But it was the first in the United States to reflect Egyptian Revival design, and possibly the first to influence European architecture ... of Pennsylvania's Eastern State Penitentiary in 1829.

Eastern State Penitentiary; W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Philadelphia Negro; Philadelphia Savings Fund Society; Carl Mackley Houses; Levittown; and Society Hill. This course turns to this history not only to ...

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 ...

From Gothic castles and creaking mansions to centuries-old graveyards that terrify after dark, the world is filled with ...

The inmate attacks come several weeks after an earlier rash of assaults broke out in the eastern halls of the main state penitentiary building on May 4. Multiple inmates were involved in a "couple ...

Eastern State Hospital is undergoing a management shake-up, as two leaders have been placed on indefinite leave and another has resigned. The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and ...

The correctional department stated in a press release that Garreau, a 39-year-old inmate from Eagle Butte, was reportedly found "unresponsive in his cell" at the South Dakota State Penitentiary on ...

Seventy-seven people tested positive for COVID-19 at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins this week, according to a count released by the state Department of Corrections on Thursday.