Posts tagged "New York"
No place to go but up…

No place to go but up…

Thomas Tunney was Superintendent of the New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY from 1964 to 1972.  He was 90 years old at the time oral historian...

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The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same…Or Do They?

The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same…Or Do They?

Echoing trends over a century ago, today’s reformers’ are critical of large juvenile prisons and aim to create small, ‘home-like’ environments for confined youth. In 1906, at the Seventh New...

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Why Is It Important to “Remember”?

Why Is It Important to “Remember”?

  Mary Allen was interviewed and photographed by Suzanne Snider on June 2nd, 2011. In the 1970′s, Mary worked at the New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson as well...

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