Western NY Child Jails
by Kellyd
This page is all about roadside school bus stops that I've seen in the Western
New York area. I am utterly fascinated by them. I've always called them "child
jails", because they seem so isolated and sad. While parents may think
they are doing their kid a favor by making him a little hut to shield him from
the elements while waiting the schoolbus, the shoddiness of the construction
makes them look like depressing little shacks. They have an almost Dickensian
orphanage type thing going, and I can just see tiny little oliver twist like
kiddies shivering away in the early hours of the winter. I also cannot help
but wonder how often the children are banished to the shack even when the bus
isn't coming. A kid gets sassy at the dinner table, he's sent outside to sit
in the jail and think about it.
This seems to be a multi-family child jail. It is at the entrance to a trailer
park on Rt. 60 in Fredonia.
A rare installation, seen in the village of Fredonia. Usually the ones I see
are in more rural areas. I bet some serious pre-dance drinking goes on in this
one.
Why do these people insist on adding shrubbery?
Does the kid have to do the pruning? The curtains are a nice touch. Almost like
your parents love you.
I'm surprised there aren't more child jails with religious iconography. I bet
Carrie White would have had one like this.
This is
one of the saddest ones, in my opinion. Why bother with the round window. Like
these kids have any hope.
