Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)
Title:
Series:
B0126
Dates:
1915-1930
Abstract:
This single volume was used by the keepers of the State Reformatory at Elmira to specifically enumerate and track inmates of Italian birth. Institutional authorities considered Italian immigrants to be among the new "dangerous classes" threatening American society. State authorities also feared that .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
Foreign-born prisoners accounted for nearly fifty-five percent of the prison population increase in the early twentieth century. Individual facilities gathered detailed information about their foreign-born inmates to document the increase and burden on the state. This series consists of information .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
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
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Creator:
New York State Prison (New York, N.Y.)
Title:
Series:
B2455
Dates:
1828
Abstract:
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
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Wende Correctional Facility, located in Erie County, N.Y., is a maximum 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
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Creator:
New York (State). State Commission of Correction
Abstract:
This series consists of meeting minutes, sheriffs' reports, facility files, statistical reports, and other records pertinent to the functions of the State Commission of Correction. Chiefly these records are the administrative files collected or created in the course of overseeing state prisons and assessing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
The series consists of the inmate history system subfile known as Release File. The release file contains detailed criminal and demographic data on all inmates released annually from DOCS facilities. The release file contains two record types: the receiving blotter (I-2 record) for all annual releases; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Elmira Reformatory
Abstract:
This series consists of information on men returned to Elmira for parole violations. Information includes name and number; date of return; date of first admission; maximum sentence or "Class" number; crime; county of sentencing; previous occupation; previous incarcerations; age; marital status; color; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Title:
Series:
19684
Dates:
1976-1984
Abstract:
The Admission and Release files contain criminal and demographic data on all inmates admitted to and released from facilities supervised by the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) between 1976 and 1984. Each record identifies inmate's name, gender, ethnicity, education level, occupation, drug .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York State Prison (New York, N.Y.)
Abstract:
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:
New York (State). State Commission of Correction
Abstract:
This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the New York State Commission of Correction..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Correctional Industries
Title:
Series:
B2125
Dates:
2006, 2008, 2011, 2015
Abstract:
This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Department of Correctional Services's Division of Correctional Industries, which uses the marketplace name Corcraft..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Title:
Series:
B2202
Dates:
2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2020
Abstract:
This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and its predecessor agency, the New York State Department of Correctional Services..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
Eastern New York Reformatory
Abstract:
This series consists of summary information of inmates discharged from the Eastern New York Reformatory. Information includes name; date discharged; county where convicted; conviction date; name of court; judge's name; crime; sentence length; former trade or occupation; employment status; color; age; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
Eastern New York Reformatory
Abstract:
The series consists of summary information on inmates received at the Eastern New York Reformatory. Most inmates were received from the New York State Reformatory at Elmira. Others were received from Auburn, Sing Sing or other State prisons or were returned to the reformatory for violating parole. Information .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Division of State Police. Troop A, Batavia
Abstract:
This series consists of paper records that were gathered as evidence by the Division of State Police in the aftermath of the Attica Correctional Facility uprising of September 9-13, 1971. State Police personnel tagged the documents as evidence for the investigation and eventual prosecution of acts considered .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Altona Correctional Facility, located in Clinton 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
18
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Bare Hill Correctional Facility, located in Franklin 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
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Bayview Correctional Facility (1974-2012), located in New York City, was a medium security correctional facility for male and female felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated women..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Beacon Correctional Facility (closed in 2013), located in Dutchess County, N.Y., was a medium security correctional facility for female felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated women..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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