May 1, 2026
Tag: lockstep
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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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February 25, 2024 11 Comments
On any given day, people from around the world eat food that is rooted in Jewish tradition. The diner up the road from home serves a dynamite Reuben sandwich that is so good you want to go back tomorrow. But, “Is it kosher?”