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New York House of Refuge, Randall’s Island. View of Harlem.
House of Refuge, Randalls Island
The New York House of Refuge was the first juvenile reformatory established in the United States. It opened in 1824 on the Bowery in Manhattan, New York City and was destroyed by a fire in 1839, before being relocated first to Twenty-Third Street and then, in 1854, to Randalls Island.
Through its 111-year history, the reformatory was privately funded, receiving only guidance, supervision and additional funding from state agencies.
Beginning in 1901, female inmates were removed to the newly opened New York State Reformatory for Women, now the Taconic Correctional Facility. In the 1930s, younger male inmates (ages 12 to 15) were transferred to the new state training school at Warwick, and the older boys to the newly constructed state prison in Coxsackie. The House of Refuge closed on May 11, 1935.
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New York House of Refuge, Randall’s Island. School and Dining Rooms.
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New York House of Refuge, Randall’s Island. North Wing, 2nd Division.
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New York House of Refuge, Randall’s Island. Fountain.
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New York House of Refuge, Randall’s Island. 2nd Division yard.
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New York House of Refuge, Randall’s Island. Ladies House.
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New York House of Refuge, Randall’s Island. The Front Stoop.
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New York House of Refuge, Randall’s Island. The Chaplain’s Library. The chaplain at this time was Bradford K. Pierce and that is probably him at center.