Sing Sing Correctional Facility is an active, 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 diverse stories from multiple perspectives.
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What We're ReadingIn this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Colson Whitehead writes the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. Based on the real story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative.
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What We're Watching"A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York’s North Country" takes a look at the growth of prisons in the Adirondacks from the 1840s through the 1990s. Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake recently held a great program about this compelling part of New York history.
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
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Sing Sing Prison Wins Challenge Grant
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Baseball at Sing Sing Prison
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