Ellis Island is famous for welcoming immigrants to... ...storied. The penitentiary was erected as a state prison in 1832, and by the early 1900s there were a seri... ...drug-dealing, and favoritism.Read more about the prison scandals, and about the lunatic asylum, the almsh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/06/02/Islands-of-The-Undesirables-Roosevelt-Island/Life in prison in the 18th and 19th centuries could be brutal, a... ...starting to be unearthed -literally. Old Newgate Prison in Connecticut was America’s first state prison when it opened in the 1770s. It closed in 1827, a... ...in 2009. Before construction begins...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/05/20/Starving-Felons-and-Other-Lessons-from-Prison-Archaeology/It’s an art installation that is a science m... ...: Specimen is a showcase of insects caught on the prison grounds over the past few years, displayed in obj... ...he past few years, displayed in objects that real prisoners used, on furniture made from parts of the prison...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/14/Recording-the-Insect-Ecology-of-a-Prison-Reclaimed-by-Nature/(Photo: Martin Konapacki)Pictured above is a cell... ...ryway. The shaft holds the plumbing needs for the prisoners .The design came to be known as the “squirre... ...e object of our invention is to produce a jail or prison in which prisoners can be controlled without t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/10/Rotary-Jail-Cells/[http://youtu.be/8SEiZSVflNU]YouTube LinkThis vide... ...documentary, which was filmed in a Massachusetts prison , follows the story of stray dogs in the community... ...in the community who were rescued and placed with prisoners at a minimum security prison . Before their re...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/02/01/Dogs-and-Prisoners-Learning-Valuable-Lessons-from-Each-Other/The following is a list from the book Uncle John's... ...d, “All my major works have been written in prison . I would recommend prison not only to aspiring writers, but to aspiring pol... ...went on to a life of crime and was in and out of prison . Ironically, many schol...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/19/Written-in-the-Pen/In 1919, things weren’t looking good for wom... ...being arrested left and right and were abused in prison . What to do? Organize a train ride!They called it... ...he three-week suffrage tour of February 1919 "The Prison Special." Its purpose? Make one last push for suf... ...er of personal narrative. I...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/09/03/The-Prison-Special-One-Last-Push-for-Womens-Suffrage/The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo... ...1957 when he played a concert at Huntsville State Prison in Texas. Over the next decade, Cash performed ov... ...xas. Over the next decade, Cash performed over 30 prison shows and recorded albums during at least three o... ...of them. (The shows at Cali...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/07/25/Johnny-Cashs-Captive-Audience/Apparently, These Cops Are Fans of Lord of the Rin... ...ings (The Mary Sue)Who Loves Cute Cuddly Kittens? Prisoners , Obviously. (Geekosystem)These Naughty Librarians...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/17/Neatolinks-Prisoners-Cats-Librarians-Tattoos-Bunnies-and-Coffee/The Most Popular Movie Set In Each State (io9)Wish... ...Yourself (Thought Catalog)The Creepiest Abanoned Prisons
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/13/Neatolinks-Pokemon-Cats-and-Horrific-Fun/
