Research

1

Creator:

Sing Sing Prison

 

 

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The Statistical Department of Sing Sing Prison compiled a country-by-country list of foreign-born incarcerated individuals containing the following information: consecutive number; age; date of admittance; country; crime; sentence; and disposition. This appears to have been created by the prison administration .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

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

 

3

Creator:

Sing Sing Prison

 

 

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This series consists of information on each incarcerated individual received at the prison. The early volumes provide information such as: admission date; alias; county from which received; age; birthplace; marital and family status; residence; height; weight; complexion; eye and hair color; other physical .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of journals documenting expenditures in Auburn Prison special funds. Information includes date of expenditure, person or company paid, and name of account (e.g., Ordinary Repairs, Water System, Library, Electrocution, Emergency). Total expenditures for each fund are given every .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Correction

 

 

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This series consists of appointment cards or visitor passes issued by the superintendent of an unnamed (presumably) correctional facility authorizing interviews or visits between inmates and visitors. Slips provide name of inmate and brief relationship to visitor and are signed by the clerk of the "cage .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York State Prison (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

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This single leaf from a bound volume contains summary information on prisoners discharged from the State Prison of the City of New York (Newgate Prison) in 1828 with last names beginning with the letter "C" through "E" only. The inspectors of the prison maintained this record in compliance with Chapter .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of monthly reports documenting activities of Department of Mental Hygiene staff psychiatrists at Auburn State Prison. Reports give: number of inmates interviewed and receiving individual therapy; number of group therapy sessions; number of inmates in group therapy; number placed .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of statistical reports documenting activities of the Clinton Prison Classification Clinic. Reports give the numbers of: classified inmates, unclassified inmates, inmates interviewed for purposes other than classification or parole, inmates interviewed by psychiatrist for preparation .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

Elmira Reformatory

 

 

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This series consists of summary information for employee absences, make-up days, and scheduling adjustments at the Elmira Reformatory. Information includes names, dates absent or made up, and nature of absences, usually sickness or vacation..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York State Prison (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series contains summary information on prisoners received into the State Prison of the City of New York (Newgate Prison). The register is divided into sections by gender and race and lists name, birthplace, crime, county of conviction, sentence, and date of sentence. Some entries include residence, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

Westfield State Farm

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence of the superintendent of the New York State Reformatory for Women (after 1931, Westfield State Farm). Series contains unsuccessful requests for information about individuals assumed to be currently or formerly incarcerated in the institution. These inquiries are .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene

 

 

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Records in this series include data sheets, coding sheets, abstracts of patient records, and reports. Included are records relating to the Baxstrom patient research study and the pre-Baxstrom research study in the 1970s, which examined individuals transferred from hospitals of the criminally insane .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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Wallkill Correctional Facility, located in Ulster County, N.Y., is a medium security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives