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| Man Tries to Get into Tough New York Prison |
| By Reuters |
| Published: 05/12/2003 |
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Was it a break-in or a break-out? A man wearing a New York State corrections department uniform presented himself for work on Wednesday at the gates of maximum security Sing Sing prison. But all was not what it seemed. 'He said he was a new employee, that he had paperwork that showed he was transferred there,' Department of Correctional Services spokesman Mike Houston said on Thursday. But staff were suspicious of the man's ID card and uniform. 'He went out to his car to get the paperwork. He did not return,' Houston said. The formidable prison in the town of Ossining, N.Y. on the Hudson River was locked down for several hours 'to ensure all the inmates were accounted for, and they were,' he said. He said police were investigating what the man might have been doing trying to get into Sing Sing, which once housed New York's electric chair, and is better known for people trying to break out rather than break in. |
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