Please join the Prison Public Memory Project and Historic Hudson for “IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK…” an exploration of life inside the New York State Training School for Girls (1904-1975) in...
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Delinquent Girls Need to Farm
Fannie French Morse became Superintendent of the New York State Training School for Girls in 1923 and shortly thereafter she began stirring things up. Morse was an advocate of reform,...
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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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Photo & story share in Hudson, NY on November 18th
We are happy to announce our first grant from the New York Council for the Humanities to support the implementation of public engagement programming in Hudson, NY. The first event will...
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Press Release
:: For Immediate Release :: NEW PROJECT LAUNCHES VIRTUAL CENTER FOR PRISON MEMORIES AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, SHOWCASES WORK IN HUDSON, NY Hudson, NY –The Prison Public Memory Project, focused on...
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New York State Training School for Girls, 1904 – 1975
In 1904, when the New York House of Refuge for Women in Hudson, NY closed, the New York State Training School for Girls took its place to establish a separate...
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Who’s Punching the Clock?
Hudson, NY resident Debra Gallo sent in this wonderful photo of some of the people who made up the maintenance crew at the Girls Training School in 1954. Problem is...
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Hudson Correctional Facility, 1976 – Present
A year after the New York State Training School for Girls at Hudson was closed, the Hudson Correctional Facility took its place. Opened in October 1976 as a minimum-security (and later...
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People Get a Great Idea and It Doesn’t Materialize…
David Kinlock, a resident of Albany and former inmate at Hudson Correctional Facility, was interviewed by oral historian Suzanne Snider on April 4th, 2012. David was born in Schenectady, NY...
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Closure of the Girls Training School
a local perspective… In the few months before its closing on August 18th, 1975, Hudson residents, Training School employees, and elected officials waged a campaign to stop the closure. The...
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Doing No Harm
Peter Tenerowicz, a lifelong resident of Hudson, NY, worked as a corrections officer (prison guard) at the Hudson Correctional Facility between 1981 and 2008. He was interviewed by oral historian...
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