Tag: Thomas Mott Osborne

  • Inside Sing Sing Prison and The Mutual Welfare League

    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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Bob Teevan
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The loudest distress-call in humanity comes from the bathroom when the occupant discovers a need for toilet paper. However, some of us struggle in silence when your need is thwarted by what you’re wearing. Can it be that the ladies have an edge?

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