Rutland Prison Camp, VT

While I'm a huge fan of urbex, I always prefer to visit locations that I have permission to enter. So when I found out about Rutland Prison Camps I was all about it. Easy drive to get to if you're ever near Rutland MA. These photos show a building that was for solitary confinement. It gave me the heebie jeebies for sure. From Atlas Obscura: "The prison was built in 1903 to house minor offenders such as drunkards and the like, and contained a fully-functioning co-op farm to keep them busy and productive. In addition to the prison-bound potatoes, the farm, which operated on 150 acres of a 914 acre site, also cultivated chickens and dairy cows, producing enough milk to sell to the nearby town of Worcester. In addition to the farm facilities, the prison facility contained cell blocks, staff housing, and a water tower. In 1907 a tuberculosis hospital was added to the complex to treat the patients. Due to the fact that the prison grounds were built on a drainage area for the local water supply the whole place was abandoned in 1934, left to crumble in the wood. Today the ruins of the prison are open to the public to hike through and explore. The decaying cement ruins are now covered in graffiti, but are nonetheless an evocative, hidden find."