Abandoned But Not Empty...

The abandoned Essex County Jail has been in this dilapidated state for decades. It was built in 1937 in Newark, NJ and served as a cornerstone of governmental architecture. Its closure in 1971 coincided with the inauguration of a modern jail. It was added to the historic register in 1991, yet years of neglect have marred its once-grand features. It's now home to many homeless and drug addicts and visited by urban explorers (like myself and Jay)
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  • @kaymad143
    @kaymad1435 ай бұрын

    I don't think I would be walking through there, kind of creepy! I give you both a lot of credit for going through that place. Good job on the video!

  • @vicvega3614

    @vicvega3614

    5 ай бұрын

    Yea i hope they have something for self defense. Crazy these days

  • @kaymad143

    @kaymad143

    5 ай бұрын

    I agree with you 100%@@vicvega3614

  • @danpatch4751
    @danpatch47515 ай бұрын

    I am blessed, i have a good roof over my head and food and a job. Thanks for sharing this video with us, be careful out there.👍

  • @dgonthehill

    @dgonthehill

    5 ай бұрын

    yes BLESSED, I think the same thing when see homeless & addicts, song says could have been me could have been you

  • @k.m.5819

    @k.m.5819

    4 ай бұрын

    I agree 💯

  • @k.m.5819

    @k.m.5819

    4 ай бұрын

    I second your thoughts

  • @pervinmervin

    @pervinmervin

    3 ай бұрын

    You think that’s blessed. No wife? No kids? No travels?

  • @dgonthehill

    @dgonthehill

    3 ай бұрын

    its THEIR choice, they can get job, been there done that, addict but dont want to give up drugs

  • @anthonycalbillo9376
    @anthonycalbillo93765 ай бұрын

    Nope, I wouldn't want to go in there. Great video though!

  • @pepescat6541
    @pepescat65415 ай бұрын

    Am glad this building gives shelter to those who need it.

  • @alegasveles3806
    @alegasveles38065 ай бұрын

    A very tough story. Unhappy homeless people.

  • @abbysapples2547
    @abbysapples25474 ай бұрын

    Very interesting. Had a few unexpected funny moments. Keep up the great work. And as always. Both you and Jay Stay safe and healthy. May God bless both of you, you're family, friends and all viewers. ✝️

  • @scottrider641
    @scottrider6415 ай бұрын

    Sad but really interesting. Thanks Chris and Jay for taking us on this awesome tour

  • @heels-villeshoerepairs8613
    @heels-villeshoerepairs86135 ай бұрын

    Videos like this make me realise just how blessed I am!

  • @nikkigardiner9426
    @nikkigardiner94265 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Chris! ❤

  • @JohnShinn1960
    @JohnShinn19603 ай бұрын

    I originally passed on this one but Journey with Jay sent me. Thanks for the tour Chris! Stayin tuned! 👍🤠

  • @jburnett8152
    @jburnett81525 ай бұрын

    The used stones would probably create a haunting location. The historical society is nuts. That place is crazy creepy.

  • @UNCLE-DRONY
    @UNCLE-DRONY5 ай бұрын

    That’s a good one Chris. I particularly like the snowfall in the building with the bars behind. ✌🏼😊

  • @MaarkiMarko
    @MaarkiMarko4 ай бұрын

    Another adventure! You and Journey with Jay make a great team. The prison is so dreary. And the weather adds to it also. Great video. Thank you.

  • @mauiskater
    @mauiskater4 ай бұрын

    This is literally the stuff of my nightmare. So much pain and sadness

  • @adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852
    @adventuresinmichiganwlisa98525 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing

  • @jackdavis007
    @jackdavis0075 ай бұрын

    Jay almost falling 😂😂😂. Funny as hell

  • @journeywithjay

    @journeywithjay

    5 ай бұрын

    Lol even I thought so

  • @jackdavis007

    @jackdavis007

    5 ай бұрын

    Almost you slipped on that glass😂

  • @ChocolateMilkMonster
    @ChocolateMilkMonster2 ай бұрын

    I think that's the calmest someone has said that their car is getting broken into.

