Eastern State Penitentiary has more to offer than just chills and frights. As America’s first penitentiary, they want to expand the understanding of the criminal justice system and the lives it has ...

Eastern State Penitentiary will host "Family Weekend: Pets in Prison" Aug. 9 and 10 and Sept. 27 and 28.

Some say Eastern State Penitentiary is haunted. I don’t know if that’s true but it is haunting. Strong energy lingers and clings, calling for notice as you walk past empty, ruined cells. Block ...

Dr. Richard Fulmer, a professor at Millersville University, will give the 2 p.m. presentation on a recently published history of the famous Philadelphia landmark, for which he wrote the forward.