October 23, 2026
Tag: electric chair
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Inside Sing Sing Prison and The Mutual Welfare League
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Forty miles north of New York City, “up the Hudson River,” Sing Sing Prison got a new warden in 1915. Thomas Mott Osborne ushered in a wave of penal reform. Out went the lockstep, in came (limited) prisoner self-governance. T. Fred Robbins, a nearby photographer and constable, was allowed to document many of the changes…
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March 12, 2023 5 Comments
Pole sitting has come from fad to fantasy. Those who were once vagrants and villains are now thought of as folk-heroes and gentlemen of high moral standards and noble causes.
Oh, what a difference a century makes. The gloves have come off so many social standards that today – everything is fair!