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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services. Central Depository

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Executive Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice

 

 

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The series consists of records of the commission which were compiled by its chief counsel and executive director, Roderick C. Lankler. The commission, commonly known as the "Liman Commission" after its chairman, Arthur L. Liman, was an advisory and fact-finding body appointed by Governor Carey to investigate .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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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..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Temporary Commission on the State Court System

 

 

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The Temporary Commission on the State Court System was created to investigate the effects of new pre-trial procedures, civil rights decisions and legislation, narcotics and divorce laws, bail and detention procedures, and measures to prevent recidivism. This series consists of the general administrative, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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These records, primarily related to travel, purchases, and office expenses, document the day to day operations of various Moreland Commissions and the Governor's Crime Conference in 1936. The Moreland investigations pertain to workmen's compensation, Creedmore Hospital, insurance, racing, corrections, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Bureau for Municipal Police

 

 

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The series consists of surveys, studies, and reports on police services and operations prepared by the Bureau for Municipal Police at the request of chief municipal law enforcement authorities. Records include administrative surveys of police operations; consolidation studies to determine the feasibility .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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Articles I and IV of the State Constitution authorize the governor to grant executive clemency to convicted criminals (Executive Law, Section 15-19). Among the types of clemency offered is restoration of citizenship rights, by which the governor restores civil rights lost as a result of a conviction .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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The series consists of daily reports describing punishments at Auburn Prison. Assistant keepers could punish those incarcerated at their discretion if they reported their actions in writing to the prison's agent or deputy keeper. The short narratives include date; name of assistant keeper; name of the .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Auburn Correctional Facility

 

 

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This series consists of records of the Coordinator of Volunteer Services, who worked with the Logan Jaycees and the Jaycees Prison Chapter in Auburn. Records include questionnaires of persons touring the facility; articles on prison volunteer programs nationwide; Logan Jaycees monthly newsletter; prison .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

10

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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These are records of incarcerated individuals who died in Auburn Prison. Case files were kept for all incarcerated individuals, and records of deceased individuals were pulled from the active files and filed together..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of statistical records of Auburn prisons' population of incarcerated individuals. Information may include total number: in prison; in prison at morning and in evening; received; discharged; lodgers; applications for treatment; treated; not treated; excused from labor; pardoned; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

12

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of psychologists' reports of the mental conditions of incarcerated individuals and recommendations for work assignments. Folders usually include psychologists' examination report, guidance and recommendation form; most files also include Auburn Prison Classification Clinic Psychologists' .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

13

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series records basic information about incarcerated individuals admitted to the prison. Information includes class, consecutive and register numbers, name, crime, sentence, dates received and sentenced, county, court, former trade or occupation; employment status; if could read or write; if married; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

14

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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The volumes in this series document incarcerated individuals released from Auburn Prison. The amount and detail of information recorded varies over time, but typically includes name, age, date sentenced, term to which sentenced, and date and nature of discharge (parole, commutation, pardon, transfer, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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This scrapbook kept by an individual incarcerated in Auburn Prison, titled "Revolutionary Thoughts and Liberation," consists of clippings from magazines and newspapers related to political protests of the 1960s and 1970s, the Black liberation movement, police violence and war..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

16

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Auburn Correctional Facility

 

 

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This series consists of reports listing weekly disciplinary action imposed on incarcerated individuals at Auburn. Reports include date of offense; person's name and number; punishment and description of offense. Other reports that may be attached include: prison officer reports of offenses; disciplinary .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of a ledger of credits and debits pertaining to cash accounts for incarcerated individuals. For each listing, the ledger records date, type of transaction, and amount of credit deposited or debit charged..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Auburn Correctional Facility

 

 

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This series consists of a daily log listing infractions of prison rules committed by individuals incarcerated at Auburn and corrections officers and penalties imposed. A few entries relate to complaints by incarcerated individuals. Information recorded daily includes name and consecutive number; number .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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Auburn's Classification Board evaluated each individual incarcerated in the prison and decided the appropriate level of administrative custody and rehabilitation program. This series consists of cards with information on those individuals and Classification Board decisions. Many individuals were transferred .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of outgoing correspondence from the director and staff of the Auburn Prison Classification Clinic to Wardens, the Deputy Commissioner of Corrections, and Directors of Classification clinics at other state prisons. Classification clinics determined the physical and mental conditions .........

 

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New York State Archives