it was flooded from a hurricane and that it has mold everywhere makes me feel awful for the homeless living there. I have bronchitis and can’t have a lot of dust in my house without it affecting me. I’d be so sick and the the HORRIBLE HOMICIDE that basically happened to those people left behind would be enough to keep me out. I pray for all of New Orleans that they finally properly & fully recover from hurricane Katrina. What really trips me out is the fact American officials stick there nose in other countries business when states like this in our home!! Need our help.
Agreed!
They love it, most bandos don't have electricity
Fixing to stop and say, its awesome what yall do to give our eyes the ultimate feeling of almost being there 🙏👀
As a reseller it kills me to see all those old computers and components laying around!
If there are any Scrappers seeing all this stuff you know they're having seizures you know they are Scrappers Paradise
You can't take out more than a back pack. It's in downtown
really sucks all those deceased people.
do u care at all ?
And why aren't the homeless doing anything with that stuff? That lazy?
This homeless guy is 100% right about keeping a high vibration. 100%
I'm trying to find what the guy was talking about with military calling it skylar? How do you correctly spell it so i can read about it. I tried close caption but no luck. Thank you
He did spit some knowledge about low and high vibration. He knows some things most dont even have a clue about.
Jeanie Thompson how do you keep a high vibration…. I’m a Christian I don’t know about that stuff
How did I know about law enforcement confiscating firearms illegally but not about prisoners being left behind? Damn
I cant imagine the freaking warzone mentality the inmates in there had to havee
I hope that every "worker" who abandoned these people ( not just criminals) were found and sent to jail themselves. They left these PEOPLE to parish. NOT OK.
BTW great vid
Unfortunately the criminal justice system 👀 at something like that as doing a favor to the world regardless of the fact that you are supposedly innocent till proven guilty in a court of law then you are still locked up and forced to prove your innocence so really you are guilty till proven innocent otherwise why would you be in jail fighting to prove your innocence
I love how she said “thank you so much, we are actually trying to get a bus ticket now and takes the money. Lady stop lying 🤣
Oh I'm glad you shared this, I couldnt hear what they said. That was very kind of them to give her money. I can't even imagine how hard her life must be right now if she's willingly living in an abandoned jail
Most times its a lie. They need drug money. Maybe she doesnt. But ya never know
Lmao, lying like a mofo!
@@commentcraftsman 😁
Getting her some good Ole dope! Lmao
If they knew a hurricane was coming why did they keep prisoners locked in the basement? It's like they knew they were going to die down there. The sheriff responsible for that will face the grim reaper when he passes away if he hasn't already
I love how he filmed the payphone as if it was an ancient device, which is pretty much is lol
One of the few that isnt vandalized
hurricane katrina was 2005 but that prison is 30 years old
@@Bennythecoredriver i want the payphone for my kitchen
@@markzucker3949 Is it wrong to have placed on a checklist all the things i would have taken if i was there lol
The red feet painted in the floor is part of prisoner control. “Stand HERE, until the cuffs are on or off… “ move off the square and you’ll catch a violation or a bullet. Terminology for the Prison Areas - The Cells- self explanatory The Range- Common areas usually with tables and Card Decks - Pod- Where the Screws (Corrections Officers) are. Yard - is any open air outdoor area for prisoner activities (Roof)
Huge buildings like this with heat. There is NO Excuse for there to be homeless people. These places could be fixed up and put in great use. It is across the street from a police station how sad is that!
Your house has heat. How many live with you?
Take it out on the actors in the real life truman show. Its people doing what they have to do to survive. Like the cockroaches following the fleeting oxygen into that camera lens guard, people go where they have to, to be able to survive and live. Look at em. Look at their life. You really gonna hack on em? I think theyve been through, still in middle of enough. N who uses heat in NOLA? Maybe spend less that throwin stones and build them a house. But thatd cost you more. Oh wait. Thats right. Damn. Fuck all the chomos, but i doubt some raging criminals are gonna live across from police station.......
