Modern Marvels S7 E7 - Prisons

Modern Marvels

Modern Marvels S7 E7 - Prisons
7.9

“All hope abandon, ye who enter here!” This sentiment has permeated the masonry and clanging bars of prisons built throughout the ages. We’ll see how the philosophy and architecture of today’s American prisons emerged from the sewer cells and castles and dungeons of ancient Rome, medieval Europe, and 18th-century England.