Dear Margaret, I am also a neighbor of Lyme, CT. The Niantic Prison for Women is in East Lyme, CT. This is quoted from this website: _http://www.fairfield.edu/x1429.html_ (http://www.fairfield.edu/x1429.html) Author Andi Rierden writes, "Built in 1917 as a work farm for prostitutes, unwed mothers and other women of allegedly immoral character, "The Farm," as it is still called, has long served as a barometer of prevailing social attitudes toward women. " "Spread out over 1,000 acres of forests, lakes and meadows, the Niantic Farm was originally self-sufficient as the inmates grew their own vegetables and raised poultry, cattle and sheep. Until the 1960s, the prison maintained its own nursery where women could keep their children up to the age of two years." Deborah (Pelletier) Tajmajer