"They Are All Ellas..."
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Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald kept secret the cruelest chapter of her own history: her confinement for over a year in a reformatory as an orphaned teenager.
Read MoreClosure 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.
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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