tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post2677522445414818517..comments2023-08-03T02:57:48.492-07:00Comments on Runagate Pictures: Documenting memories of Oakalla prison 1912-1991Ronald Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857173460675556078noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-82039818578772363732022-06-09T16:52:23.899-07:002022-06-09T16:52:23.899-07:00Anyone here remeber a man named Barry Brown? did 1...Anyone here remeber a man named Barry Brown? did 10 year in 1960s to early 1970s. Family here, ooking to find any information I can Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316512584925928160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-83677381226287013752021-09-10T17:09:21.586-07:002021-09-10T17:09:21.586-07:00Worked there 1981-83.South Wing and Hospital. Worked there 1981-83.South Wing and Hospital. Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582534979153645518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-61623083965462921082021-04-30T22:48:06.497-07:002021-04-30T22:48:06.497-07:00did a few stretches in Okey during the early to mi...did a few stretches in Okey during the early to mid '80's as a teen. <br />hated that place, enough to escape from the cow barns on new years eve.<br />i laugh that they could never figure out how Bruce's locking pin was open...if they only knew.<br />prob the only 2 people in the world who know are Bruce and me....<br />30+yrs on and living the good life with a kid and wifeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937744931347749257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-48917058756242858072021-04-25T15:04:17.251-07:002021-04-25T15:04:17.251-07:00Hell ya. A piece alright, that he was. My best tim...Hell ya. A piece alright, that he was. My best time was in South wing. Only 8 cells to a range, so much quieter than east and west.I LOVED that "brew" they called coffee that came around twice a day in yellow buckets, which we drank in melmac cups.Used to "furnish: our cells with a second little table(contraband) and covered with a clean white towel to make our cages "nicer".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048529526231443051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-4441544359689368762021-04-02T10:31:51.582-07:002021-04-02T10:31:51.582-07:00Spent many years in Oakalla as a prisoner 1974 197...Spent many years in Oakalla as a prisoner 1974 1976. I have no recollection of graves ever being on the grounds. the closest cemetery is Forest lawn located very close to the prison.Travellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732559481670049906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-62257478171399813152021-04-02T07:27:26.900-07:002021-04-02T07:27:26.900-07:00What about the graves of those executed? My uncle ...What about the graves of those executed? My uncle was among them. Will be there this summer and would like to visit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02800368182848612637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-12341111207943749102021-01-31T23:38:51.893-08:002021-01-31T23:38:51.893-08:00testtestnickatnoon61https://www.blogger.com/profile/02355388967770605096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-39415828446241439472020-06-20T20:58:59.213-07:002020-06-20T20:58:59.213-07:00YES...IGOR...I REMEMBER THAT BULL...
YES...IGOR...I REMEMBER THAT BULL...<br />KINGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446246468745667199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-6226187704554442412020-06-20T20:57:10.491-07:002020-06-20T20:57:10.491-07:00UNKNOWN SEPT. 4..2019..I SEE...DID YOU DO ANY TIME...UNKNOWN SEPT. 4..2019..I SEE...DID YOU DO ANY TIME IN OAKY??? IF NOT YOU SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER SHUTTING YER YAP...<br />KINGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446246468745667199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-79121685036886738872020-06-20T20:51:58.554-07:002020-06-20T20:51:58.554-07:00YES..I DID TIME ON THE DEATH ROW ISOLATION CELLS...YES..I DID TIME ON THE DEATH ROW ISOLATION CELLS IN 1977..YOU COULD SEE THE GALLOWS FROM THEWRE...<br />KINGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446246468745667199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-88117632717089945752020-06-20T20:50:22.280-07:002020-06-20T20:50:22.280-07:00YES ..I WAS ON THE PUNISHMENT TIER WITH LENARD...H...YES ..I WAS ON THE PUNISHMENT TIER WITH LENARD...HE WAS ACCUSED OF KILLING 2 FBI...<br />KINGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446246468745667199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-72814839321339793172020-06-20T20:47:13.463-07:002020-06-20T20:47:13.463-07:00EAST WING TWO YEARS 3 LEFT 10...KING....ANY CONNEC...EAST WING TWO YEARS 3 LEFT 10...KING....ANY CONNECTIONS??? IT TOOK 25 RCMP AND A SWAT TEAM TO ARREST ME....ANY CONNECTIONS??