The Holmesburg Prison experiments ended 50 years ago, but their impact remains with the victims and their families. A brief ...

For 23 years, during the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, scores of people incarcerated at Holmesburg Prison were subjected to experiments conducted by University of Pennsylvania dermatologist Albert M.

Now, survivors of the program and their descendants want reparations. Thousands of people at Holmesburg Prison were exposed to painful skin tests, anesthesia-free surgery, harmful radiation and ...

Thousands of people at Holmesburg Prison were exposed to painful skin tests, anesthesia-free surgery, harmful radiation and mind-altering drugs. The research was for developing everything from ...