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Abandoned prison, part 2

Posted on July 9, 2016January 9, 2019

In Part 1, I mentioned Harrison’s Point’s history as a US Naval Facility during the cold war. However, its time as a temporary prison is, if anything, more interesting. HMP Glendairy riot On 30 March 2005, a fight broke out among a small group of prisoners in Barbados’ Glendairy prison, a large Victorian prison built […]

Posted in Life in BarbadosTagged dereliction, Harrison's Point, prison

Abandoned prison, part 1

Posted on July 8, 2016January 9, 2019

As spooky places to explore go, I guess for most people ‘abandoned prison’ is second only to ‘abandoned asylum for the criminally insane’! The derelict buildings at Harrison’s Point, Barbados, fall into the former category, and while I wouldn’t describe the place as scary, its history and remote location do lend it an extremely eerie […]

Posted in Life in BarbadosTagged dereliction, Harrison's Point, prison, US NAVFAC

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