Inside The Infamous Brushy Mountain Prison - Closed down in 2009 

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Wow. I was a prisoner here years ago and you actually showed my cell. B-37. It was the best food ever served in a prison. I gained 40 pounds in the first 30 days.

The men who painted those murals were talented.

That was a very nice walk through and tour. I enjoyed seeing Lamont collaborating with you. It was especially good that Lamont pointed out the controversy concerning James Earl Ray. Early after the assassination, there was serious doubt concerning Ray's guilt. A number of aspects of the crime scene did not line up with the official story. Thank you, Lamont, for pointing out what is largely ignored by so many other RU-vidrs. He invests the time and effort to be as accurate as possible.

My grandfather was incarcerated there for a time. My mom always said that he went in mean, but he came out meaner.

Wow! Pretty neat to see you and Lamont on the same video. I've discovered both of you separately, it's a treat!

love these two together, hope there's more of them hanging together as they make videos

Possibly the best video I've seen of this place. Great, smooth camera work and no mention of ghosties :-)

Gosh, if walls could speak... 😱 I can’t get over how cold and dead it is on the inside (sans the cafeteria murals), and how green, lush and alive it is on the outside! Quite the profound visual dichotomy. Wonderful tour, thank you!

I think I'd prefer to be in isolation than in with the general population there.

You say it looks like it is in a state of decay like it was closed much longer ago. There are several active populated prison units in Texas that look exactly like the one you toured here. State funding just does not go toward beautification. Most of it goes into someone's pockets.

My first wife's brother did time there..been on the inside a few times visiting her brother.. Sometime in the 80's Brushy was called..East Tennessee Reception Center..for most your first stop for your prison sentence to be classified on what prison you would end up at..

Both you Guys are Awesome! Enjoy all of of you guys vids! Keep up the great job!

Funny story.. I used to sell a lot of weed when i was young and my great uncle was in brushy mountain, my great aunt would get ounces from me and get them snuck into brushy mtn through his doctor. So for about 5-6 years in the 90s everybody in there was smoking my herbs!

Terrible place...living under those conditions most likely just made the violent people even more angry and violent.

2009 !!?? Holy crap that wasnt that long ago and it looks ( like he said 1970s ) is when it closed down. I am speechless.

Those outside areas connected to the cells remind me of something I'd see in a zoo for caged animals, but I guess in a sense they were animals

You two together are perfect. You both have knowledge about the places you go. Together you both create a fuller picture of history. Thank you. I still say, the Emmitt Till video was the most moving video I have ever seen.

great ending to the video!! cool that you linked up with him and got some additional insight into the place.

I noticed the electricity is still on.. I watched a documentary on that place on the history channel, seemed to be a harsh place to serve a sentence... Really cool tour guys!! Keepem coming!😎👍👍.. Btw I think you an Lamont should team up more often with the vlogs..

I typically have to watch your content multiple times mostly because you are a great story teller and I usually doze off. Then I have to watch to see the places. Great video as always!!

Very nice !! Loved that !! I watch Lamont at Large, love his videos !! Thanks guys :)

Been wanting to visit that place for awhile now. I used to work for Tennessee department of corrections but worked at a different prison. This place i believe was even worse then Riverbend which houses Tennessees death row on nashville. Tennessee state penitentiary is also located there and closed on the 1990s however not open to public and impossible now to restore.

Loved the video! I love watching Lamont!

I think you guys do a good job of checking these places out, I've watch both Lamont at Large and Mobile Instinct...I think you guys are the best....Keep up the good work, you make a good Duo....

Great video and as always very informative.

I love Lamont, been binge watching your channel too lol stay safe and keep bringing the videos 🙂

Great video! Love your channel! Much Respect from Northern AZ🙏🏼

Thanks for sending me to this video Chris, really enjoyed this. Stay safe 👍👊🇬🇧🇺🇸

Just kinda sad that prison is the best option we've found so far. Just imagine that misery the people that were framed or wrongfully convicted faced.

Lamont collaboration! Thank you!

Thanks for sharing. Stay safe out there.

Wow, I would hate to be stuck in a place like that! Thanks for the adventure!

Lamont's awesome. Love your guys sense of humor at the end too. Hoping to see some more collabs in the future

I am a big fan of yours and a big fan of Lamont. Thanks for joing forces!!!

Love the video!!!! What an interesting place. Very cool. Love me some Lamont too. 👍🏽👍🏽

Talking about all the violence reminded me of the HBO series OZ. Everyone was always scheming to do somebody in. Not a place you would ever want to be sentenced to.

This is the first of your videos that I've ever watched. So far I loved it! I'm goin to watch more they're great!!👍👍👍👍👍

Not sure it's because of my request but thanks for wearing the Phillies hat and thanks for another great vid!

I had a coworker who was sent there for dealing.

If I got 99 years in there I wouldn't have taken it out on some dude and thrown him over the side, I'd have threw myself over.

Your vids are so informative as well as interesting v great work

18:13 Lamont is no longer at large!! Excellent video guys, i enjoy both of your guys content and videos, especially Lamont's videos of graves and some of the stories behind them.

Thank you for posting this video. My grandfather was a guard here back in the day.

Awesome video!! You both are awesome together keep up the good work 👏 I live about 30 minutes from there

A lot of information here! Love seeing Lamont with you! Funny ending!! 🙂👍

Love this video. Planning on visiting there soon. I'm from Tennessee. So I say welcome and hope you enjoy your stay.

Nice way to start my day,thanks again!

