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The Prisons Among Us in NYC

The Original Tombs Prison, Lower Manhattan. 1896 The word infrastructure usually conjures up images of roads, highways, bridges and mass transit. One thing that Kate Ascher taught me is that the really...

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GO  INSIDE  RIKERS  ISLAND!

One of the most popular Untapped New York  articles has been about the prisons of New York City. This fall, Untapped will be partnering with Livingthedream.org and Fordham Law School to run a 6-week...

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“Vamp Camp” on True Blood Takes Design Cues from 18th-Century Prison Theory

The inspiration for the architecture of Vamp Camp on True Blood actually comes from Jeremy Bentham's 18th-century prison design theory for a Panopticon. Read More

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Daily What?! A Revolutionary War Sugar House Prison Window in Downtown Manhattan

Embedded into the wall of the NYPD Headquarters on Duane Street in lower Manhattan is a prison window from a sugar house dating back to 1763. Or is it? Read More

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NYC’s The New School Presents: States of Incarceration

Join the New School in NYC as they explore the history of the US prison system in a cross-country dialogue that challenges everything you know about the system. Read More

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Join the Conversation on the Future of a Post-Rikers NYC

Hear criminal justice experts discuss the challenges of a post-Rikers NYC at a conversation presented by the Brooklyn Historical Society. Read More

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