Thursday, October 1, 2026

Question: Which famous Chicago gangster served his first prison sentence at Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary in 1929?

Answer: Al Capone was arrested in 1929 for carrying a concealed, unlicensed gun and was sentenced to one year in prison. He served most of that sentence at Eastern State, which closed in 1971 and is now a museum where visitors can see a recreation of his cell.