“On May 6, 2016, a groundbreaking new exhibit, Prisons Today: Questions in the Age of Mass Incarceration, opens at Eastern State Penitentiary. The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, by far, with 2.2 million citizens in prison or jail. This phenomenon has generally been driven by changes in laws, … Continue reading ‘Prisons Today: Questions in the Age of Mass Incarceration,’ Opens at Eastern State Penitentiary