The Majority of Pennhurst is still abandon. They turned the main part of the hospital into the VA hospital years ago. In fact I believe they did it shortly after Pennhurst closing but long before 2006.

I was just recently to Pennhurst and it is still empty. The halls are filled with the history of the torture that happened in this place.

Roland Johnson wrote his first hand experience of the terror he faced as a young boy. Read it, it will bring new respect to Pennhurst and relief we were never a patient. Google Roland Johnson and the article will come up. After Pennhurst he went on to become a Speaker of Special Needs and Disabled peoples. He is a great man and brought a postive turn around out of such a horrible experience.

I know some of these comments are very old but the police patrol the ground so you dont get hurt. The buildings have espestos in them. Several of the buildings are beginning to fall down also. So be careful in Pennhurst land and keep a keen ear.