Happy Childhood, Broken Homes
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Excerpt from our oral history with Karen DePyster, who taught recreation at the New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY.
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The 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 More"She Was Incorrigible..."
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Lisa Durfee found these photos, documents, and other 1920s ephemera from the New York State Training School For Girls at a garage sale in Hudson, NY.
Read MoreDoing No Harm
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Excerpt from our oral history with Peter Tenerowicz, lifelong resident of Hudson, NY and a former correctional officer at the Hudson Correctional Facility.
Read MoreWhy Is It Important To "Remember"?
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Excerpt from our oral history with Mary Allen, who remembers teaching at the Girls' Training School in Hudson, NY and the Brookwood Annex in Claverack, NY.
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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