  • @mikedavidson9813
    @mikedavidson98135 ай бұрын

    Thanks for another great video 👍👍

  • @Pawel33007
    @Pawel330075 ай бұрын

    Nice explore Chris and Jay

  • @ElysoFly2004
    @ElysoFly20045 ай бұрын

    Thx Chris Good findings 👌

  • @nickcancelliere5638

    @nickcancelliere5638

    5 ай бұрын

    Its been done by like 4 other urbexers ..years and years ago

  • @MiscellaneousMichelle
    @MiscellaneousMichelle4 ай бұрын

    Great upload

  • @rahrahrobbbieee
    @rahrahrobbbieee5 ай бұрын

    Haviland was an established prison architect at the time who was most notable for Eastern State Penitentiary, among other prison designs that emphasized prisoner reform over brutal punishment.

  • @RobsNeighbor
    @RobsNeighbor5 ай бұрын

    Gerat Job! Thank you for sharing

  • @wendysmith8246
    @wendysmith82465 ай бұрын

    I would be so scared to walk in there 😮 Chris you two got guts 😂 Good video 😊

  • @cefruin
    @cefruin5 ай бұрын

    Excellent work as usual!

  • @MobileInstinct

    @MobileInstinct

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @nickcancelliere5638

    @nickcancelliere5638

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@MobileInstinctbeen done by like other urban exers And more thorough

  • @schumifannreins295

    @schumifannreins295

    5 ай бұрын

    @@nickcancelliere5638Then watch them. We don't care.

  • @VINTERIUM..EXPLORIUM.1
    @VINTERIUM..EXPLORIUM.15 ай бұрын

    Nice Work & Video 👍

  • @Purple_Pisces
    @Purple_Pisces5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this video. Have you ever visited Columcille Megalith Park? I woud love to see you do a video of it.

  • @MrPvtrandall
    @MrPvtrandall5 ай бұрын

    It's a shame that American citizens are living in squalor while people wh broke our laws to get into the country are living in 5 star hotels, being given a thousand dollars a moth to buy food because those meals at $11.00 each, 3x a day isn't good enough. Free clothes, free schooling, free healthcare including taking money and resourses from the VA and throwing out existing homeless Americans from shelters and elderly from convalescent homes to house them.

  • @patriciawilhite7038

    @patriciawilhite7038

    5 ай бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing! It’s infuriating! 🤬

  • @frontenac5083

    @frontenac5083

    5 ай бұрын

    You're a racist too.@@patriciawilhite7038

  • @frontenac5083

    @frontenac5083

    5 ай бұрын

    Normal (non-racist) people don't even think about immigrants (legal or otherwise) when they think about homeless people. These are two completely unrelated issues.

  • @patriciawilhite7038

    @patriciawilhite7038

    5 ай бұрын

    @@frontenac5083 I disagree. They all need a home of some kind.

  • @DesertNebula
    @DesertNebula5 ай бұрын

    17:21. Ghost Warden attack 😅 They can probably save the locked jail cells 🔒 The snow falling through the ceiling is phenomenal

  • @tracyhaughton6328
    @tracyhaughton63285 ай бұрын

    Great video 💙

  • @jamesholt7612
    @jamesholt76125 ай бұрын

    This was on the paranormal show called Ghost Hunters in the warm weather months of 2015. Awesome video Chris.

  • @samanthab1923

    @samanthab1923

    5 ай бұрын

    Earlier with Josh Gates 2009 👻

  • @crazykev6491

    @crazykev6491

    5 ай бұрын

    I saw that episode too.

  • @palyba1
    @palyba15 ай бұрын

    That was awesome Chris and Jay! I only have 1 question...what was in that sock hung on that clothes line??? Something was in there! Hahaha Thank you for sharing!

