Segregation at Eastern State Penitentiary remained official policy until 1961. While work assignments began to integrate that same year and cellblocks started desegregating in the mid-1960s, labor roles had long been assigned along racial lines. White incarcerated men were more often given jobs that offered better opportunities after release, while Black men worked disproportionately in food service. Explore the complex relationship between incarceration and the Civil Rights Movement in our Find

In 1955, Lester Smith, a self-taught artist who converted to Catholicism while incarcerated, transformed Eastern State Penitentiary’s Catholic Chaplain’s Office into something extraordinary 🎨 Discover these murals up close through the end of February and see how art and music have long offered reflection and resistance within prison walls. Join our Chaplain’s Office Murals and Music Mini Tours as part of our Finding Justice Month program series! This clip comes from our YouTube video, “Conservi

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Eastern State Penitentiary - Inside America’s Most Haunted Prison