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Women's Prison Reform Committee police station visitation report
Description
Josephine Shaw Lowell and Anna M. Jackson were prominent social reformers and members of the Women's Prison Reform Committee. Report describing the conditions and holding facilities of multiple New York police stations, with an emphasis on amenities for police matrons and women prisoners. States the Committee's recommendations for the Chairman to enforce certain regulations. Includes notes and a letter to the Board of Police concerning the inappropriate conduct of a matron name Caroline M. Fox, whom the Committee opposed receiving a pension.