Re Josh Brown's request for books on Sing Sing. In addition to "From Newgate to Dannemore" by Lewis already well recommended, try also Fred E. Haynes' "The American Prison System," McGraw-Hill, New York, 1939, and Prof. Nicole Hahn Rafter's "Partial Justice: Women in State Prisons 1800 -- 1935," published by her Northeastern University's press in 1985. The latter will give you a look inside what was Sing Sing's "women's annex." Thomas McCarthy Director of Editorial/Communication Services NYC Dept. of Correction [log in to unmask]