Eastern State Penitentiary's Summer Nights series continues Saturday, July 11, with an after-hours event celebrating music, poetry and storytelling at the historic prison. Held from 6-9 p.m., Music & ...

Each person incarcerated at Eastern State Penitentiary was issued an 8-by-12-foot cell with a bed, a workbench, a cast-iron ...

That synagogue, the first established within an American prison, was originally restored in 2009. It opened that spring along ...

Eastern State Penitentiary is opening a new exhibition that explores the history of Jewish life, religious freedom, and the nation’s first prison synagogue. “Freedom Through Faith: Judaism at Eastern ...

Visitors at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site learn about sports and recreation behind bars. (Courtesy of Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

In 1787, four years after the American Revolutionary War, the United States was a country brimming with possibility, and no city felt the excitement more than Philadelphia. Delegates such as Alexander ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Several dozen visitors gathered late Saturday morning within the Eastern State ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Halloween Nights is a massive festival, covering the entire 10-acre complex of the historic Eastern State Penitentiary. You can choose your own adventure-from haunted houses to ...

Here are 8 eerie, abandoned prisons around the US and the stories behind them. They all offer tours for those brave enough to ...

1 of 10 — Inmates once were hooded so they would not be recognized by guards or other inmates, allowing for anonymity upon release. Eyeholes were allowed in hoods circa 1890, but prisoners were still ...

One of the most famous penitentiaries in the world—now a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers—is the subject of 11 years of research and an exhibition by photographer Eric T.