Prison

  • Eastern State Penitentiary

    Eastern State Penitentiary

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Once hailed as a model of humane incarceration, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia now stands as one of America’s most hauntingly beautiful ruins. Since its opening in 1829, […]

  • Ohio State Reformatory

    Ohio State Reformatory

    Mansfield, Ohio The Ohio State Reformatory, better known as the Mansfield Reformatory, was built as an “intermediate penitentiary”—a halfway point between juvenile detention and hard-time prison. The goal was to […]