That synagogue, the first established within an American prison, was originally restored in 2009. It opened that spring along ...

The Washington State Department of Corrections manages 10 prisons across the state. These correctional facilities house inmates serving sentences after being convicted to murder, rape, theft, fraud ...

Eastern State Penitentiary couldn't contain everyone in its stone walls. While the historic site was an active prison, about 100 people inside it escaped over ladders, through the gatehouse window and ...