Research

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Creator:

Great Meadow Prison

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of one register documenting the parole of inmates from Great Meadow Prison..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of records of incarcerated individuals granted parole from Auburn Prison. Information includes consecutive number; name; date received; minimum and maximum terms; expiration dates; parole date; delinquency date; date returned for parole violation; delinquent time to serve; parole .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Board of Parole

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains records created or compiled by the State Board of Parole in relation to parole of incarcerated individuals from Auburn Prison. For each individual applying for parole, there is a folder with records documenting the entire process of parole from admission into the state correctional .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of lists of inmates who were to be considered for parole. The records list number and name of inmate; crime; date received; sentence; minimum and maximum expiration dates; jail time; punishments; days lost; minimum expiration with lost time added; remarks; and whether an initial .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of meeting minutes of the Parole Board of Auburn Prison and the State Prison for Women. Early minutes include transcriptions of interviews with incarcerated individuals; family relations, prospective employment after parole, and similar matters of interest to the Board. After 1930, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This volume contains summary information about parole applications denied by the Parole Committee. Each entry includes the following: name of incarcerated individual and case number, requested parole date, date eligible to and committee determination. Determination information included: deferred decision, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York House of Refuge

 

 

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Abstract:  

The Visiting Agent visited the homes of new inmates and paroled inmates' employer to ensure appropriate placement. Information in the daily reports includes name and number of parolee visited; city and/or home address of parolee; relatives' comments on parolee's progress; name and location of employer .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

The Reformatory's Protestant chaplains functioned as "home visitation agents" or parole agents. They evaluated an inmate's former home, the master's home of an indentured inmate, or the home of a paroled inmate. The brief narrative reports may include master's name, residence, occupation and treatment .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York House of Refuge

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These minutes summarize the committee's consideration of parole of new inmates, inmates eligible for parole, inmates who applied for parole, and inmates returned to the institution for violating parole. The minutes list inmates' names and numbers and the action to earn parole; investigation to be made; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This summary information concerns inmate's background, offense, and discharge. Admission entries include: name and case number; book number; admission date; division and class number; age; previous residence or court which committed inmate; offense; nativity ; and parents' ethnic/racial background. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This committee met periodically with the Superintendent to review matters concerning inmate apprenticeships. Minutes document committee actions on the: review of applications from prospective master ( include applicant's name and relationship to the inmate, inmate's name, case number and committee's .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Board of Parole

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of records of women paroled from the Women's Prison at Auburn. Files include criminal and personal history information similar to that found in standard state prison inmate case files from this era. The major difference is that these files were specifically compiled to document .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These volumes contain summary information about discharge and parole/indenture ship history of inmates including: name and case number; discharge date; school division, class; religion; race; reason for or manner of discharge, occupation during previous indentures; and length of time served at the House .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

14

Creator:

New York House of Refuge

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

Scrapbooks consist mostly of news clippings concerning conditions at the House of Refuge (Vol. 1 and 2) and crime and prison conditions in New York (Vol. 5) and throughout the United States (Vols. 3 and 4).. Included are programs for shows/events and clippings related to the Freedom of Worship Act and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives