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From: "Elizabeth V Cardinal" <>
Subject: FW: House of the Good Shepherd
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:23:59 -0400

Elizabeth V. Cardinal

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-----Original Message-----
From: Miller, George P [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:04 PM
To: Elizabeth V Cardinal
Cc:
Subject: RE: House of the Good Shepherd

Hi Elizabeth,

The House of the Good Shepherd was a reformatory with about 700 inmates
during the 1910 period. Its goal was to reform these erring women who
were convicted and committed to the House by the magistrate or other
courts. Possibly there were some inmates who, in lieu of a trial,
agreed to a sentence in the Reformatory rather than face prison time if
convicted.

It was founded in 1868 and was located at Hopkinson Ave. & Pacific St.

Brooklyn also had another institution that was classified as a
reformatory for women, but they took care of ex-convicts upon release
from prison and worked to keep the women from falling into their old
habits. The good old days really weren't so good.

George



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From: Elizabeth V Cardinal [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:19 PM
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Subject: House of the Good Shepherd

Does anyone know anything about the House of the Good Shepherd that was
located on Hopkinson Avenue in 1910?

I looked at the census listing for a Lizzie Geenlinger and found it was
a
huge facility.

The Census lists the Sisters of the Good Shepherd who operated it and
lists
as inmates the cloistered Sisters known as the Magdalenes.

It then goes on to list the women who were residents but whom they list
as
prisoners.

Was this truly a correctional institution or was it a home for wayward
girls?

Can anyone help.

Elizabeth V. Cardinal


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