A Home Away From Home
/Excerpt 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 Jennifer Vinson, who was incarcerated at the New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY in the 1970s.
Read MoreIn the 1950s, Marion Palfi, an immigrant photographer and member of the New York Photo League, took photographs of girls at the Hudson Training School.
Read MoreEchoing a century-old trend, today’s reformers’ are critical of large juvenile prisons and aim to create small, ‘home-like’ environments for confined youth.
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.