Visiting the Philadelphia Region? Visiting the Philadelphia Region? Start Here with the Offical Guide to Philadelphia! www.GoPhila.com

City Pass
Visit ESP and 5 other famous Philadelphia attractions for one low price.

PhillyFunGuide
Plan your day, evening or weekend using PhillyFunGuide's comprehensive list of happenings across the entire region!

The Parkway Council Foundation
STRETCHING FROM CITY HALL to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia's grand, tree-lined boulevard is flanked by some of the city's most acclaimed institutions. (Eastern State Penitentiary is a Parkway institution.) Visitors will discover a cultural mecca - world-class museums and educational institutions, the magnificent Swann Memorial Fountain and Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Logan Square, and even the famed "Rocky" steps. Find links to all of the Parkway institutions.

Philadelphia Culture Files
An insider’s guide to the arts and culture in Philadelphia and its Countryside.

Philadelphia Convention and Vistors' Bureau

Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau
A comprehensive source of attractions, shops, and restaurants in the Philadelphia/ Valley Forge area.

National Historic Landmarks
The National Park Service through the National Historic Landmark Program recognizes the most significant properties of our national heritage.

360 Degrees: Perspectives on the U.S. Criminal Justice System.

United States Department of Justice
(with a gopher service to hundreds of criminal justice sites)

Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Department of Justice

International Centre for Criminal Law
Reform and Criminal Justice Policy
Sponsored by the United Nations

Justice Information Center
A service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service

United National Crime and Justice Information Network

Amercian Bar Association
Criminal Justice Page

Florida Department of Corrections
Virtual Prison Tours

Amercian Friends Service Committee
A Quaker organization which includes people of various faiths, committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.

Willie Sutton
“Slick Willie” was one of Eastern State’s most famous inmates. During his stay at Eastern, Willie “The Actor” attempted to escape five separate times, including the infamous 1945 tunnel escape. Sutton is one of the FBI’s “Historical Ten Most Wanted.”

Al Capone
In 1929, famous gangster Alphonse “Scarface” Capone spent eight months of his life in one of Eastern’s “Park Avenue” cells. Here you will find the FBI’s biography of this colorful criminal.

Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
Here you will find information and pictures of other projects by Eastern State’ architect, John Haviland.

New York Correction History Society
To pursue, preserve and promote the history of correction services in New York.

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
The gardens on the long terraces, which flank the front of the Penitentiary, are know as the “Ribbon of Gold,” a project of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

Friends of Eastern State Penitentiary Park. The organization that maintains the beautiful gardens on the penitentiary's north and east sides.

Bache-Martin School
Bache-Martin School is located at 22nd and Brown Streets in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia and is part of the Central Academic Area of the Philadelphia School District.

Fairmount Community Development Corporation
The non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the improvement of the residential, commercial and social fabric of the Fairmount neighborhood, while preserving its character and diversity.