Show First Penitentiaries The first penitentiary was founded by hy the Influence of the lends Friends of Penns Pennsylvania l anla at Philadelphia In 1780 I notes a writer In the Indianapolis News This was followed soon after h by the New York prisons at Sing Sing and Auburn In the Philadelphia penitentiary penitentiary peni peni- the system of solitary confinement confinement confinement confine confine- ment prevailed pre but the New York methods Imposed silence rather than solitude and on this latter plan were bused based the penitentiaries of outer other stales which v soon began to be established T The e prison s system stem throughout the country became noted for Its humane discipline |