“We were there because nobody wanted us, so our common bond was we felt rejected. I ran away from Hudson Training School four times.”
– Liz S
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Above all else, Liz wanted her story to reach young girls involved in the criminal justice system, and to give them hope for the future. She was eight when she was first sent to a foster home, and twelve years old when she was sent to the Training School in the early 1970’s. Liz passed away in the spring of 2017.
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She kept running away from situations that hurt her, and so the system retaliated by hurting her more. Astonishing and yet familiar sequence of official actions.