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Outside Eastern State Penitentiary
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Eastern State PenitentiaryPhiladelphia, PA 8/12/17
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Inside an original cell. Floors were made of wood and had doors to outside recreation yards. The recreation yards actually had doors for guards to access inmates, who were fed through portholes, essentially, from the INSIDE.
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Huge vaulted ceilings with natural light inside Eastern State Penitentiary
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Electrical outlet
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Stan would have a hard time getting in and out of the cells.
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Ceiling
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Some sort of controls
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The site was in semi ruin when it was taken over by a preservation society in the early 90s. They restored parts of it, but not all due to costs and because it's neat.
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Cell block 6
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Cell block 6
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Originally, the prison was built with one tier. Two more tiers were added to this cell block
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There was a barber on each cell block
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Inside
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Red barber
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Iron denoting the medical wing in cell block 3
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Tuberculosis was a main concern when this prison was in operation, so these cells had doors that could open to let in good fresh air, which was the main way to treat that disease at the time.
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Storage cell
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A smaller tuberculosis room
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One of the ports they used to distribute meals through
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Labratory in the medical wing
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Psychiatric dept.
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How they accounted for inmates in medical ward cells
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Lamp in the Operating Room
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Tree branches in the Operating Room
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Upper level of cellblock 7
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Upper floor of cellblock 7
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Stan doesn't fit!
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End of cellblock 7
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Al Capone's cell
