New York State Department of Correctional Services Lincoln Correctional Facility Inmate Case Files
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- Lincoln Correctional Facility, located in New York City, is a minimum security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.
Title
- Lincoln Correctional Facility inmate case files
Quantity
- 131 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- W0030
Creator
Arrangement
Roughly numerical by DIN number.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries of the general inmate case files series, Series 14610, consists of inmate case files relating to men who were incarcerated in Lincoln Correctional Facility. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of inmates. The content of the case files reflects the role of each institution.
Beginning with inmates released after 1956, only the following case files categories were transferred to the State Archives: inmates who died in custody, sex offenders, inmates of certain minority ethnic groups, inmates who received life sentences, and a 2% sample of all inmates who were released from any correctional facility. All other case files were destroyed.
W0030-98C: This accretion contains a 2 percent sample of case files for inmates incarcerated during the period 1964-1981 and released from the institution during the period 1976-1981. In addition to the 2 percent sample, files are present for prisoners who received life sentences, sex offenders, inmates who died in custody, and inmates of Asian and Native American ethnicity. There are 476 case files in this accretion.
W0030-04: This accretion consists of case files of four inmates who were incarcerated in Lincoln Correctional Facility during the period 1985-1988.
W0030-08: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files of inmates incarcerated in Lincoln Correctional Facility, the majority of whom were released from 1988-1992. In addition to the sampled case files, prisoners receiving life sentences, sex offenders, inmates who died in custody, and inmates of Asian and Native American ethnicity are included when available.
Other Finding Aids
Folder lists are available at the repository.
Acquisition Information
This subseries was transferred under RDA 14610 by the Department of Correctional Services and later, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
Processing Information
W0030 is formally part of Series 14610, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Inmate Case Files. To improve access, Series 14610 was divided into "W" subseries corresponding to individual correctional facilities.
Access Restrictions
Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.
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Corporate Name(s)
Geographic Name(s)
Subject(s)
- Correctional institutions--New York (State)
- Prisons--New York (State)
- Prison sentences--New York (State)
- Corrections--New York (State)
- Criminals--New York (State)
- Inmates of institutions--New York (State)
- Prisoners--New York (State)