![Inside New York’s most infamous juvenile prison, where troubled kids—abused and forgotten— learn to become troubled adults. (Photo: Eugene Richards) [The Lost Boys of Tryon—NY Magazine]
“Whether [the aid] pushed Thompson first or vice versa is a matter of dispute, but there’s no question what happened next: Two aides pinned the teenager facedown on the tile floor, while a third man cuffed his wrists behind his back. Thompson stopped breathing, left the prison in an ambulance, and never came back. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, but a grand jury declined to indict any of the employees.”](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwuw0v5CCW1qzm0uao1_500.jpg)
Inside New York’s most infamous juvenile prison, where troubled kids—abused and forgotten— learn to become troubled adults. (Photo: Eugene Richards) [The Lost Boys of Tryon—NY Magazine]
“Whether [the aid] pushed Thompson first or vice versa is a matter of dispute, but there’s no question what happened next: Two aides pinned the teenager facedown on the tile floor, while a third man cuffed his wrists behind his back. Thompson stopped breathing, left the prison in an ambulance, and never came back. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, but a grand jury declined to indict any of the employees.”
