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Displaying 6 Finding Aids
Title
- Great Meadow Correctional Institution register of deaths
Series Number
- B2397
Summary
- Register documenting deaths of individual inmates at Great Meadow Prison and later Great Meadow Correctional Institution. Register includes personal information and medical certificate of death data.
Creator
- Great Meadow Correctional Institution
Access Restrictions
- Medical certificate of death information, with the exception of date/time of death, is restricted under provisions of Public Health Law section 4174.
Title
- Great Meadow Correctional Institution admission registers
Series Number
- B2396
Summary
- This series consists of admission registers for inmates incarcerated in Great Meadow Prison and later Great Meadow Correctional Institution.
Creator
- Great Meadow Correctional Institution
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.
Title
- Blueprint plans, drawings, and specifications for proposed expansion of Great Meadow Prison
Series Number
- A3315
Summary
- The series consists of a set of blueprint plans, specifications, diagrams, and drawings for a proposed expansion of the Great Meadow Prison at Comstock, New York. The blueprints depict cage area; laundry and bathhouse; powerhouse; punishment prison; and mess hall and kitchen building. They show locations of current buildings, proposed prison walls, building construction, areas for excavated material, and space for future buildings. Also included are sewer profiles and details; connecting corridor plans and profiles; engineering details; and area plans.
Creator
- New York (State). State Architect
Access Restrictions
- Documents relating to existing correctional facilities and other facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").
Title
- Prison financial operating reports
Series Number
- A0620
Summary
- This series consists of monthly statements of receipts and expenditures maintained by the prison wardens of Auburn, Clinton, Great Meadow and Sing Sing prisons. Statements include receipts from the sale of goods manufactured at the prisons and records of the amount spent on items such as equipment, wages; and administrative expenses.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correction
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Protestant Chaplain interview files from Dannemora State Hospital and state prisons
Series Number
- A1503
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence and forms compiled by Protestant Chaplains at other prisons while conducting interviews to determine religious affiliation for inmates who ultimately resided at Dannemora State Hospital. Many files contain a full-face photograph of the inmate as well as biographical information similar to the intake registers. The forms also include observational notes on the inmate's current behavior, prognosis and possible actions to be taken. Some files give more detail on religious beliefs. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Dannemora State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Registers of discharges of incarcerated individuals by commutation of sentences
Series Number
- A0604
Summary
- This series consists of the monthly reports sent to the governor from each prison indicating incarcerated individuals eligible for discharge by commutation. The reports from all prisons for each year were bound into volumes. Each monthly report from each prison provides the following information: name; county; crime; court; judge; date of sentence; date received at prison; term; commutation earned; date eligible for discharge; amount of time lost for rule violations; and occasional remarks recommending increase or decrease in commutation.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.