Occupying several blocks of Philadelphia's otherwise sunny Fairmont ... For the next two decades, the prison sat abandoned. Then, in 1994, administrators began allowing public tours of the then ...

Perhaps the greatest success story can be found at the former Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. The prison was abandoned for nearly two decades until it was redeveloped into a historic ...

Shaurn Thomas, 43, is celebrating his freedom after being exonerated of murder and released from prison after 24 years in prison A Philadelphia man who spent 24 years behind bars was released from ...