Former detention center in Pennsylvania, United States

Sentenced to science : one black man's story of imprisonment in America / Allen M. Hornblum.

Acres of skin : human experiments at Holmesburg Prison : a story of abuse and exploitation in the name of medical science / Allen M. Hornblum.

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Holmesburg Prison

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Sentenced to science : one black man's story of imprisonment in America / Allen M. Hornblum.

Acres of skin : human experiments at Holmesburg Prison : a story of abuse and exploitation in the name of medical science / Allen M. Hornblum.