Minutes of Reception and Parole Committee

Chronological by date of meeting.

The Reception and Parole Committee of the NYHR Board of Managers interviewed new inmates regarding the causes of their commitment to the institution, their previous history, and their family relations; interviewed all inmates before their parole regarding their future conduct; and interviewed parole violators regarding their behavior while on parole and their eligibility for a second parole. The committee succeeded the Parole and Indenturing Committee in 1913; this committee had succeeded the Indenturing Committee in 1911, reflecting the changing discharge practices at the institution.

These minutes summarize the committee's consideration of parole in regard to new inmates, inmates eligible for parole according to institution rules, inmates who applied for parole, and inmates returned to the institution for violating parole.

The minutes list inmates' names and numbers and the action taken or decision made in each case, e.g.: to earn 30 weeks; decision pending; to earn parole; investigation to be made; father applied in person; denied; and S.W.P. (parole approved; meaning of initials is unclear).

Volume list.

The Dept. of Correction placed these records on loan to the Syracuse University Library from 1960-1977.

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