July 27, 2024
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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March 20, 2022 14 Comments
Here at Postcard History we say there is a story behind every postcard. We know it’s true but some cards have stories that are hard to find. Here is one.