Closure of the Girls' Training School
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In the few months before its closing in 1975, Hudson, NY residents, Training School employees, and elected officials waged a campaign to stop the closure.
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How Jan Kerouac 'Escaped' the Training School
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The story of how Jan Kerouac, daughter of legendary Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac's daughter, escaped the Hudson Training School for Girls.
Read MoreThe Delaney Report (1915)
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In 1915, Commissioner of the NY Department of Efficiency and Economy John Delaney released a report condemning the Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY.
Read MoreThe More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same... Or Do They?
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Echoing 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 MoreHudson Correctional Facility, 1976–Present
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Operated by the State Department for Corrections and Community Supervision, Hudson Correctional Facility is a minimum- and medium-security prison for men.
Read MoreNew York State Training School for Girls
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In 1904, the Women's House of Refuge was replaced by the New York State Training School for Girls, a juvenile reform institution in Hudson, NY.
Read MoreHouse of Refuge for Women, 1887–1904
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Opened in 1887, the New York State House of Refuge for Women in Hudson, NY was only the second reformatory for women established by law in the U.S.
Read More"The Dungeons Are Damp and Cold"
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The conditions at the New York House of Refuge for Women as told by an Annual Report filed for the State Legislature by the reformatory's Board of Managers.
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