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 ...

Not every facility has faced the same fate. One became a popular museum, while others have been sold or are set for costly ...

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 ...