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Sep 30, 2008 · Eastern State Penitentiary: A Prison With a Past. Philadelphia set the stage for prison reform not only in Pennsylvania, but also the world over
About Eastern State. Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers. Known for its grand architecture and strict discipline, this was the world's first true "penitentiary," a prison designed to inspire penitence, or ...
Eastern State Penitentiary, considered by many to be the world’s first full-scale penitentiary, opened in Philadelphia in 1829 and closed in 1971. Known for its system of total isolation of prisoners and remarkable architecture, Eastern State proved to be one of the most controversial institutions of the antebellum period.
22nd Street & Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130. Region: Philadelphia & The Countryside. Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers.
Jun 13, 2017 · Al Capone‘s holiday home, the world’s first penitentiary, and one of America’s most (allegedly) haunted places: Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary is as infamous as its former residents and current ghosts. Photographer Susan Portnoy steps into one of the world’s most notorious prisons.
Oct 24, 2013 · With its looming, gloomy high stone walls, crumbling corridors, and stark cells that once housed thousands of hard-core criminals, Eastern State Penitentiary certainly looks haunted. Its 142-year ...
Timeline. Opened in 1829 as part of a controversial movement to change the behavior of people convicted of crimes through "confinement in solitude with labor," Eastern State Penitentiary quickly became one of the most expensive and most copied buildings in the young United States.