If i was inmate and they left me to die, id be goin for blood when they got back. Thats the mentallity of 90% of cops these days. Prolly pissed anyone survived
What a nice, utopian thought. But you can start in your own community, Faith. Gas up the minivan and check the alleys and underpasses for those in need of a warm bed. You don't mind if they crash on the couch, forever, do you?
So effing sad...we are one of the worst, least humane in our incarceration of people. The courts and cops are offenders too. So much abuse...so much corruption.
I left New Orleans years ago and I'm much happier since I did. I wanted to move away
way before Katrina ( back in the mid 90s) but never could afford to. But Katrina was the last straw. Really if it wasn't for the fact that the hurricane turned at the last minute and went east of the mouth of the river, New Orleans would have been 30 feet under water. Therefore, there wouldn't be a city there now. I guess God gave it one last chance.
I guess you have never seen the inside of a South American prison?
I would have given her some money too .Thanks for being kind guys!
I’m so shocked that everyone is shocked. It’s abandoned, it went thru a major storm, not to mention the amount of homeless people living in there at any one time.
People are shocked the prisoners were left to die, not at the current state of the building, Amber.
@@Timedelayedfuse I’m sorry. That makes more sense. No wonder it didn’t make sense to me. Yes people only think of themselves. Even patients in nursing homes were left. It’s a sad world we live in. Thank you.
Wicked creepy. That place oozes weird energy
You guys are young and you probably have the mindset that you are invincible. Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not there. You need special masks and you need gloves. This isn't a matter of IF you will get sick, it's a matter of WHEN. Maybe if you took some samples of the place with you and tested it at a facility, I bet you would go running to purchase protection gear. You do great work, it would be nice if you could do this for a very long time. God Bless
I agree I wish they would all ways mask up an suit up properly cuz you never do know better to be safe than sorry
First thing I thought of... There is a lot of black mold in that building and you guys are breathing it all in without respirators on it. Just saying
Please bless these souls Rest In Peace May your families are loved ones find healing and this is evil at a high level
I just look at the smallest things on here,from Pringle cans,wrappers, Gatorade bottles and just feel the nostalgia
The sickening thing is that Marlin Gusman (the Sheriff) kept office until last year.
yup.
I grew up across the street from this jail in a green house next to the bar on the corner
I love that dude, saying how it's haunted. Maannnn I bet it is, I wanna go there
Edit: the longer I watch the more eerie sounds I hear, my ear started ringing too the energy there is high
I'll take you he's my best friend
No bs as I was watching my ear was ringing too, I knew I wasn't tripping sheesh!
I would have thought that a sturdy prison would have been the safest place to shelter in, during a Hurricane!
Storm surge and basements don't mix.
Not when the staff lock up & leave you behind.
It was probably in bad shape to begin with. No, our social structure doesn't make prison conditions #1 on their list of important shit to worry about.
Too bad. Imagine our world if they did.
@@TypeOneg Too bad? Are you implying prison conditions should be "#1 on their list?" How about fixing health care and education before advocating for rapists and thieves.
@@Timedelayedfuse thank God people like you aren't allowed to make the rules.
Another random fact: When you go through the academy, they take your academy class through there on a tour to show you what it looks like now and tell you what happened(if you don’t already know) in what they say is a way to do better and never let it happen again. That along with to show how “good” the inmates and deputies have it now since the $165M facility was built and opened around 2014-2016(can’t remember the exact year, but it was new when I went through the academy in 2016).
This is my horrible city. Born and raised. Unforgivable, what they did then. It's beyond comprehension.
Absolutely 😢
Man that's so sad that they left people behind...we are all human it's just heartbreaking to think about it..imagine being left and just slowly starving aww man..godbless all LOST and their families..rip to those lost..🙏👍‼
Wow! Another great urban exploring channel on UA-cam. Love it!!
Y’all gotta be the bravest people ever the history of that place I can’t even imagine running into people
Smells like bitch in here
@@cesarvalencia4843 well then you should rinse off 🤷🏻♂️
Do you know how brave those people had to be that were in there while Katrina was happening?!? Think for a second
@@justinnietengarten6315 I can remember the buses full of people coming to Houston everyone was shell shocked I can’t even imagine the people who were stuck there
I don't know where he got his info from but 500 inmates did not drown. I'm born and raised and I'm still living in and work for the City of New Orleans. Also the inmates weren't left behind, I know guards and inmates that been there.
