The Museum is not open yet, but we are working hard to make it a reality.
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The ruins of the 1825 Cell block today. New cell blocks were
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19th century convicts line up to march to work in the prison factories in a lockstep, one component of the old Auburn System of penal control.
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Sing Sing Corrections Officers salute a fallen officer during the annual memorial ceremony. One was John Hartye, killed during an escape in 1941.
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Nineteenth-century iron handcuffs.
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A Hudson Link computer lab at Sing Sing Correctional Facility,
which has more arts and education courses than
any other New York State prison.
Unlock the Past...and Open Minds
A New Way to Look at Crime & Punishment
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Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a working maximum-security prison where the theories and realities of criminal punishment and rehabilitation have played out for almost 200 years. It’s a place with many stories to tell from many sides. Housed just outside the prison walls, the new Sing Sing Prison Museum will unlock the history of this world-famous institution through exhibits, artifacts and experiences. At the same time, the museum aims to take center stage in the urgent national conversation about social justice and incarceration. In illuminating these issues, in telling these stories, Sing Sing Prison Museum will tell us much about ourselves.
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2018 Year End Summary
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Sing Sing Prison Museum Project Office
127 Main Street, Ossining, New York 10562 singsingprisonmuseum@gmail.com |
