the Forcht - Wade correctional center was built in 1977 by Caddo Parish in Keithville Louisiana
it was originally built and operated as a full high security level prison for many years although
it was closed down as a full high security level prison the state of Louisiana department of
corrections did utilize the prison to house state inmates that were chronically ill and elderly due
to it having a hospital otherwise known as an infamous already established on the grounds
in 2010 Forcht - Wade correctional center again changed operations of the prison the state of
Louisiana department of corrections converted the former prison once again but this time it
became a residential substance abuse treatment for approximately 500 male inmates unfortunately
the residential substance abuse treatment center didn't last long and was closed only two years
after opening in 2012 the state of Louisiana department of corrections announced that fort wade
correctional center will permanently close due to state budget cuts the prisoners were relocated to
other facilities and by the end of 2012 Forcht - Wade correctional center was left vacant
this ain't the best mission to wear shorts for
here we go
so here down this hallway looks like we have the visitation booths so this is where the
inmates would visit their family members and their friends and their loved ones
and you see through here here's twin visitation booths
so
so now down this hallway we see some hospital beds here
so this leads to the infirmary otherwise known as the hospital
so here you see some hospital beds uh lined up for
inmates that were elderly and chronically ill some of the infirmary crutches left over
old correctional uniforms from the Forcht-Wade correctional center
with the state of Louisiana patch and here's one of the cell blocks
these blue jail cells and cell block looks really cool lots of decaying paint peel
so
is that good to see yeah
some more of these same style cell blocks up here
this all looks the same i'm not gonna shoot this we're just gonna keep it moving
now we make our way out into the wreck yard the reck yard serves as
like a centrally located courtyard in the middle of the prison surrounded by
like the dining hall infirmary and the cell blocks
now we're in the dining hall and you can see they left all the tables and chairs of course that
makes sense because they're bolted in so inmates couldn't use them as weapons against each other
now we're taking a look at the old commissary station where the prisoners and inmates
would get their ordered items such as toiletries food snacks things like that
and here we have the uh admissions area so these benches here these metal benches were used for um
a waiting area for the inmates and we see some inmate jumpsuits prison uniforms
here we have the intake and process room
you can see the uh height chart there you can see how tall the uh inmates are take their pictures
and then over here we have the uh fingerprinting here for the inmates as well so once they get
their mug shot taken they get their fingerprints taken there's some of the ink right there
and to conclude this video you can see some of the
other various photographs that we took at fort wade correctional center
now we really hope that you guys enjoyed this abandoned prison as much as we did it was sure
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