Prison H15 France Exterior

Prison H15 History

The derelict Prison H15 in France. I understand that The abbey and the church that once stood on the site of this huge prison, were built in 1203. The Abbey forms what was later used as the detention centre often referred to as the ‘womens’ side of the prison. I’m not clear on when the Prison itself was built but it closed in 2011 where it has since been left abandoned. Decay really taking its toll here potentially sped up by the large amount of attention it has received from metal thieves. The site has also become a favourite of graffiti artists with art and tags on almost every surface. It is shocking to see the different from photos early in 2013 to the ones now and to see how quickly the place has deteriorated.

In early 2013 with joint agreement of the land owners and the prison administration, a Roma camp was established in the main carpark which quickly grew to 100 persons and multiple caravans and portable toilets. Later this number was reported to rise to 250 people at the camp which I believe remains to this day despite receiving some local criticism it appears that the camp will remain during the early stages of the demolition which was originally due to start in late 2014 but has been rescheduled for 2016.

Our Visit

Visited with Baron Scotland, Lowri, Dystopia, Annelieke and Michel. Absolutely loved this place. We only had about an hour and a half here so it was a mad dash to try and cover as much of this massive site as we could! It was a shame to see how the place is suffering but it really reminded me like the prison from the walking dead, perhaps bigger in its footprint! The maximum security cells were one of the highlights along with the large dome in the middle of the complex. We didn’t manage to access the detention centre side as there were firearms training going on so we decided to stay away. This did however make for an interesting sound track whilst wondering around 🙂 oh and by the way… Climbing the 6m high walls wasn’t fun :D.

Before you check out the photos here is a little video I made with some GoPro footage from our 2 trips to this awesome prison:

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Thumbs Up

Prison H15 Woodwork

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France The Detention Centre

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France The Dome

Prison H15 France

Prison H15 France

Prison H15 Maximum Security Cells

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Scratches

Prison H15 Bureau Du Surveillant

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 France Cell Block

Prison H15 Maximum Security Cells

Prison H15 External Guard Tower

Prison H15 France Exterior

Prison H15 France Exterior

Prison H15 France Exterior

Prison H15 The Gates

More from the prison:

January 2014 H15 Prison revisit Part 1

Prison H15 Revisit January 2014 Part 1

January 2014 H15 Prison revisit Part 2

Prison H15 Revisit part 2

March 2014 H15 Prison Revisit 2

Prison H15 Revisit 2 March 2014

Others from the 3 Men and a little lady European Tour:

Château Gramophone November 2013

CDC November 2013

Tapioca Farm House November 2013

Villa Hector November 2013

Schola CLXXV Monastery Belgium November 2013

La Bobbin Belgium November 2013

The Horror Labs November 2013

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