Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Penitentiary

In 1828, Eastern State Penitentiary opened with a groundbreaking agenda to rehabilitate prisoners. Prisoners had a cell each, and were comforted with central heating and flush toilets, something which even the White House didn't have at that time.

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