That place is haunted AF... CRAZY

Another great video👍👍👍👍

Love your presentations Mobile instinct, with this video on this abandoned prison, nice to see all this left behind in a good condition i saw. Nice to see you with my friend Mr. lamonth at Large, which i follow a while on all his stories on murdered people and cemetaries, love his video presentations too. I am watching from Paramaribo your nice videos, and keep the good work going Mobile instinct.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

Nice job! My grandfather was a guard there eons of time ago.

Great video! Very interesting.

Good job as usual love you see in Lamont

Yaaayyy new video looks so interesting x

There was an episode of Lockup that featured this prison when it was open.

Found your channel by way of Lamont At Large. So glad I did.

Tennessee man you are real close to me. I’m a Tennessee native.

The famous Algoa prison in Jefferson City, Missouri can be toured too.

My ex husband served there and he deserved it and should still be there as is

2 minutes in, I check out Lamont’s channel. “Ohmygodyes “

Yay. I loved going to Brushy overnight a few years ago. Cell block D was super scary.

I was born and raised in Knoxville TN and I would have to pass the prison on my way to a friends house and always saw the prisoners outside sitting at tables. My dad used to deliver groceries to the prison back in the day. I moved out of state few years ago but next time I visit, this is on my list of places to visit.

Thanks for sharing the prison visit. It actually looks good enough to still be in business because prison shouldn’t be like a grand hotel. It need to be something people never want to return to.

What a place! Glad to see that they put the inmates to work though back then! Thanks to you two! You should do more stuff together! Pat

Keep up the Amazing work with these videos. Although I will point out places like this that have been converted in to museums are defined as (Decommissioned) Your vids are perfect to watch because they're to the point and very informative.

Your videos are great, Lamont is awesome 👌

Thank u guys 4 doing this , the prison tour and all . Ur with a good man there ' lamont ' , I watch him alot , ' lamont @ large '

I love ❤️ Lamont at large . Great video guys .

I’m glad y’all did this vid for the historical factor and not the , eh hem, “paranormal” faction. Awesome video, thanks again.

This place so old I’m from Tn an few my family members stayed there years ago thank u for sharing

My grandfather was there. Him and James earl ray were neighbors. He always said he was a great guy to speak with.

Its awsome to see this in day light iv seen heaps of vids at night doing spirit investigations. Great video thank you xx

Hi from Ireland 🇮🇪🍀

I live 20 minutes from there, it would have been nice to meet you Great video as always brother. Be safe God Bless

Great video! Beautiful place where hell was located

Oh wow!! I remember seeing a documentary on it as a kid, I didn't know they closed! What can happen in a decade...

You 2 have the best channels on RU-vid

Ive heard several stories of this place throughout my life as its located a small drive from where i live at here in Knoxville

We went to Brushy Mountain, in 2020. We toured the grounds and distillery as well. At the time we were there, the owner of the distillery was putting up bottles of a "first run" of a whiskey, onto the shelves. After a sample tastin, we started chatting and he explained that the literally just finished the first run of this whiskey and first bottling. I asked if it was for sale yet or not, being that there were only a few cases at that point, and he said yes. He handed me a bottle that he just put onto the shelf, and I completed the purchase. Being that I bought the first customer bottle sold I paid to have the bottle engraved with the day and such. This was the first time they had used the engraving, so the spacing was off center, and such. They offered to give me another bottle and to try again, but I wanted to keep the authenticity of being the first bottle sold, so I kept it. We chatted some more, and took pictures. It was a neat experience.

Nature is slowly taking over. I like it! Good upload!

I had a freind in Tn , who eas a guard at brushy mtn for 17 yrs , he was the guard who found the footprints and gum wrappers that led to the re capture of jamed earl ray and in fact first to discover him hideing in leaves . My freind told me that you could see it in J e rays eyes , he was incapabele of the crime he was convicted of . Not tje first innocent man in prison

Cant imagine keeping yur sanity in there😖

Lamont! What a surprise! You’re everywhere!

Back in the 1980s I went to tour Alcatraz on tour. A family friend was a ranger there and we got to see the casemates of the 1855 Coast Artillery fort that was initially there. Then it became an Army stockade before a Federal Penitentiary. It closed in the 1960s and was "Occupied" by the American Indian Movement.

Loved the view.😀

I grew up 25 minutes from this prison!! Bad juju there!! Have many friends and family who worked or were guards at the prison!! Welcome to Petros dude!!👍

Great ending!!!! Thanks

How cool! I’m already subscribed to his channel too

Wow such beautiful greenery to contrast that hell hole of a prison.

The old Lifebuoy carved into a pistol trick! The stuff of scores of B movies. (it always went wrong, too!)

non contact visitation....they knew about 2020

It’s really cool I just got to go there today!

Makes me want to watch Prison Break again.

Fabulous video. I used to work in corrections doing mental health.They sure never did any upgrades to this prison. That segregation, D block, is pretty standard. Sometimes an inmate was placed in seg for their protection, too. Always amazed me that the inmates broke themselves off into racial groups by choice. The hair grooming sets kept in boxes were for each race. I always wondered what Jesse Jackson, Jr thought of that when he served.

You two are so damn entertaining!!

New sub sent over from Lamont at Large. Thank you so much for this video, and all the information you have put into it. It is hard to believe that it closed in this century, it looks like it was closed decades ago. So barbaric looking.

Wow! This is a very interesting place and history. I expect you could hear voices.

Thanks 🙏