This initiative is dedicated to honoring the memory of incarcerated youth buried in abandoned and lost burial grounds throughout the United States. The work was inspired by the discovery of nearly 250 incarcerated Black children who died at the Maryland House of Reformation & Instruction for Colored Children and were buried nearby between 1877-1939, most of whom were placed in unmarked graves.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJJV5PCcT_0
Want to get involved? We appreciate the outpouring of support, and realize the enormity of the project. There are a few ways to get involved! Learn more here.
New Video! From Silence to Connection: Maryland’s Forgotten Children and a National Reckoning.
October 8th, 2026
In case you missed it, please check out the recording below of “From Silence to Connection: Maryland’s Forgotten Children and a National Reckoning,” featuring Marc Schindler and Veronica Spears,…
New from Nashville Public Radio: Report finds 14 ‘forgotten children’ buried at former youth corrections facility in Tennessee
September 25th, 2026
We encourage you to read this new article from Alexis Marshall published by Nashville Public Radio about the Taft Youth Development Center in Nashville where, through our research for our new…
New on the Imprint: First-Ever National Survey Finds Forgotten Graves of Incarcerated Children
September 22nd, 2026
We encourage you to read a new extensive article by Michael Fitzgerald and Jeremy Loudenback in The Imprint about our Forgotten Children Initiative’s new national research brief identifying 40…
America’s Youth Justice Story: A Brief Video Recap
September 18th, 2026
We at the Center for Youth Justice at Georgetown University and Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. were so pleased to see so many of you on September 10th for our America’s Youth Justice Story:…
We would like to acknowledge the following individuals for their contributions to the efforts to research, uncover and highlight the House of Reformation burial ground in Maryland:
