wards island and randalls island, e. harlem side (home, place)

[melveniaw9]

i was in a home for young mothers with babies, i remember that place being like jail. this palce was hughe. i remember there being a mental hospital at the beginning of the street. the home was at the other end . there was a bridge there. i think that home was named volunteers of america. can anyone if out exactly what happened to that place. i have tried looking it up on the web. you where confined 24/7. you had to be excorted out and supervised at all time i was just 17 at the time. i remember what it was like in there horrible. the staff didnot care anything about you. they pretended to care. you see, it was scam that if you were to every escape from that home. they would keep your baby you would never get your baby back. i had a caseworker that fought for me. i got my baby back. any way do anyone know of that place. if so can u post some pictures. or a website that i can go to. i appreciate the help. thanks