The castle-like Eastern State Penitentiary is one of ... the highlight for many is American gangster Al Capone's cell. Bear in mind that this attraction may not be appropriate for younger children ...

In 1957, after a riot at the Missouri State Penitentiary left four men dead ... as she tried to exercise that privilege at the Eastern Reception and Diagnostic Center in Bonne Terre on the day ...

Originally, though, the panopticon was what the British political philosopher Jeremy Bentham proposed as a new model of ...

David Fankhauser ‘71 is an Hopkins alumnus, who graduated with a PhD in Molecular Biology and worked as a Professor of ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Among the stops on a tour Wednesday of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls was a group shower, a location which the state Department of Corrections ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — KELOLAND News hadn’t had the chance to bring a camera behind the walls of the South Dakota State Penitentiary ... don’t have adequate cell space for our offenders.

Photos show a view of the current state of the showers. For the first time in years, KELOLAND News has been invited inside the South Dakota State Penitentiary with a camera. KELOLAND’s Dan ...

Tour Guide Nick Gilette discusses some of the features of Eastern State Penitentiary and how it was different than other prisons at the time.