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The name "Sing Sing" is derived from the , a Native American people who originally inhabited the area, and from the local phrase sin sinck , which means "stone on stone". This name became literal in 1825 when Elam Lynds, a former warden of Auburn Prison, marched 100 inmates from Auburn to the banks of the Hudson to build the new prison from scratch using local white marble.

The Death House at Sing Sing held some of the most notorious names in criminal history. , convicted of espionage for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed in the chair on June 19, 1953. Decades later, serial killer David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") was sentenced to Sing Sing, though his sentence was later commuted. The final execution at Sing Sing occurred in 1963, and the chair now sits silently in a museum, a relic of a bloody era. Sing Sing

The early philosophy of Sing Sing was based on the "Auburn System," which emphasized: Inmates were not allowed to speak to one another. The name "Sing Sing" is derived from the

1. The Core Narrative: Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) , convicted of espionage for passing atomic secrets

: The film is based on the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York.

Spies executed for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union.