By the 1960s, the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children was an early prototype of the for-profit prison. But it wasn’t designed that way. In this episode, we go back to the early 20th century when a Black woman and student of Booker T. Washington named Cornelia Bowen found ...Afficher plus
Episode 2: The Arrival
Survivors of Mt. Meigs share how they ended up in the juvenile justice system and what happened once they went down the long road to the reformatory. Lonnie and Johnny meet the foreboding superintendent EB Holloway, while Mary and Jennie must deal with the girls’ matron, Fannie B ...Afficher plus
Episode 1: The Lucky Ones
Reporter Josie Duffy Rice travels to a small town outside Montgomery, Alabama, and tries to visit a juvenile reform school, once called the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children or Mt. Meigs. The school opened in the early 20th century as a safe haven for Black kids, but b ...Afficher plus
Introducing: Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children
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Vote now! UNREFORMED Nominated For Webby Award
Hi listeners! This is Josie Duffy Rice. We wanted to give you some good news and ask once more for your help, if you wouldn’t mind! First the good news! I am so honored to tell you that Unreformed has won a few very exciting awards lately. We won an Ambie award for best history ...Afficher plus