July 27, 2024
Tag: prison
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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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June 23, 2024 1 Comment
An event in Chicago of October 1871 is often called the Great Chicago Fire. Why? It was tragic in terms of lives lost and property damaged. People were forced to live in tents. The city was in chaos for years. Interesting how such happenings are remembered.