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Prison Conditions at Sing Sing Called Faulty in Grand Jury Presentment
The June grand jury reported Sing Sing prison should be abandoned and a new facility built. Vermin, crowded housing, and mixed inmate risks were cited. The presentment notes overcrowding with 1,200 capacity but 1,500 to 2,000 inmates housed, and calls for action by Justice A Tompkins.
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White Plains
N. Y
Sing Sing Prison
A. Tompkins
Supreme Court
Bing Sing State Prison
George W. Blake
Special Prisons
Sulzer
J. 8S Kennedy
Grand