Al Capone’s Cell
Recreation of Al Capone’s cell
No one really knows how Al Capone was able to get permission to have a phonograph, Turkish rugs and comfortable furniture in his cell. My guess is with bribes. Many many bribes. Eastern State Penitentiary was the United States’ first penitentiary, an ominous fortress of a building erected in Philadelphia in 1829. Eastern State is now a museum, and is in the same state it was found in after being abandoned. There are no plans to repair it, instead the prison is preserved in ruin.
Photos and great Article about Eastern State
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