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People better people, we are going to make them regret what they did. jon: it was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, a building so revolutionary that in 1829, each cell provided running water and central heat. in that era, even the white house had no running water and was heated with coal burning stoves. the theory behind the prison was to isolate prisoners from each other, giving them time to reflect on what they done wrong. and each cell offered a skylight to give prisoners the opportunity to gaze toward heaven. it was a remarkably optimistic view of human nature, that people were good. they were inspired by the quakers. jon: today eastern state stands in ruin, the prisoners long gone, but rich history is still contained inside these walls. this is a plaque from the first world war thanking the men released from eastern state to serve in the war and what s ....

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