Curators will trace the history of recreation at the former prison, touching on incarcerated boxer Charles 'Jack' Blackburn.

The Barnes Foundation is also throwing a spring party, and Eastern State Penitentiary is inviting visitors to step up to the ...

The castle-like Eastern State Penitentiary is one of Philadelphia's most important historic sites. Having opened in 1829, this Quaker-inspired prison sought to reform prisoners using isolation and ...

And one of America's best-known and (arguably) most popular abandoned buildings sits right in the heart of Philadelphia: Eastern State Penitentiary. Occupying several blocks of Philadelphia's ...

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A 27-year-old man who brutally beat a woman in an unprovoked downtown Spokane attack and then killed an Eastern State Hospital patient six months later was sentenced to 18 years in prison.