#penitentiary — Public Fediverse posts
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⚕️ The iconic gates leading to the old medical wing, Eastern State Penitentiary, Pennsylvania
#History #Pennsylvania #Explore #Photography #Penitentiary #Prison
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"As #prisons go, #EasternStatePenitentiary in #Philadelphia was unusually luxurious. For one, it had flush toilets — beating out even the #WhiteHouse in making the upgrade, #museum exhibit developer #BethTinker told me on a recent tour.
But if plumbing reflected the #penitentiary’s commitment to #prisoners’ physical well-being, its biggest innovation was more spiritual. Eastern State housed the first #synagogue inside a #US #prison, complete with a #Torah #ark and #nertamid, or eternal light. That restored sanctuary — a short walk from gangster #AlCapone’s former cell — is now newly open to the public in a museum exhibit, Freedom through Faith: #Judaism at #EasternState and Beyond.
“It’s a place really of humanity, when you’re not getting a lot of humanity in this space,” Tinker said.
The synagogue, founded in 1922, hosted holiday celebrations and weekly #Shabbat services."
https://forward.com/culture/838196/eastern-state-penitentiary-synagogue-philadelphia/
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My temporary tattoo (I manned the table) at Dennis the #Cat day at the Old #Penitentiary in #Boise. If you're in the area, stop by. You'll love it.
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Incarcerated for drinking too much?
If you're in the Boise area, stop by the Old #Penitentiary. It's open most days and is fascinating. https://history.idaho.gov/oldpen/
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Russia’s prison population falls as #convicts are sent to war
#Russia's #prison population decreased by more than 180,000 #inmates over 5 years, driven by Moscow’s recruitment of prisoners to fight in #Ukraine
Arkady Gostev, head of Russia’s Federal #Penitentiary Service, said Russia now holds 282,000 prisoners , down from 465,000 at the end of 2021, according to state media. The decrease amounts to nearly 40%.
https://kyivindependent.com/russias-prison-population-falls-as-convicts-sent-to-war/
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Haunted WV Penitentiary: Top 10 Most Violent Prison in the United States
Built in 1866, just across the road from the ancient and sacred Grave Creek Mound, the West Virginia Penitentiary feels less like a structure and more like something that grew out of the earth—fed by it, shaped by it, and perhaps still tethered to whatever energy lingers beneath. Decommissioned in 1995, the prison carries a reputation that clings to you long after you leave. Some say the inmates never truly did. We visited on a low, gray day, the sky pressing down as if it, too, […] -
A haunting grandeur: the past preserved at Port Arthur.
Port Arthur, Tasmania. Australia.
Photographed and edited by Kev.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.
(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)
#photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #tasmania #PortArthur #HistoricSite #Penitentiary #ConvictHistory #AustralianHistory #WorldHeritage #TravelTasmania #HistoricArchitecture
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Exploring an #Abandoned Maximum Security #Penitentiary - Destroyed by Tornado
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Eastern State Penitentiary the famous red barber chair lit by the skylight window #windowfriday #fensterfreitag #philadelphia #penitentiary #urbex #ruins #photography
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Tree growing through the prison widow. Eastern State Penitentiary never disappoints. #tree #windowfriday #fensterfreitag #easternstate #penitentiary #photography #photo
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This Day in Alaska History-January 18th, 1909
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https://alaska-native-news.com/january-18th-1909/46974/
#18 #1909 #Alaska #alcatrz #bartender #birdman #guard #history #january #juneau #leavenworth #mcneil island #murder #penitentiary #robert stroud -
Four-points restraints are supposed to be a last resort & only to be used briefly but the #racist staff at this Illinois #penitentiary left inmates in them for days, sometimes leaving scars the inmates dubbed “The Thomson tattoo”. THEN the new warden tried to address the abuse & got a letter from inmates warning him the guards were trying to bribe them to attack him. #OverseerOfficer #abuse #whitesupremacy
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/15/1212860001/thomson-illinois-federal-prison
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Interesting article by Nathalie Rech about Black women performing domestic work while incarcerated at Angola penitentiary (La.) during Jim Crow just got published open access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0147547922000102
#history #histodons #blackwomen #prison #Angola #AngolaPenitentiary #penitentiary #JimCrow #DomesticWork #incarceration #louisiana
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Time Magazine called the prison “the bloodiest 47 acres in America.”
The Bloody (and Haunted) History of the Missouri State Penitentiary