  • @MobileInstinct

    @MobileInstinct

    5 ай бұрын

    Haha I have no clue. Nothing there woukd shock me though

  • @elainemf8336
    @elainemf83365 ай бұрын

    I love all your exploration videos. Keep up the good work.

  • @leninmi7579
    @leninmi75795 ай бұрын

    In the middle of a major snowstorm 😂, there's an inch of snow 😂

  • @nickcancelliere5638

    @nickcancelliere5638

    5 ай бұрын

    Yup small little snow storm we had..I'm from area😊

  • @MichaelsExplorations

    @MichaelsExplorations

    5 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @Liz-cmc313
    @Liz-cmc3135 ай бұрын

    When was that built? Its risky going into abandoned buildings. Good thing you had a buddy.

  • @Hborn

    @Hborn

    5 ай бұрын

    1830

  • @truckstopmurderandtruecrim9519
    @truckstopmurderandtruecrim95195 ай бұрын

    I guess if you're homeless up there that be the place to be to get out of the weather just have a bunch of blankets

  • @davemilligan1171
    @davemilligan11715 ай бұрын

    @ 10:15... " Rack Em ! " LOL..

  • @markphillips9454
    @markphillips94542 ай бұрын

    Born and raised a couple of miles from there.

  • @valariebedard2164
    @valariebedard21645 ай бұрын

    That's a creepy place to be in Chris! Be careful when you venture out! 😮

  • @MobileInstinct

    @MobileInstinct

    5 ай бұрын

    Always!

  • @nickcancelliere5638

    @nickcancelliere5638

    5 ай бұрын

    ​​@@MobileInstinctcentral ward newark

  • @richardkronberg4925
    @richardkronberg49255 ай бұрын

    Jay was doing the jail house rock and you followed.😅

  • @rahrahrobbbieee
    @rahrahrobbbieee5 ай бұрын

    The original structure was built to designs by the notable Philadelphia architect John Haviland in 1837, with additions in 1890, 1895, and 1905.

  • @user-rh6gz6ov4l
    @user-rh6gz6ov4l5 ай бұрын

    Received my hoodie yesterday, love the color. Great quality & great video but creepy as hell!

  • @hansblitz7770
    @hansblitz77705 ай бұрын

    Looking at this on maps is really a surprise. All these trees and this old place right in the middle of a city.

  • @ismewhat1234
    @ismewhat12345 ай бұрын

    You're the man another good video 👍

  • @nickcancelliere5638
    @nickcancelliere56385 ай бұрын

    Old Rko theatre in newark is very close and cool

  • @eily_b

    @eily_b

    5 ай бұрын

    Oh, I hope he sees this. I love abandoned theatres...

  • @christinebrown9443
    @christinebrown94435 ай бұрын

    Being homeless is 1 thing but living in filth is another.

  • @lapplandsjagare
    @lapplandsjagare5 ай бұрын

    Hello from Sweden 🇸🇪

  • @user-nu4lo5li1c
    @user-nu4lo5li1c5 ай бұрын

    A good place to go missing. I'd pay a bit more respect to the occupants you never know what they have been through.

  • @Bella1neverknows670
    @Bella1neverknows6705 ай бұрын

    I think that would be awesome if I could preserve some of the jail cells at least

  • @clinteast7476
    @clinteast74765 ай бұрын

    Those are some small cells.

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons1015 ай бұрын

    Great watch as usual, great place to have a Halloween Haunt Maze..... Are you sure you weren't downtown Newark????

