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Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum-security prison for men operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York, United Sta
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State Prison at Sing Sing, New York, an 1855 engraving
Warden T. M. Osborne
Aerial view of Sing Sing, 1937
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American radar, sonar, jet prop
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…new Death House was built in 1920 and began executions in 1922. High-profile executions in Sing Sing's electric chair, nicknamed "Old Sparky", include Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on June 19, 1953, for espionage for the Soviet Union on nuclear weapon research, and Gerhard Puff on August 12, 1954, for the murder of an FBI agent…
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in 1951
The corner of Orchard and Rivington streets, Lower East Side, 2005
Mugshot of Julius Rosenberg
Mugshot of Ethel Rosenberg, arrested during grand jury proceedings