Research

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Creator:

Sing Sing Prison

 

 

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This series consists of daily census reports of incarcerated individuals taken at Sing Sing Prison from August 18, 1927, to May 18, 1928. The census was likely maintained by Sing Sing's deputy warden. For each day, the following information was recorded: number of incarcerated individuals received and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Sing Sing Prison

 

 

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This volume contains information on incarcerated individuals who escaped from Sing Sing Prison. Each entry includes the following: name, date received; crime and term; date escaped; date of capture; and remarks..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

Sing Sing Prison

 

 

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This series consists of a journal used by prison guards to log special activities that occurred during night watches. Included is the date, location of duty, name of officer on duty, and remarks..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Sing Sing Prison

 

 

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This series consists of daily diaries kept by warden W. L. Denno of Sing Sing Prison documenting his official activities. Entries include inspections of site personnel and security protocol; details of visitors to the prison, including police investigators; attempted escapes; misconduct of incarcerated .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

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Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.). Board of Visitors

 

 

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This series consists of hearing transcripts from special meetings of Albion's Board of Visitors relating to the Board's investigation into mismanagement at the institution. The majority of individuals giving testimony apparently were members of Albion's staff. Much of the testimony relates to the administration .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

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Bedford Hills Correctional Facility

 

 

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This series consists of a daily journal summarizing activity at Westfield and Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. It is unknown if the journal relates to Westfield's Reformatory or Prison Division. Included are handwritten notes summarizing officer duty and inmate activity during each day. Notes include .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

Sing Sing Prison

 

 

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This series contains the only existing volumes of the daily journal that were maintained by Sing Sing Prison's Principal Keeper. The journal provides a daily summary of information on the population of incarcerated individuals and the prison staff. Volume One covers September 11, 1917, to July 7, 1918, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Westfield State Farm. Reformatory Division

 

 

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This series consists of record cards relating to women received at the Westfield State Farm and its predecessor, the New York State Reformatory for Women. Information includes inmate background (color, education, occupation, previous arrests, family, and marital status); crime; psychological testing .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

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Western House of Refuge for Women (Albion, N.Y.)

 

 

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The Superintendent's daily journals contain brief notations about activities involving inmates and staff of the Western House of Refuge for Women. Entries document daily institutional life in some detail and contain remarks on the weather and assessments of morale. Information includes inmates admitted, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

Western House of Refuge for Women. Board of Managers

 

 

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This series consists of annual reports of the Western House of Refuge for Women. The reports include a list of officers and Board of Managers members; remarks about monthly meetings; lists of appropriations items relating to maintenance, equipment, construction and reports from the Superintendent, departments, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives