Catholic parole agent's record of employment and conduct of paroled inmates
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- Catholic Chaplains served as Parole Agent for Catholic inmates. This series consists of the Chaplains notes used to keep track of paroled inmates. Information may include inmate name, number; date paroled; date received in institution; to whom and where paroled; occupation; conduct at work and home; date ran away from home; possible whereabouts and if caused by home conditions. Also included are statistics on inmates at the institution, paroled, and escaped. Records are restricted.
Title
- Catholic parole agent's record of employment and conduct of paroled inmates
Quantity
- 0.1 cubic feet; 1 volume
Inclusive Dates
Bulk Dates
Series Number
- A3142
Creator
Arrangement
Parole records:chronological by date paroled.
Scope and Content Note
The Catholic Chaplain, who also served as Parole Agent for Catholic inmates, used this volume mainly to keep track of inmates paroled between January 11, 1887 and January 9, 1889; he also used it later on to list inmates and parolees between October 1, 1904 and October 1, 1906.
Parole records from 1887-1889 (inmate numbers 5189-7105) may provide such information as: inmate name and number; date paroled; date received in institution; to whom and where paroled; occupation; conduct at work and home, sometimes given in the form of a quote from a letter from the parolee's parents or from the parolee himself; and if ran away from home where paroled: date ran away, possible whereabouts, and if caused by home conditions.
Most entries are very brief narratives, sometimes only providing the inmate name and number, date paroled, date received, and to whom paroled.
The lists of inmates present and paroled from October 1, 1904 to October 1, 1905 and October 1, 1905-October 1, 1906 are similar to those in series A1966, Parole Rosters, providing: inmate name and number; and, for inmates not present at the institution, date paroled (or, in a few cases, date escaped).
Statistics on inmates "on roster" (present at the institution), paroled, and escaped from October of the reporting year were included in the institution's annual reports.
Custodial History
The Department of Social Welfare placed these records on loan to the Syracuse University Library from 1960-1977.
Access Restrictions
Restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).
Access Terms
Corporate Name(s)
- New York (State). Division for Youth
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
- Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)
Geographic Name(s)
Subject(s)
- Prisoners--Classification
- Reformatories
- Juvenile delinquents
- Juvenile detention homes
- Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation
- Parole
- Juvenile delinquency
- Juvenile corrections