{"id":307,"date":"2014-08-10T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alfoart.com\/phototravel\/?page_id=307"},"modified":"2014-08-14T20:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T00:22:00","slug":"eastern-state-penitentiary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alfoart.com\/phototravel\/eastern-state-penitentiary\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern State Penitentiary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-312\" style=\"max-width: 728px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-107-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-312 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Eastern State Penitentiary\" data-height=\"455\" data-width=\"728\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_312\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_312' class='nivoSlider'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alfoart.com\/phototravel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1-eastern2-728x455.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"728\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-312 slide-313 msDefaultImage\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alfoart.com\/phototravel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1-eastern3-728x455.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"728\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-312 slide-314 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive header banner 2017 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7242249986909277\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4262649382\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alfoart.com\/phototravel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/easternstate.gif\" alt=\"easternstate\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0The interesting facts about the\u00a0Eastern State Penitentiary<strong>:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Prison is\u00a0found in\u00a0<strong>1829<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #252525;\">and was operational<\/span> until 1971.<\/li>\n<li>The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of separate incarceration which emphasized principles of reform rather than punishment.\u00a0Outside the cell was an individual area for exercise, enclosed by high walls so prisoners could not communicate. Exercise time for each prisoner was synchronized so no two prisoners next to each other would be out at the same time.\u00a0\u00a0Before this new experiment\u00a0in\u00a0eighteenth century, groups of adults and children, men and women, different sort of criminals shared whole space of the prison space\u00a0behind locked doors.<\/li>\n<li>Famous\u00a0criminals such as bank robber <strong>Willie Sutton<\/strong> and <strong>Al Capone<\/strong> were held in this prison.\n<p><figure style=\"width: 728px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-aLzbPUDto54\/UrBvvTHIitI\/AAAAAAAAk7g\/jv4XYtS3jaM\/s728\/IMG_4702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"486\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Al Capone&#8217;s cell reconstruction<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #252525;\">This\u00a0building was the <strong>largest and most expensive<\/strong> public structure ever erected also it&#8217;s became a model for more than 300 prisons in the\u00a0world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The structure was\u00a0designed in\u00a0neo-Gothic style to have the feel of a church. Doors were small and\u00a0cells were made with a single glass\u00a0skylight by the same reason, also to make\u00a0harder \u00a0getting out.<\/li>\n<li>Prison\u00a0utilities\u00a0were advanced for their time: faucet with running water,\u00a0lush toilets,\u00a0curved pipes, central heating.\u00a0Interestingly, the ESP\u00a0had running water before the White House did.<\/li>\n<li>On April 3, 1945, a major escape was carried out by twelve inmates including <strong>Willie Sutton<\/strong>, who over the course of a year managed to dig 97-foot (30 m) <strong>tunnel under the prison wall<\/strong>. During renovations in the 1930&#8217;s an additional 30 incomplete inmate-dug tunnels were discovered.<\/li>\n<li>After closing during the abandoned \u00a0a jungle grew inside of the building \u00a0and around the walls.<\/li>\n<li>This prison was some sort of traveling destination even in 19th century, because of the unique building and\u00a0punishment\u00a0system.\u00a0<strong>Charles Dickens<\/strong> visited prison in \u00a01842 and he wasn&#8217;t impressed with\u00a0the\u00a0penitentiary system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"useful_info\"><strong>Address:<\/strong> 2027 Fairmount Ave,<br \/> Philadelphia, PA 19130<br \/> Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easternstate.org\/\">www.easternstate.org<\/a><br \/> <a style=\"text-align: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?safe=off&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;cid=8007075510433756589&amp;q=eastern+state+penitentiary&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=&amp;t=m&amp;iwloc=A&amp;ll=39.968336,-75.172665&amp;spn=0.006295,0.006295&amp;output=embed\">View Larger Map<\/a> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?safe=off&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;cid=8007075510433756589&amp;q=eastern+state+penitentiary&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=&amp;t=m&amp;iwloc=A&amp;ll=39.968336,-75.172665&amp;spn=0.006295,0.006295&amp;output=embed\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"useful_info\"><strong>Info and images credits:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_State_Penitentiary\">wiki\/Eastern_State_Penitentiary<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easternstate.org\/learn\/research-library\/history\">www.easternstate.org\/learn\/research-library\/history<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"336_ad\"> <!-- Page box 336 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7242249986909277\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6010145726\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The interesting facts about the\u00a0Eastern State Penitentiary: \u00a0Prison is\u00a0found in\u00a01829\u00a0and was operational until 1971. 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