The Liberty may be the only place you’d pay to dine behind bars.

For more than a century, people tried their best to avoid spending a night inBoston’sCharles Street Jail.

These days, however, people willingly check themselves in and pay for the privilege to do so.

The Liberty Hotel, Boston

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Louis Dwight, a Yale-educated penologist who advocated for prison reform.

The Liberty Hotel, Boston

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The Liberty Hotel, Boston

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The Liberty Hotel, Boston

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