Inside the abandoned Staten Island prison that has emerged as a prime location for movies and TV shows, including Netflix's 'Daredevil' and 'Orange Is the New Black'

Here's the view from the guard tower. There was even a toilet in the tower because guards would be stationed there for hours at a time.

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This was the children's area in the waiting room, where guests would wait to visit prisoners. This wasn't painted for a production, it was left there from the prison.

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In the secured control room of the holding area, this ladder led up to the roof in the event of a dangerous riot and the guards needed to escape, according to Cohn.

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I got an inside look at one of the holding cells, which Cohn closed the door of from the control room to show that it was still operational.

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Broadway Stages implemented this huge $50,000 sound-proof door outside of the former recreational gym, which is now a sound stage.

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Cohn said that Broadway Stages plans to convert what used to be the prison pool into an underwater filming tank, by digging out the entire pool to the length of the deep end.

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This is the prison's special housing unit (SHU), where prisoners in solitary confinement would stay (the pumpkins are from a recent pumpkin patch Broadway Stages hosted). "Daredevil" was filmed here and in the infirmary.

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This red-square prop on the outside of the SHU is leftover from the 2017 movie "Brawl in Cell Block 99," starring Vince Vaughn.

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They can be found all over the grounds, including on the buildings here.

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This dental chair is still in the infirmary where "Daredevil" was filmed.

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This helicopter landed at the facility for a scene in "The Blacklist."

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This hallway in the main building was, coincidentally, called "Broadway" because it was the main hall in the facility, according to Cohn.

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Also in the main building is what "Orange is the New Black" used for a chapel. Arthur Kill is one of a few facilities in New York where the Netflix show has filmed.

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Cohn said Amazon spent $150,000 to convert this basketball court into a tennis court for its show "Red Oaks."

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Here's a list of film and TV shows that have been filmed at the facility that Broadway Stages provided me:

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• "Orange is the New Black"
• "The Sinner"
• "Blindspot"
• "Ocean’s 8"
• "Brawl in Cell Block 99"
• "Neon Joe"
• "The Good Cop"
• "Daredevil"
• "Escape From Dannemora"
• "Quantico"
• "Bull"
• "The Code"
• "Ray Donovan"
• "The Black List"