at eastern state cellblock 15 sort of served that purpose. you can see the cornerstone. 1956.this was the last cellblock they built. and you can think of it like a prison inside a prison. after they shut down the hole, they needed a place to house troublesome inmates. this was one of the areas they could keep everyone away. again, just out of the general population in the prison. come on in. so, cellblock 15 is known as death row. this is where prisoners who are awaiting an execution were usually kept on gthe second floor. the execution did not take place at this prison. in pennsylvania, there is one prison called rockview. any execution in pennsylvania will happen there. used to be the electric chair. today it is lethal injection. although it is right now being debated. just last week, governor wolf signed a moratorium that would hold off on the death penalty. still in active debate. we are curious here to see where it will end. this is the most modern cellblock. so because it is from the 1950's, you can see the sin k-toilet unit. still used in prisons today. the bars have be

eastern state. so influential for prison design. the cellblock we walked through, cellblock one, was one story high. so is cellblock two. then you can see something that changes. cellblocks four, five, six, and seven had a second floor. the plans have been 47 but before they completed the blueprint, they realized they were headed for an overcrowding problem. so the state asks the architect, can you give it more cells? he does not like it. from the surveillance hub, you are not doing surveillance on the top floor. you think the cells are missing something. they do not have the backyard. on the underside, no skylight. they kind of solved that they , put a window in the back. that did nothing. top floor, no backyard -- better than nothing. they had an empty cell next door. outside time was inside. the reason they're adding extra cells, is not to keep them open. soon those indoor yards are used up as space. by the late 1800's, exercise looked like a small group of inmates, all pitted together, brought into the yard. the system was falling apart. you