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New York (State). State Industrial School

 

 

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This series contains inspections reports of the State Industrial School by a State Board of Charities inspector. Information includes date of inspection, names of institution management and name of inspector. Reports may contain general or detailed discussion of buildings and grounds conditions, sanitary .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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These negative photographs depict the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School's new facility at Industry, New York, which was completed in 1907. Most negatives provide views of: farm land; grounds; building interiors; physical facilities; and inmates, school officers, and visitors..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

 

 

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The series consists of brief memorandums from physicians to prison authorities usually recommending appropriate medical care or end of need for medical care for incarcerated patients that the physicians have examined. Many memorandums recommend that an incarcerated individual be mustered out of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of a register of inmates by their receiving date, then by nationalities. The first section of the register provides monthly, yearly inmate totals as well as totals t by foreign and native inmates. The second section lists Italian inmates chronologically by date received and includes .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Matteawan State Hospital

 

 

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This series contains case files that document the commitment, diagnosis and treatment of inmates of the Matteawan and Dannemora State Hospitals for the Criminally Insane. The bulk of the case files contain legal papers documenting the commitment process; admission sheets; statistical data forms; ward .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of information relating to incarcerated individuals sent to Elmira from federal courts. Since they were not eligible for parole, the registers document admission to release. Information includes name; date received; country of birth; age; names and addresses of parents and siblings; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

 

 

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Under the Elmira system, each incarcerated individual's release was determined by good behavior and the accumulation of marks for school achievement, labor productivity, and adherence to institutional rules. This series consists of volumes recording the "credits" and "debits" used in this marking system. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives