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In 1924, Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot allegedly sentenced Pep "The Cat-Murdering Dog" (an actual dog) to a life sentence at Eastern State. Pep allegedly murdered the governor's wife's cherished cat. Prison records reflect that Pep was assigned an inmate number (no. C2559), which is seen in his mug shot.
Marienville, Pennsylvania: State Correctional Institution – Frackville: Frackville, Pennsylvania: State Correctional Institution – Phoenix: Skippack, Pennsylvania: Opened July 11, 2018, replacing the adjoining State Correctional Institution – Graterford, which had been Pennsylvania's largest prison.
The prison, located on Graterford Road off of Pennsylvania Route 29, [3] was about 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Philadelphia. [2] The prison, described by Joseph Stefano of The Philadelphia Inquirer as the primary state prison serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area, [4] once housed a small number of male death row inmates. [5]
Tatterson said that she visited the prison in 2009 during a tour of East Coast abandoned places. She captured the prison in 20 photos. A description winds the reader through the history of the ...
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 Avenue in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia. It was decommissioned in ...
The prison was overcrowded for many years. A total of 123 men were confined in only 27 cells. They then went on to build an additional 52 cells in 1911. [4] In the spring of 1997 the "Old Stone Jail" was abandoned for a new facility and temporarily was turned into a records center in a $400,000 project. [5]
Body of grandma found at site of abandoned Pennsylvania mine. Patrick Damp, Jessica Guay, Christopher DeRose, Madeline Bartos. December 6, 2024 at 11:07 PM.
Jordan Correction (historically known as the "Western Penitentiary," "Western Pen," and "The Wall") was a low-to-medium security correctional institution, operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, [1] [failed verification] located about five miles west of Downtown Pittsburgh and within city limits.