  • @nickcancelliere5638

    @nickcancelliere5638

    5 ай бұрын

    He was...this was newarl Green st jail

  • @nickcancelliere5638

    @nickcancelliere5638

    5 ай бұрын

    This is newark nj

  • @Hborn

    @Hborn

    5 ай бұрын

    That's not downtown

  • @randywilliams324
    @randywilliams3245 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised no one has stolen the scrap iron

  • @fireandice3537
    @fireandice35375 ай бұрын

    lookslike Resident Evil Revelations 2

  • @zipshed
    @zipshed5 ай бұрын

    What was that I seen?!?! Was that a Montel Williams action figure??? LMAO

  • @rahrahrobbbieee
    @rahrahrobbbieee5 ай бұрын

    I like your work. I think you should wear masks inside of some of these structures. I recognized at least one nasty mold.

  • @conservativehippie9736
    @conservativehippie97365 ай бұрын

    That step fallen apart... you just about made. My heart drop. I know you're careful, but I'm older than you, so please be careful.

  • @kenny_kaos
    @kenny_kaos5 ай бұрын

    Jay needs some boots and a real coat lol, poor guy.

  • @journeywithjay

    @journeywithjay

    5 ай бұрын

    I forgot my boots at home, I had some layers on lol

  • @elizabethrowe7262
    @elizabethrowe72624 ай бұрын

    I dont know how you can walk these places with home less people being there, crack heads etc. Its a scary looking place and often wonder you may come across someone deceased. Its a real problem with so many home less people these days and am sorry for them trying live like that in places like shown.

  • @Wakeupandsniffthecoffee
    @Wakeupandsniffthecoffee5 ай бұрын

    How do you get into these places without getting arrested? I love exploring old buildings and places, but it seems like much of it is illegal.

  • @avgjoeavglife
    @avgjoeavglife5 ай бұрын

    The roof is gone, there's holes in the floor, that place is dangerous.

  • @dannyyarbrough5938
    @dannyyarbrough59385 ай бұрын

    Love your videos Chris! If you’re ever in Georgia you should check out Camp Anneewakee in Rockmart Ga. It was a huge children’s camp that was a big scandal for child abuse and sa. It’s been abandoned for years but it’s a huge place out in the middle of nowhere with lots of exploring and some interesting cruel history!

  • @TheLmende
    @TheLmende5 ай бұрын

    Looks so cold! Very interesting, Chris. I hope you carry pepper spray for safety. Thanks for sharing.

  • @TheLmende

    @TheLmende

    5 ай бұрын

    I would hope so.@@RobsNeighbor

  • @ian3580

    @ian3580

    5 ай бұрын

    @@RobsNeighbor I highly doubt it (that he's carrying). And homeless people aren't inherently dangerous. Probably safer than walking at night a few blocks off the main drag in most cities.

  • @scorpion-lg4ic

    @scorpion-lg4ic

    5 ай бұрын

    ​​@@ian3580thank you for saying that. I went thru a really bad time financially and was homeless for about 2 years. even tho I lived in the woods in a tent I made sure I showered daily and wore clean clothes. I was a female living alone and I never once worried about being attacked by another homeless person. everyone pretty much just wanted to exist peacefully. it was only non homeless people that ever tried to assault/ r*pe me. pretty messed up

  • @Hborn
    @Hborn5 ай бұрын

    2 Bodies was just found there

  • @dennisneo1608
    @dennisneo16085 ай бұрын

    Home sweet Home 😁

  • @Grant25
    @Grant255 ай бұрын

    No way in hell I’d go to some of the places you go. I just hope you’ve got something to defend yourself with because you’re braver then me

  • @nickcancelliere5638

    @nickcancelliere5638

    5 ай бұрын

    Safe ,..it's explorerd s lot

  • @rahrahrobbbieee
    @rahrahrobbbieee5 ай бұрын

    Kind of scary and I'm from NYC. 👻👻💀💀👿👿

  • @nickcancelliere5638
    @nickcancelliere56385 ай бұрын

    Should have gone to the RKO theatre aroundcthe corner

  • @Vinjerrylee
    @Vinjerrylee5 ай бұрын

    Newark NJ, yall are crazy

  • @sharon94503
    @sharon945035 ай бұрын

    Perfect place to hide a body, geez. Does it ever freak you out to go into the abyss?

