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In this Feb. 13, 2020 photo, stone walls of a former cell block stand behind a garden used by inmates at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, N.Y. Busting out of Sing Sing has been a dream of inmates since cell doors started clanging shut along the Hudson River in the 1820s. Now there's a plan to usher visitors inside the high walls of the prison famous as a go-to destination for gangsters, Hollywood stars and inmates condemned to the electric chair. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

In this Feb. 13, 2020 photo, stone walls of a former cell block stand behind a garden used by inmates at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, N.Y. Busting out of Sing Sing has been a dream of inmates since cell doors started clanging shut along the Hudson River in the 1820s. Now there's a plan to usher visitors inside the high walls of the prison famous as a go-to destination for gangsters, Hollywood stars and inmates condemned to the electric chair. (AP Photo/Mark L…

March 18, 2020

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At Sing Sing, a museum going in down the hall from inmates
March 18, 2020 1:11 p.m.

At Sing Sing, a museum going in down the hall from inmates

OSSINING, N.Y. (AP) — Busting out of Sing Sing has been a dream of inmates since cell doors started clanging shut along the Hudson River in the 1820s. Now there’s a plan to usher visitors inside the high walls well known in the past to gangsters, Hollywood stars and prisoners condemned to the electric chair.