In 1816, a prison in New York state named Auburn developed a new model and regime, the purpose of the model was to put criminals in separate cells and they unable to talk to each other even when doing forced labor. The warden of the Auburn was Industry Elam Lynds, enforced the model of industry, obedience, and silence, which was the guideline of the system. The Auburn system used solitary confinement only at nights and allowed inmates to work together, but in silence. The first maximum-security prison was developed from the Auburn system, which was known as Sing Sing.