  • @barrysims9906
    @barrysims99063 ай бұрын

    cages for humans give me the creeps.

  • @maccoretti51
    @maccoretti515 ай бұрын

    Surreal 👍

  • @KRich408
    @KRich4085 ай бұрын

    I grew up in Elizabeth left in the 80s I don't remember this place wasn't a fan of Jails, that place is so run down even the graffiti is falling off 😮

  • @samanthab1923

    @samanthab1923

    5 ай бұрын

    You had Union Co. Jail in Elizabeth

  • @KRich408

    @KRich408

    5 ай бұрын

    @@samanthab1923 yeah it was originally in the tall courthouse. Newark was just a place I didn't go much except for vehicle inspection.

  • @samanthab1923

    @samanthab1923

    5 ай бұрын

    @@KRich408 I hear ya. Only the airport for me. Reminds me I think Ghost Hunters did a show in the old graveyard near the old jail. 👻

  • @nickcancelliere5638

    @nickcancelliere5638

    5 ай бұрын

    Old newark jail Closed in 70s

  • @summerdragonfly
    @summerdragonfly5 ай бұрын

    👍🏻✌🏻

  • @rickster3488
    @rickster34885 ай бұрын

    - the Big House, er, what's left of it.

  • @Nav1gamer
    @Nav1gamer5 ай бұрын

    Chris you forgot the film Malcom X was filmed there in 1991 as well

  • @dgonthehill

    @dgonthehill

    5 ай бұрын

    wow

  • @LiMiNaL724
    @LiMiNaL7245 ай бұрын

    😮😮😮

  • @brooklinreviews2679
    @brooklinreviews26795 ай бұрын

    As a kid growing up in rural UK boarding school we used to illegally visit all kinds of abandoned factories and ancient churches, war shelters and generally amazing untouched abandoned places... This was predigital and pre smartphone camera as well as pre-internet... we used to regularly take hard hats with us and put them on when we were invariably caught... we would usually get off scott free because we would say we were trying to be safe and not cause damage... on occasion however we were taken back to school in a police car😮 It was the day of the school photo and I remember every time I look at that picture I think the trouble I knew I was in.

  • @NaomisAdventures
    @NaomisAdventures5 ай бұрын

    Seeing the condition of that place makes me glad they are restoring Ohio State Reformatory

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary12535 ай бұрын

    Excellent Video! 🏵️🎄🇮🇳🎄🏵️

  • @paulsmodels
    @paulsmodels5 ай бұрын

    I would not walk through there if you paid me.

  • @MichaelsExplorations
    @MichaelsExplorations5 ай бұрын

    Kinda sketchy 😂😂😂 cool video

  • @tomkeating65
    @tomkeating655 ай бұрын

    Jail or prison? There's a difference.

  • @edstevens6839

    @edstevens6839

    5 ай бұрын

    In Pennsylvania, all county-holding facilities are now identified as "Prisons" because inmates sentenced to anything under 5 years can be served in a county "Jail"

  • @samanthab1923

    @samanthab1923

    5 ай бұрын

    County Jail. Northern State Pen is in Newark.

  • @glenngtx7259

    @glenngtx7259

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah, one has 4 letters the other doesn't 🙄

  • @nickcancelliere5638

    @nickcancelliere5638

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@glenngtx7259huge difference It waS a county jail Prison are completely different Very simple

  • @donnysouthwell8104

    @donnysouthwell8104

    2 ай бұрын

    No shit lol

  • @mkervelegan
    @mkervelegan5 ай бұрын

    Forgive me for laughing, but when you’re talking about being a major disrepair, that’s my mob up 1923 house that have to go home and spend days fixing and cleaning. I couldn’t resist laughing.

  • @davem8836
    @davem88365 ай бұрын

    A law firm there would be perfect! 500 lawyers all in one place? It doesn't get any better.

