Department of Correctional Services Watch Commander's master logs
Series Number
20037
Summary
In the 1970s, the Department of Correctional Services began to adopt policies and procedures geared toward meeting accreditation standards of the American Correctional Association. In conjunction with this process, State correctional facilities began maintaining centralized security logs, known as Watch Commander's logs. Watch Commander's logs provide basic documentation of administrative procedure, as well as documentation of controversial events. Therefore, excerpts are used frequently in investigations, prosecutions, and litigation pertaining to inmate conduct and/or actions by employees of correctional institutions.
Creator
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision daily prison population/capacity reports
Series Number
19129
Summary
The series consists of reports documenting the daily capacity and inmate population for each correctional facility managed by the Department of Correctional Services. The reports are the official source for such statistics, which are used to calculate the rate of occupancy of the prisons in New York State. A typical report contains the following data for each facility; designed general confinement capacity of the facility; actual general confinement population; designed capacity for restricted housing; actual number in restricted housing; total capacity; number in hospital; number furloughed; and number of unusable cells.
Creator
New York (State). Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Division of Program Planning, Research and Evaluation
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
The series consists of monthly reports to the commissioner concerning facility population changes, inmate characteristics, and trends of the inmate population. Reports provide detailed statistical information about the state's inmate population and as such reflect a radical change in the racial characteristics and the criminal actions for which the inmates were incarcerated.
Creator
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services. Bureau of Research and Evaluation
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.