Browsing by Subject "Eastern State Penitentiary"
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Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary: The Darker Side of Good Intentions in Criminal Punishment (2015-10-13)Department: HistoryWith its opening in 1829, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ushered in a new era of criminal punishment. Inmates of Eastern State entered a world of austerity, silence, isolation, labor, religious ...