Eastern State Penitentiary Tour

Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers. Known for its grand architecture and strict discipline, this was the world’s first true “penitentiary,” a prison designed to inspire penitence, or true regret, in the hearts of convicts. Its vaulted, sky-lit cells once held many of America’s most notorious criminals, including bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton and Al Capone. Today a US National Historic Landmark, the prison serves as a museum and is open to the public for tours 12 months of the year of the cells and yards.

• See where movies such as 12 Monkeys, One of the Living, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were filmed
• Sit inside the cells that once held notorious criminals Al Capone, William "Blackie" Zupowski, and Charles Yerkes

For more information, visit the official website at http://www.easternstate.org/.

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