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Eastern State Penitentiary is considered the first "true penitentiary" Wikipedia[1] has pretty good coverage of its history, including starting with an all sol
by yaur 10y ago
Eastern State Penitentiary is considered the first "true penitentiary" Wikipedia[1] has pretty good coverage of its history, including starting with an all solitary system.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_State_Penitentiary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_State_Penitentiary
- jmiserez 10y ago* in the US. We've certainly had prisons before 1829 elsewhere in the world.
- paulddraper 10y agoSure, there were prisons in ancient times too. I think the 1829 example may be more relevant.