The Criminalized and Incarcerated Project is connected with descendants of imprisoned ancestors from every decade Mercer existed (1880-1969), including people who were born while their mother was imprisoned. Below are some photos courtesy of the descendants involved in the project whose deceased ancestors were imprisoned at the Andrew Mercer Reformatory. These photos show a glimpse of the full lives women and girls lived outside of their incarceration at the Mercer when they were no longer subjugated and dehumanized which is lacking in the archival records. Please keep in mind some descendants don’t have photos as their ancestor died while incarcerated at Mercer.