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Displaying 152 Finding Aids
Title
- Financial records on construction and maintenance of Sing Sing ("Mount Pleasant") Prison
Series Number
- A1152
Summary
- The series consists of abstracts and vouchers submitted to the Comptroller's Office from the commissioners appointed to build a prison in the Town of Mount Pleasant and similar documents for operation of the prison after it was built. Also included are payrolls of prison employees and inventories of prison property.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Arthur Kill Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0004
Summary
- Arthur Kill Correctional Facility (1976-2011), located in Richmond County, N.Y., was a medium 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.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
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
- Bedford Hills Correctional Facility incarcerated individual case files
Series Number
- W0010
Summary
- Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, located in Westchester County, N.Y., is a maximum security correctional facility for women. Case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated females.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult incarcerated individuals 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
- Clinton Prison case files relating to inmate escapes
Series Number
- B2559
Summary
- This series includes files for six Clinton Prison inmates who escaped incarceration during the period 1914-1927. The files document attempts by the prison administration to notify law enforcement agencies and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the escapes and to monitor attempts to apprehend the fugitives.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
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
- Psychological examination reports
Series Number
- B0010
Summary
- This series consists of inmates' psychological testing records, primarily the Tree-House-Person drawing test and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale test, but some Rorschach ink-blot pictures responses and Incomplete Sentences test forms, and Mooney Problem Check Lists are included. Files usually included data forms with detailed personal information including race, military service, education, and family and social background. The series also contains a file of monthly psychologist's reports detailing the number of tests and counseling sessions given.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
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
- Coxsackie Correctional Facility incarcerated individual case files
Series Number
- W0061
Summary
- Coxsackie Correctional Facility, located in Greene County, N.Y., is a maximum security correctional facility for incarcerated men. Their case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of those incarcerated.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
- New York State Vocational Institution
- Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on incarcerated adults 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
- Biographical registers and receiving blotters
Series Number
- B0141
Summary
- These registers contain a two-page summary of information on each incarcerated individual admitted to Elmira during the period 1879 to 1957. Most of the information was recorded at the time of admission to Elmira, with only minor notations relating to conduct and discharge. The detail of information recorded increased over time, particularly information relating to the crime for which committed and to past criminal record.
Creator
- Elmira Reformatory
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult incarcerated individuals 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
- Department of Correctional Services press release and publication files
Series Number
- B2795
Summary
- This series consists of news summaries and newsletters created or published by the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS). News summaries, distributed to DOCS staff, were used to track the publication of articles covering topics relevant to the work of DOCS. Newsletters include <emph render="italic">The Correction Employee</emph>, <emph render="italic">Focus</emph>, and <emph render="italic">Correctional Services News</emph>. Topics of note covered in this series include inmate work programs, gun control, capital punishment, and living conditions in prisons.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Mohawk Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0035
Summary
- Mohawk Correctional Facility, located in Oneida County, N.Y., is a medium 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.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
- Mohawk Correctional Facility
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
- Gowanda Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0023
Summary
- Gowanda Correctional Facility, located in Erie County, N.Y., is a medium 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.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
- Gowanda Correctional Facility
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
- Accounts of monies expended at Auburn Prison
Series Number
- A1062
Summary
- This series consists of vouchers for payment submitted to the Comptroller's Office by officials at Auburn Prison. Expenditures are listed for prison maintenance items such as food, utensils, and clothing, as well as for administrative items such as office supplies. Payments for guards and yard keepers also appear, as do expenses for the discharge of prisoners. Agents' reports, monthly compiled statistical accounts of expenditures, are found for some months.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Photographs of Clinton Prison
Series Number
- B0095
Summary
- These photographs of Clinton Prison, mostly from 1932-1945, depict buildings and facilities, such as prison shop; barber shop; kitchen; mess hall; reservoir; athletic facilities; and hospitals. Also depicted are locations of accidents, assaults, suicides, and other special occurrences. Also included are prisoner art, prisoner identification documents, and aerial views circa 1969. There is an album of 1930s prison construction photographs and documents relating to prison administration.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Biographical register of men returned for parole violations
Series Number
- B0136
Summary
- This series consists of a register of men returned to Elmira for parole violations. Information includes name; age; initial crime; date first received at Elmira; date paroled; date returned; time on parole; trade taught at Elmira; situation during parole (employment, personal and social habits, arrest information); previous criminal history; family members employment and criminal history; incarcerated individual's statement on why he violated parole; brief parole officer report; brief reformatory physician report and short prognosis on ability to reform.
Creator
- Elmira Reformatory
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult incarcerated individuals 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
- Auburn Prison register of commutations
Series Number
- B0031
Summary
- This series consists of records of incarcerated individuals discharged after their sentences were "commuted," Entries lists name; county; crime; term; date of sentence; date received at prison; shop incarcerated individual worked in; date of discharge; and remarks. Later volumes court; judge and commutation earned, and prison shop they worked in.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Receiving register
Series Number
- B1111
Summary
- This series consists of a register of men received at the Elmira Reformatory. The register contains consecutive number; full name of incarcerated individual; and date and time received. The volume relates to consecutive numbers 44713 to 49700.
Creator
- Elmira Reformatory
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Green Haven Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0025
Summary
- Green Haven Correctional Facility, located in Dutchess County, N.Y., is a maximum 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.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
- Green Haven Correctional Facility
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
- Correspondence concerning prisons
Series Number
- A1165
Summary
- This series contains routine letters to the Comptroller's Office concerning financial matters such as expenditures, appropriations and bonds mostly from Auburn and Sing Sing prisons.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Livingston Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0031
Summary
- Livingston Correctional Facility, located in Livingston County, N.Y., is a medium 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.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
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
- Fishkill Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0019
Summary
- Fishkill Correctional Facility, located in Dutchess County, N.Y., is a medium 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.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
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
- Registers of new incarcerated individuals received by county of sentencing
Series Number
- B1110
Summary
- This series consists of a register of new incarcerated individuals received at Elmira. Each entry includes their name, sentencing date, date received, and consecutive number.
Creator
- Elmira Reformatory
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of these records.