Prisoner-built Church of the Good Thief, Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Prisoner-built Church of the Good Thief, Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York

[ca. 1930–1945]

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Prisoners demolished century-old prison walls and built the first church within State prison walls dedicated to the Patron of the Condemned, Saint Dismas, the Good Thief. Rev. A.R. Hyland, Chaplain.

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