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2. Eastern State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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   The Eastern State Penitentiary ( ESP) is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [6] It is located in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of separate incarceration, first pioneered at the Walnut Street Jail, which emphasized principles of ...

3. Holmesburg Prison - Wikipedia

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   Holmesburg Prison. Coordinates: 40.037123°N 75.018779°W. Holmesburg Prison seen from the air. Holmesburg Prison, given the nickname "The Terrordome," [1] was a prison operated by the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Prisons (PDP) from 1896 to 1995. The facility is located at 8215 Torresdale Ave in the ...

4. Philadelphia Prison System - Wikipedia

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   Philadelphia Prison System. Coordinates: 40.030904°N 75.018084°W. The Philadelphia Department of Prisons is operated by the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. The facilities are located on State Road in Northeast Philadelphia. Shawn Hawes is the public spokesperson for the Philadelphia Prison System. [1]

5. Walnut Street Prison - Wikipedia

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   Walnut Street Prison was a city jail and penitentiary house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1790 to 1838. Legislation calling for establishment of the jail was passed in 1773 to relieve overcrowding in the High Street Jail; the first prisoners were admitted in 1776. [1]

6. Jail where murderer Danilo Cavalcante escaped plans to wall ...

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   The Pennsylvania jail from which convicted murderer Danilo Cavalcante brazenly escaped, eluding searchers for two weeks, plans to enclose its exercise yards with walls and a roof and make inmates ...

7. Federal Detention Center, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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   1,030. Opened. January 1, 2000. Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Detention Center, Philadelphia (FDC Philadelphia or FDC Philly) is a United States Federal prison in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which mostly holds pretrial male and female inmates as well as inmates serving brief sentences or those that are being ...