In this excerpt from an interview with Durell Pritchard conducted on August 6, 2018 by Michala Matuszewski, a high school student in Pontiac, Illinois, Durell talks about his memories of the prison in Pontiac and its adjacent farm. Durell's uncle was in charge of raising hogs on the prison farm in the 1940’s.
Read MoreOn May 16th, 2015, Brian Buckley interviewed Mabel Blanks in Hudson, NY. Mabel worked as a teacher at the New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson.
Read MoreExcerpt from an oral history with Gale Smith, who worked as the assistant superintendent at the NYS Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY.
Read MoreExcerpt from an oral history with Jennifer Vinson, who was incarcerated at the New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY in the 1970s.
Read MoreExcerpt from an oral history with Sylvia Honig, who worked as a social worker at the New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY in the 1960s and 1970s.
Read MoreExcerpt from an oral history with Mary Hughes, who worked as a 'cottage mother' at the NY Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY for over 25 years.
Read MoreExcerpt from an oral history with Alice Green, Executive Director of the Center for Law & Justice and former employee at the Hudson Girls' Training School.
Read MoreExcerpt from an oral history with David Kinlock, a resident of Albany who was formerly incarcerated at the Hudson Correctional Facility in Hudson, NY.
Read MoreExcerpt from our oral history with Thomas Tunney, Superintendent of the New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY from 1964 to 1972.
Read MoreThe Prison Public Memory Project uses public history, art, and new media to engage communities in conversation about the roles of prisons in society.
