Ken Burns-produced docuseries explores U.S. history of criminal justice, and Philly's outsized role in it

'Crime and Punishment in America,' the new Ken Burns-produced docuseries, traces the emergence and evolution of prisons like Philly's Walnut Street Prison and Eastern State Penitentiary. It airs over four nights beginning Nov. 16 on PBS.

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