January 15, 2025
Tag: up the river
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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…
Past Article
July 7, 2021 3 Comments
A single postcard reveals how the lives of two people can be so entwined, yet without consequence. The story of British Army Private James Gibson could just as easily be told on-stage or on-screen, but all we have is a single postcard that expresses a misty wish.