<br />KINGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446246468745667199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-17528117587350344232020-05-21T05:07:56.586-07:002020-05-21T05:07:56.586-07:00If it is brass and has numbers 0 to 20 it was loca...If it is brass and has numbers 0 to 20 it was located in the tier lock box, set the dial on 0 and all cells could be open or set it on a specific number and only the corresponding cell could be openedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08857526752086112475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-76871285742665276602020-05-21T05:00:35.114-07:002020-05-21T05:00:35.114-07:00If you are one of the 2 guys placed in the south w...If you are one of the 2 guys placed in the south wing for kidnapping and found with a sketch of a device to spread bars so you could squirm through.....I remember you. ha haAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08857526752086112475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-19431963807586917242019-10-22T00:49:17.166-07:002019-10-22T00:49:17.166-07:00No, but when it closed, I did get to explore the g...No, but when it closed, I did get to explore the gallows and the few cells that were on "death row". From the last cell there were painted footsteps leading to the gallows. I stood on the breakaway platform. It was quite an uneasy feeling. kzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132480938801103338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-58847076810593570042019-10-22T00:02:11.957-07:002019-10-22T00:02:11.957-07:00I am a paranormal investigator and tomorrow I will...I am a paranormal investigator and tomorrow I will be investigating the spot where the gallows used to be. I was wondering if anyone has any information on the 44 executions that were performed. My email is element.of.one666@gmail.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17796818399361585945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-87994167094637851052019-09-28T12:38:36.373-07:002019-09-28T12:38:36.373-07:00i recently found a painting in a thrift shop...i w...i recently found a painting in a thrift shop...i was told it was apparently painted by a prisoner in oakalla way back in the early 1980's..it is a painting of water falls, lots of trees, white butterflies, an eagle and a crow and in the corner of the painting up in the sky is a castle with a red turret sitting in the clouds! very well done! does anybody know who this person was by any chance..what his name was? it would be most helpful if i can get a reply..thank you! oh by the way my hubby was a prisoner guard there for only a couple of months, he found it too emotionally upsetting and so he quit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-56116741038953482432019-09-28T12:29:08.503-07:002019-09-28T12:29:08.503-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-84928944814972399632019-09-04T19:32:19.241-07:002019-09-04T19:32:19.241-07:00I call bull on this whole post.I call bull on this whole post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-26117620294792189582019-06-30T23:00:49.467-07:002019-06-30T23:00:49.467-07:00 Dose any one remember a guard named John Wickham
... Dose any one remember a guard named John Wickham<br /> He guarded Olson<br />Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222799532112734343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-84006734896069679862019-06-29T23:11:35.047-07:002019-06-29T23:11:35.047-07:00Is there anyone who remembers a prison guards youn...Is there anyone who remembers a prison guards young daughter being taken from her school, then murdered, I think it was an inmate who did it?<br /><br />Big Shothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898723397424617548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-13634491597931624212019-02-23T06:28:14.838-08:002019-02-23T06:28:14.838-08:00I would have never thought I would be writing some...I would have never thought I would be writing something like this in a blog about my old haunt. I may have been one of the longest serving prisoner through the 70's and 80's And the 14th escapee to not be caught .I was of the last person to spend Christmas with Lynard Peltier and jimmy the Con Carlton.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179239389953112199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-52354895603440294472019-01-06T14:00:57.604-08:002019-01-06T14:00:57.604-08:00aviatorglasses@gmail.com
Grandma is still with us ...aviatorglasses@gmail.com<br />Grandma is still with us and, though she's a bit rusty,it amazes me what she can pill from the memory.Caligula-van-cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07493318653555999347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-47021381981975607812019-01-06T13:59:45.047-08:002019-01-06T13:59:45.047-08:00I might be able to help.
Grandpa was a guard and g...I might be able to help.<br />Grandpa was a guard and grandma was a secretary. Send a pic. Caligula-van-cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07493318653555999347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068365016697047212.post-23613110674008638202018-08-20T10:38:55.127-07:002018-08-20T10:38:55.127-07:00Also received a pardon, worked for corrections for...Also received a pardon, worked for corrections for 15 byears.<br />Travellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732559481670049906noreply@blogger.com