Sing Sing
New York State maximum security prison / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison[2] operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about 30 miles (48 km) north of New York City on the east bank of the Hudson River. It holds about 1,700 inmates and housed the execution chamber for the State of New York until the abolition of capital punishment in New York in 1977.[3]
Location | 354 Hunter Street, Ossining, New York |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 1,747 |
Population | 1,576 (as of 2019[1]) |
Opened | 1826; 198 years ago (1826) |
Former name | Ossining Correctional Facility |
Managed by | New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision |
Warden | Marlyn Kopp (list of wardens) |
The name "Sing Sing" was derived from the Sintsink Native American tribe from whom the land was purchased in 1685,[4] and was formerly the name of the village. In 1970, the prison's name was changed to the Ossining Correctional Facility, but it reverted to its original name in 1985.[5] There are plans to convert the original 1825 cell block into a period museum.[6]
The prison property is bisected by the Metro-North Railroad's four-track Hudson Line.[7]