What was the first prison designed to house sentenced offenders in the united states called?

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Dspitzle · Answer 1 · 2019-10-01T05:38:32+0000

walnut street jail

Pennsylvania became the first in the United States to institute solitary confinement for incarcerated convicts. Consequently, the walnut street jail added a new cell house to its existing jail and devoted the new cells to the confinement of convicted criminals

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