December 14, 2025
Tag: penal reform
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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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April 27, 2022 7 Comments
There are times when many wonder if Life is Worth Living? We all know the answer, but when we see things like this sign announcing new taxes, we scratch our heads and wonder, anew!