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Background
The Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of separate incarceration, first pioneered at the Walnut Street Jail, which emphasized principles of reform rather than punishment.
Notorious criminals such as Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton were held inside its innovative wagon wheel design. For their role in the Kelayres massacre of 1934, James Bruno (Big Joe) and several male relatives were incarcerated here between 1936 and 1948, before they were paroled.
ember, Allen performed the piece at the 2015 Ninth Circuit Corrections Summit, a conference of federal judges, wardens and prison officials. The show has performances scheduled at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, considered the birthplace of solitary, and in front of elected officials and staffers in the New York State Legislature. This is the first time video of the play has been made
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