  • @carolynsmith9765
    @carolynsmith97655 ай бұрын

    sad people are living there-so cold and no one has a fire

  • @parkave2406
    @parkave24065 ай бұрын

    Looks like a gulag

  • @davidbunte8860
    @davidbunte88604 ай бұрын

    Rioted in70 or 71....just like Attica?

  • @DavidMadeira29
    @DavidMadeira295 ай бұрын

    "Hustler" and Reebok's socks to pair with, anyone?!

  • @journeywithjay

    @journeywithjay

    5 ай бұрын

    Hahaha

  • @eily_b
    @eily_b5 ай бұрын

    Imagine "living" there and then the horrible creepy nights there with all the sounds of dripping water or the noises of the creaking building. Horrible...

  • @phillypersonpretzel
    @phillypersonpretzel5 ай бұрын

    Jay, my dude, ya need to get some safety shoes.

  • @journeywithjay

    @journeywithjay

    5 ай бұрын

    I know I thought I had. My boots in the car lol

  • @nedludd7622
    @nedludd76225 ай бұрын

    You show the old cell and say "It is so small". I found one picture of Julian Assange in his cell in Britain and it looks about the same size. "Here at Belmarsh maximum security prison in southeast London, his abode since April 11, 2019, he has not seen the sun. Warders confine him to a cell for 23 out of every 24 hours. His single hour of recreation takes place within four walls, under supervision." -- The Nation. If Assange is extradited to the US, "The 49-year-old WikiLeaks founder would be detained in a cell of 50ft2 or less - the size of a parking space - equipped with a shelf and a mat for sleeping, a small metal toilet and sink in the prison’s “X block”. -- Computer World. He would be confined to it 22-23 hours per day. All that for publishing true accounts.

  • @AndersonvillePete-xc1tm

    @AndersonvillePete-xc1tm

    5 ай бұрын

    All that for publishing true accounts in your opinion.

  • @coralieg1947
    @coralieg19475 ай бұрын

    That jail was built before the civil war if it was built in 1837, Chris. Quite a walk though history.

  • @phillypersonpretzel
    @phillypersonpretzel5 ай бұрын

    I kept fearing you would stumble on a worst-case scenerio.😨

  • @nickcancelliere5638

    @nickcancelliere5638

    5 ай бұрын

    No one lives there

  • @bennetts-revenge_2

    @bennetts-revenge_2

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@nickcancelliere5638except homeless people

  • @justinday2916
    @justinday29165 ай бұрын

    Imprisonment.

  • @andytaylor5476
    @andytaylor54765 ай бұрын

    How do the homeless survive, without heat, in freezing cold?

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones56845 ай бұрын

    Any rooms for rent 😂😂😂

  • @Tiger-zo2gn
    @Tiger-zo2gn5 ай бұрын

    If it was in better shape, it might have been good for student housing or a hostel.

  • @michaelmcenery7515
    @michaelmcenery75155 ай бұрын

    Tear it down not like people have never seen a prison before! some things are not worth preserving tore down the original penn station but people want this piece of junk to stiil be here makes no sense at all. use the eminent domain and get rid of it put up a historical marker will do the trick and satisfy those who want to see this eye sore kept

  • @clinteast7476
    @clinteast74765 ай бұрын

    Newark NJ is a hole..

  • @d-mack7053
    @d-mack70535 ай бұрын

    I say just completely rip it all down a just completely clean out the whole place and make it new!!!!!!! Friggin Disgusting!!!!

  • @MobileInstinct

    @MobileInstinct

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah it's pretty nasty in there

  • @albinoorca

    @albinoorca

    5 ай бұрын

    Honestly, with the amount of structures in the USA in this condition, I'm surprised counties/states don't offer the land for free to anyone who can prove they have funds to demolish the old buildings, then hold them under contract to do so or the land goes to the next applicant. Nobody wants to buy land AND have to demo... But free land if you demo? Maybe we'd have less disgusting wastes of land.