Eastern State Penitentiary
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The Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary
The exterior of the Eastern State Penitentiary.
One of the two-story cell blocks in Eastern State Penitentiary
Mugshot of Pep, inmate C-2559. Falsely accused of the murder of a cat, he was pardoned in 1929.
Death row cellblock
Al Capone
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Alphonse Gabriel Capone, sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicag
Eastern State Penitentiary
…incarceration, first pioneered at the Walnut Street Jail, which emphasized principles of reform rather than punishment. Notorious criminals such as Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton were held inside its innovative wagon wheel design. For their role in the Kelayres massacre of 1934, James Bruno (Big…
Capone in 1930
Capone with his mother
Capone home, a two-story building, Chicago, Illinois, 1929
Unemployed men outside a soup kitchen opened by Capone in Chicago during the Great Depression, February 1931