That letter was so beautiful. I hope he got to go home to his wife. 😢
Mold exposure can effect you for life. Please protect yourself
If you ever need some vintage computer parts, this the place to go
Absolute class.I wish our explorers were this good in the U.K.
I really enjoy watching the bearded explorer
aww man you’re already getting tired of the skyscraper crane climbs that have been posted for the last 5 years?
Hell on Earth is pretty entertaining.
@@ItsToXxyhell on earth are still pretty entertaining!
I'm from Canada and I have never heard of anything like this and I'm shocked about the people who were just left to there own devices and that's what I'm so upset about even if they were in jail they still should have been treated like a person at least, we don't even think about doing that to our own worst enemy, it just wouldn't be right!!! Every body deserves a chance to be treated humainly and not just some wild animal. We don't even have an electric chair or a death bed. But we certainly wouldn't be leaving people to die in a cruel manner, I'm just so shocked about this!!! We had no idea that this had happened to people over there. I'm very sorry for the people who did loose there lives. R.I.P whoever's not here to this day from over there, those poor souls, god be with them!!!!! Amen. I'm glad you put this out for all to see and find out for themselves what took place there!!! Thank you!!!! Good video Guy's!!!🇨🇦🎀🇨🇦🎀🎄❄️🎀✝️🛐♾️☯️👏👏👏👏👏👏🌈🇨🇦
It’s a broken system when you have criminals voting for criminals.
More than 500 are still “missing” till this day?!?!?! Excuse me, *WHAT?!?!? Why have I not heard of this before and that over 500 inmates who were locked in this jail are mysteriously “missing”?!?! Wtf?!?*
You do know some inmates ran away and never turned themselves back in ????? They count as missing as well . Also some may have escaped and ended up drowning later on
Hey Guys! Just came across your channel. I am impressed. The quality of your photography is amazing. Now touching on the basis of this video, I have to wonder what happened to the 500 missing inmates. How awful for the inmates that remained behind. Of course, it would be the last place people would come to rescue. How sad for our society. Thanks guys for being real.
Thanks Pam . Agreed.
Thanks to Jay's forbiddenexplorations & deadlyknot! Terrible that people were just left in that building to rot during Katrina! :(
Where were they going to take 1000-4000 inmates in a storm and house them? They are called criminals for a reason.
@@blasianluvschocolate397 Innocent Until Proven Guilty.
@@RonaldJohnson-md7lk they have been proven guilty, that is why they are in prison 🤦🏼♀️
@@RonaldJohnson-md7lk the 12 jurors said they was guilty or did you not know that?
@@greatestgroomertc4235 thanks 😊
Honestly the best explore I've ever seen on UA-cam. I just subscribed.
When Katrina happened, that's the first thing I was curious about was what happened to the prisoners? No news ever talked about it.
Not being an ass, but it was on the news briefly. Same scenario at the Zoo.
Forgotten souls
I wanted to hear more about it being haunted!
RRRRRIGHT !!!!!!!!!!! ME TOO !!!!!!!! 👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻
I was in America at the time of hurricane Katrina we where on holiday and where travelling back from North Carolina to Ashburn near the blue ridge mountains on the way we drop threw part of the storm on the highway I remember being scared as hell seeing the big Riggs swaying back and forth on the highway we got home ok and I watch the news coverage on the tv New Orleans was a wreck it was so heartbreaking to see bodies floating In the rising water animals being left to there own demise family’s wiped out homes destroyed most people thought New Orleans wouldn’t recover but they did thank god but the poor people who lost their lives and possibly everything the once owned. On the outskirts of the city you can still find abandoned houses cars all manner of things six flags amusement park is a flood damaged hell hole still that’s another good exploration video to watch. I read a lot about this disastrous hurricane by the time most of the city’s response units started to clean up they found homes still occupied by those who were unlucky enough to be trapped when the waters began to rise search teams just place a red x on the door to let body recovery know that there where dead inside I can only imagine the true horrors the poor people and the convicts at this prison face s how cruel just to be left to drown with no way to escape they people who left them to die should hang their heads in shame I don’t think I could go on living a normal life knowing that they were left there r.i.p
This was all caused by incompetent people running the city and nothing will change unfortunately. Criminals need to stop voting for criminals.
