Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services. Central Depository
Title:
Series:
21833
Dates:
circa 1925-1992
Abstract:
This series consists of summary cards for inmates at various state correctional facilities. This series is not comprehensive. Cards between the 1940s and 1980s are more numerous than cards between the 1890s and 1930s. Cards typically indicate the inmate name, various identification numbers, date of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of contracts made by the Prison Agent with individuals and firms for the mining and manufacturing of iron and nails, and the making of barrel hoops, boots and shoes, and other products of prison industry. Included are details concerning the employment of prison labor in these en.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, and printed forms compiled by the office of the warden of Clinton Prison. Records pertain to insurance claims, aliens incarcerated at the prison, arms and munitions, amusements (amateur theatricals and field days), Champlain College, chaplains, contraband, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Elmira Reformatory
Abstract:
The volumes in this series were used to record the daily activities and work assignments of guards at Elmira Reformatory. Assignments are listed for up to eighty locations in the institution. Volumes also include remarks regarding unusual events, incidents, disciplinary measures, and staff absences..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
The series is a daily account of financial transactions taking place at Auburn State Prison. Chapter 169 of the Laws of 1817 required the agent for each state prison to keep a regular and correct account of the monies received and disbursed. This daybook, or journal, is part of the agent's account for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
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..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of minutes of the Board of Prison Inspectors quarterly meetings at Clinton State Prison and monthly reports of the Inspector in Charge. Topics include administration of the prison, such as changes in personnel, the manufacture of iron, and financial accounts. The books also contain .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)
Title:
Series:
B0125
Dates:
1877-1883
Abstract:
This series is a daily record of changes in the population of incarcerated individuals at the Elmira Reformatory from May 24, 1877 to September 30, 1883. For each day that a change occurs, the volume lists: date; name; consecutive number; and activity (received, transferred, discharged, paroled, pardoned, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
Elmira Reformatory
Abstract:
This series consists of a record of nicknames used to identify certain incarcerated individuals..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
Eastern New York Reformatory
Abstract:
This series consists of record cards containing summary information for approximately 900 male inmates incarcerated from approximately 1896 to 1906. Each card contains information on inmate's crime and sentence, criminal history, and terms of release..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Title:
Series:
B2795
Dates:
1976-1994
Abstract:
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 The .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Title:
Series:
W0061
Dates:
1930-1992
Abstract:
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..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Upstate Correctional Facility is a maximum security state prison for men in Franklin County, New York. The prison, in Town of Malone, was the first New York State prison built as a supermax prison. Upstate C.F. was established in 1998 to house special prisoners with a history of assaultive behavior. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Title:
Series:
W0064
Dates:
1976-1985, 1997-2002
Abstract:
Camp Gabriels was a minimum security state correctional facility located in Franklin County, New York. The State of New York purchased the facility from Paul Smith's College in 1982 and operated it as a correctional facility until 2009. This series contains two case files for two inmates released from .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility, located in Clinton County, N.Y., was a minimum security correctional facility for male felons. The facility opened in 1984 and was closed by the State of New York in 2011. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Edgecombe Residential Treatment Facility (formerly Edgecombe Correctional Facility), located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is a minimum security correctional facility for female inmates and male inmates 18 years of age or older. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of a time book for prisoner labor in Company No. 6 in the iron ore separator at Clinton State Prison. Listed are the names and numbers of prisoners; their absence or presence each day; and the total number of days worked by each man and by all men for each month. At the end of each .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
20
Creator:
New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This volume contains entries from February 1, 1923, to January 31, 1924. Reports are listed monthly on fines imposed on incarcerated individuals of an unidentified residential facility, probably Elmira Reformatory. Information is present for the following: consecutive number, name, class (1 or 2, probably .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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