Prison cell
This is in Eastern State Penitentiary a notorious prison known for inhumane treatment as basically when it opened in 1829 prisoners were in solitary confinement their entire sentence where they where never allowed to speak to other prisoners. The cells were small with only one person to each one with no windows and only a tiny skylight in the ceiling to allow sunlight in. If a prisoner broke rules they were very tiny punishment cells the size of closets and saw one of those personally when I toured the facility on top of beatings and housing down inmates even during the most coldest days of winter. Years of forced isolation drove many inmates into mental breakdowns. By the twentieth century the strict rules of isolation were lifted and prisoners were allowed to mix with each other and made to do work instead of spending very long hours in confinement. The there was one major escape in 1945 when the well known bank robber Willie Sutton and eleven other men escaped by digging a 97 foot tunnel. The prison was closed in 1971 and after years of bureaucratic debate it was opened as a Museum in 1994. In recent decades the museum has gained a strong reputation as being haunted after numerous alleged incidents of supernatural sightings.
Prison cell
This is in Eastern State Penitentiary a notorious prison known for inhumane treatment as basically when it opened in 1829 prisoners were in solitary confinement their entire sentence where they where never allowed to speak to other prisoners. The cells were small with only one person to each one with no windows and only a tiny skylight in the ceiling to allow sunlight in. If a prisoner broke rules they were very tiny punishment cells the size of closets and saw one of those personally when I toured the facility on top of beatings and housing down inmates even during the most coldest days of winter. Years of forced isolation drove many inmates into mental breakdowns. By the twentieth century the strict rules of isolation were lifted and prisoners were allowed to mix with each other and made to do work instead of spending very long hours in confinement. The there was one major escape in 1945 when the well known bank robber Willie Sutton and eleven other men escaped by digging a 97 foot tunnel. The prison was closed in 1971 and after years of bureaucratic debate it was opened as a Museum in 1994. In recent decades the museum has gained a strong reputation as being haunted after numerous alleged incidents of supernatural sightings.