Sing Sing
The NY state maximum security prison in Ossining, NY Constructed in 1826, it lies on the east bank of the Hudson River about 30 miles north of NYC (and directly opposite Nyack Beach State Park). A prisoner sentenced in the City to serve time here was sent "up the river." This was the site of the state's electric chair, in which 614 prisoners (including Julius and Ethel Rosenberg) were executed until the US Supreme Court halted capital punishment in 1973. Although the Court later allowed executions to resume, no one has been electrocuted or otherwise murdered by the State since 1963; a very different situation than prevails in Texas, Florida, Alabama, Iran, or Saudi Arabia. Curiously, several Metro North tracks (and commuter trains) run right through the prison between its upper and lower levels, separated on either side by tall fences. September 16, 2016
Sing Sing
The NY state maximum security prison in Ossining, NY Constructed in 1826, it lies on the east bank of the Hudson River about 30 miles north of NYC (and directly opposite Nyack Beach State Park). A prisoner sentenced in the City to serve time here was sent "up the river." This was the site of the state's electric chair, in which 614 prisoners (including Julius and Ethel Rosenberg) were executed until the US Supreme Court halted capital punishment in 1973. Although the Court later allowed executions to resume, no one has been electrocuted or otherwise murdered by the State since 1963; a very different situation than prevails in Texas, Florida, Alabama, Iran, or Saudi Arabia. Curiously, several Metro North tracks (and commuter trains) run right through the prison between its upper and lower levels, separated on either side by tall fences. September 16, 2016