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| - When the sanatorium facility moved into the East Wing of the facility in 1901 to treat patients suffering with tuberculosis and health tourists, the resident inmates of the wing were relocated to the already fully-occupied West Wing, and were housed in the underground levels of the prison, which had originally served as boiler rooms and cells for solitary confinement inmates. The prison wing of the institution was treated as maximum security, and the prisoners were completely segregated from the patients and the medical staff, with a large barricade was erected down the central tower with heavily guarded 24-hour hallways, and backup safety mechanisms to protect the sanatorium from a hypothetical prison break or disturbance. For over a century of its operation, there has never been a single
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| - When the sanatorium facility moved into the East Wing of the facility in 1901 to treat patients suffering with tuberculosis and health tourists, the resident inmates of the wing were relocated to the already fully-occupied West Wing, and were housed in the underground levels of the prison, which had originally served as boiler rooms and cells for solitary confinement inmates. The prison wing of the institution was treated as maximum security, and the prisoners were completely segregated from the patients and the medical staff, with a large barricade was erected down the central tower with heavily guarded 24-hour hallways, and backup safety mechanisms to protect the sanatorium from a hypothetical prison break or disturbance. For over a century of its operation, there has never been a single case of inmates breaching the sanatorium, although there have been several notable escapes. Some of the most well-known and feared criminals including Sabi Amantea and Raging Walter were housed in the Juno Provincial Penitentiary. Since 1989, the prison is owned and managed by the Royal Park Service as a contributing property, and is a listed site that forms a part of the Tahoe National Forest. Research and preservation of the Penitentiary is supported by the Penitentiary Preservation Society, an organization composed of independent, private historians and citizens interested in collecting and providing information on the prison's history and former tenants, as well as working towards making the Penitentiary accessible to the public year-round in the near future. Public access has always been restricted, with most non-staff guests invited on a case-by-case basis, and constituting primarily university students and faculty, and private paranormal investigators, although only during the month of October each year. While there has been a push towards opening the penitentiary year-round to the general public, the complex would require millions of dollars in asbestos removal and structural improvements to conform with current provincial building codes and safety regulations, a move that was rejected by Plumasonian taxpayers. Guests require special masks and protective gear in order to enter and move throughout the building. Due to its longstanding history of brutality and the high incidences of deaths occurring on the site, the penitentiary has been claimed to be one of the most paranormally active places in the world, and has frequently and consistently been ranked within the top five most haunted locations in Sierra. Numerous documented cases of paranormal activity including photographs, video footage, and eyewitness accounts allegedly pointing towards such have placed the Penitentiary firmly into the national folklore in Sierra. Juno, the town the penitentiary is a part of, has also been described as haunted in its own right. Due to limited, seasonal access to the penitentiary during the month of October, opportunity to enter and explore has always been in high demand, with plans by the Royal Park Service to increase its cap of total visitor admittance. Famous paranormal investigators, ghost hunters, psychics, demonologists, and amateur enthusiasts have visited the prison over the years, and the penitentiary has also been the site of a few films and television programs, further entrenching its iconic status as a haunted location.
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