Today was a day at Constitution Hill. Constitution Hill was a jail turned into a fort, then turned back into prison, then turned into a museum. Since it was women’s day, the museum entry fee was zero dollars. We went down into a room with a video interviewing former prisoners. The things that the warders made them do were horrendous. Completely inhumane!
One of the things that I read that stuck with me was the food service. The jailers would not give Bread to black people because “it would hurt their stomachs.” The number of silly things that the warders would say was innumerable. There was also ridiculous brutality in the jail, and you could be punished for the smallest of things and even things you did not do. Constitution Hill was a great museum, and I hope we get to go back to look at the Women’s section of the museum. I enjoyed