OSSINING, N.Y. -- An orange tabby named Tiger enjoys his role as one of the last cats living at New York's Sing Sing Correctional Facility. The prison north of New York City once had hundreds of resident felines roaming its buildings and grounds. Fewer than a dozen remain. Tiger broke into the maximum-security facility about a decade ago. Tiger turns his nose up at tuna from the mess hall but gladly chows down on tuna inmates buy for him at the commissary.
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