Todd Spoth

SERIES: EASTERN STATE

Prisoners at Eastern State were not punished in the conventional manner of the prison systems at the time; they had private cells, were fed regularly and received medical attention. Instead their complete solitude and lack of human interaction was their punishment. This indirect method proved to be much more severe as many of the inmates became mentally ill during their stay.
Prisoners at Eastern State were not punished in the conventional manner of the prison systems at the time; they had private cells, were fed regularly and received medical attention. Instead their complete solitude and lack of human interaction was their punishment. This indirect method proved to be much more severe as many of the inmates became mentally ill during their stay.