I'm not surprised. When Katrina happened the media loved filming all the people dead or about to die waiting on roof tops. To this day, most traumatizing thing I ever watched on tv besides 9/11.
Katrina was a real zombie apocalypse.
One of the creepiest explores I have seen....And one of the best!!!!!!
As much as I HATED working for OPSO, because of how corrupt the deputies and rank are and how horrible they treat the inmates, saying that they left majority of them to die there is a lie. Deputies were literally called in to help evacuate and keep safe and contained as many inmates as possible. The deputies and inmates were then stuck on the bridge to try and evacuate the city for days. Mind you, imagine there being hundreds to thousands of inmates on a bridge with little to no resources and no help. You would be even more pissed than usual. Now imagine having a MAXIMUM of around 100 deputies to contain, control, and care for as much as possible those hundreds to thousands of pissed and scared inmates with only a shotgun for every few deputies. Because of those circumstances, unfortunately, some inmates weren’t able to be saved in time. It’s one of the worst feelings in the world feeling like you’re the reason someone lost their life, in the most agonizing way, despite knowing that you did EVERYTHING you could to save them.
Anyway, like I said, the deputies there, rank, and overall staff in general are horrendous and corrupt. Hence, why I left to become a road cop where I could stick to my oath and morals and actually HELP people. However, the few deputies that left their families to go help the inmates on their off days, not knowing if they would ever see them again, were some of the FEW good deputies that worked there.
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That’s not even true. A woman who was an inmate at OPP said she was treated worse than a dog. Y’all gone pay dearly for what was done to those people. Don’t come on here lying when everyone is saying y’all did opposite.
@@jazmynbrown6820 FIRSTLY, You obviously lack comprehensional reading abilities. I said I hated how badly they treated the inmates, hence why I left because I refused to treat other human beings like they were worse than trash. SECONDLY, you don’t know me and I don’t know you(thank GOD) for you to get your illiterate ass on here telling me I’m a liar as if you were there when I were there and knew what I did and didn’t do then. If I was content or complacent with the way the other deputies treated the inmates, I most likely would’ve still been there, but clearly I’m not. Maybe you should focus on bettering your reading comprehension, people skills, critical thinking, reasoning, entitlement issues, and I’m sure many more issues you have before you embarras yourself on the Internet in front of strangers with your failed attempt to analyze to judge a complete stranger with absolutely NO evidence or truth to your pathetic, backwards ass reasoning. Be blessed!🙂
@@jazmynbrown6820 ALSO, this happened before I even began working with them. I was still in highschool. I had this story confirmed by not only the deputies that experienced this, but also family, friends, strangers that live there who were also stuck, AND inmates themselves that survived the whole ordeal that were still incarcerated by the time I began working for them in 2016. Do I give a shit about a complete stranger talking like they know me? Hell no. Does your disrespect, ignorance, and entitlement lowkey aggravate me? Absolutely. 🤷🏾♀️
I am so surprised that place is not wiped out!! And way more people living there!! God bless the people 🙏🏼 🕊❤🫂
Its scrapped as of now.
That weird chair that you found that said Ranger on it was a metal detector chair to check for shanks hidden inside of body cavities. 😂
The rectal ranger chair
Awesome exploration! It must be quite scary coming across anybody in an abandoned location, especially one this massive. Glad I discovered your channel. Liked and subscribed, all the way from South Africa! 😎
20:20 that's the metal detecting chair to see if you have any shanks/razors hidden on/inside you
Everything in that building has a memory. Everything.
"I'm trying to get a bus downtown." ~ 😆 She was a 10 minute walk away.
Abandoned prisoners to fend for themselves, whilst locked into cells. 500 still missing, irrelevant of crimes committed, that's just wrong man.