Eastern
State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc. works to preserve and restore
the architecture of Eastern State Penitentiary; to make the
Penitentiary accessible to the public; to explain and interpret its
complex history; to place current issues of corrections and justice in
an historical framework; and to provide a public forum where these
issues are discussed. Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc.
carries out these activities using the highest standards in educational
and public programming, and in conservation. While the interpretive
program advocates no specific position on the state of American
prisons, the program is built on the belief that the problems facing
Eastern State Penitentiary’s founders have not yet been solved, and
that the issues these early prison reformers addressed remain of
central importance to our nation. Adopted by the Board of Directors,
December 1999.
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