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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 5
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Report from the Commissioners for Building a New Prison at Sing-Sing
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 5
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In Senate, January 17, 1827. Report from the Commissioners for Building a New Prison at Sing-Sing
Author: New York (State). Commissioners for Building a State Prison at Mount Pleasant
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 5
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Languages : en
Pages : 5
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Report of Samuel M. Hopkins, One of the Commissioners Appointed to Superintend the Building of the State Prison at Sing-Sing
Author: Samuel M. Hopkins
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 29
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 29
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Report of the Commissioners for Building a New State-Prison
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Final Report of the Commissioners to Examine the Department of State Prisons
Author: New York (State). Commissioners to Examine the Department of State Prisons
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Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Annual Report of the Commission on New Prisons
Author: New York (State). Commission on New Prisons
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Sing Sing Prison
Author: Guy Cheli
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439628726
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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A popular backdrop for numerous movies, Sing Sing, or "the Big House," has been a site of both controversy and reform. The history of Sing Sing dates back to 1825, when warden Elam Lynds brought one hundred inmates to begin construction of the prison "up the river" on the banks of the Hudson. The marble quarry that supplied the building material for the prison was located in an area that was once home to the Sint Sink, a Native American tribe whose name means "stone upon stone." Prison life was dominated by hard labor during the early years. Convicts in striped suits and shackles built the prison with their own hands. With the arrival of warden Lewis Lawes in 1920, Sing Sing became the most progressive prison of its kind. During this time, the New York Yankees traveled up to Sing Sing to play the prison's home baseball team; the prison grounds were landscaped with shrubbery and flower gardens; and the compound grew to include a chapel, mess hall, barbershop, library, and gymnasium. The electric chair was first introduced at Sing Sing in 1891. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the first civilians to be found guilty of espionage, were put to death there in 1953. Sing Sing Prison contains rare photographs from the prison archives, the Ossining Historical Society, and a private collection.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439628726
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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A popular backdrop for numerous movies, Sing Sing, or "the Big House," has been a site of both controversy and reform. The history of Sing Sing dates back to 1825, when warden Elam Lynds brought one hundred inmates to begin construction of the prison "up the river" on the banks of the Hudson. The marble quarry that supplied the building material for the prison was located in an area that was once home to the Sint Sink, a Native American tribe whose name means "stone upon stone." Prison life was dominated by hard labor during the early years. Convicts in striped suits and shackles built the prison with their own hands. With the arrival of warden Lewis Lawes in 1920, Sing Sing became the most progressive prison of its kind. During this time, the New York Yankees traveled up to Sing Sing to play the prison's home baseball team; the prison grounds were landscaped with shrubbery and flower gardens; and the compound grew to include a chapel, mess hall, barbershop, library, and gymnasium. The electric chair was first introduced at Sing Sing in 1891. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the first civilians to be found guilty of espionage, were put to death there in 1953. Sing Sing Prison contains rare photographs from the prison archives, the Ossining Historical Society, and a private collection.
Annual Report of the State Commission of Prisons
Author: New York (State). State Commission of Prisons
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Special Report of the Commission on New Prisons
Author: New York (State). Commission on New Prisons
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Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Annual Report of the New York State Commission of Correction
Author: New York (State). State Commission of Correction
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Tables.
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Tables.