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Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This series consists of vouchers for payment submitted to the Comptroller's Office by officials at Auburn Prison. Expenditures are listed for prison maintenance items such as food, utensils, and clothing, as well as for administrative items such as office supplies. Payments for guards and yard keepers .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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Adirondack Correctional Facility, located in Essex 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..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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Sing Sing Prison

 

 

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This series consists of admission registers (also known as a "receiving blotter") of federally incarcerated individuals admitted to Sing Sing Prison. Entries include the person's name; aliases; date and place of conviction; offense; term of sentence; date of sentence; beginning and expiration date; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

Sing Sing Prison

 

 

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This series contains volumes providing summary information on incarcerated individuals sentenced to be executed. Information includes but is not limited to name and aliases of incarcerated individual; crime; term out by commutation, expiration, or pardon; place of birth, age, and occupation; marital .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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New York (State). Office of General Services. Design and Construction. Design Division

 

 

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This series consists of photographs and drawings of aerial views of New York State institutions. Most photographs document existing structures and planned construction. Some items include date of photography, flight height, camera used, lens focal length, and approximate index scale. Several photographs .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of contracts made by the Prison Agent with individuals and firms for the mining and manufacturing of iron and nails, and the making of barrel hoops, boots and shoes, and other products of prison industry. Included are details concerning the employment of prison labor in these en.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of daily summary statistical information of inmates entering, leaving, and housed at Albion State Training School. Information includes date; name and case number of inmates received, discharged, or paroled; total number in facility and in various units (for example, hospital, segregation); .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of annual reports of Clinton Prison submitted by the Warden to the Commissioner of Corrections. Reports usually include summary statistics on inmate population and finances and reports from various units of prison administration such as commissary, school, library, hospital, chaplains, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of annual reports submitted by the prison warden to the Commissioner of Correction. The reports include statistical and descriptive information on prison matters such as financial receipts and expenditures; prison labor; incarcerated population; industries; educational and other .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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Arthur Kill Correctional Facility (1976-2011), located in Richmond County, N.Y., was 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

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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Attica Correctional Facility, located in Wyoming 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

 

 

Creator:

Auburn Correctional Facility

 

 

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This series consists of records of the Coordinator of Volunteer Services, who worked with the Logan Jaycees and the Jaycees Prison Chapter in Auburn. Records include questionnaires of persons touring the facility; articles on prison volunteer programs nationwide; Logan Jaycees monthly newsletter; prison .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of statistical records of Auburn prisons' population of incarcerated individuals. Information may include total number: in prison; in prison at morning and in evening; received; discharged; lodgers; applications for treatment; treated; not treated; excused from labor; pardoned; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series records the sale of goods produced at Auburn Prison. Each page lists the name and address of a customer, usually a state agency, institution or county clerk's office; the item bought or sold; transaction date and unit price of the item. Also included are credits, gross sales, and net sales .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of records of incarcerated individuals discharged after their sentences were "commuted," Entries lists name; county; crime; term; date of sentence; date received at prison; shop incarcerated individual worked in; date of discharge; and remarks. Later volumes court; judge and commutation .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of records of females admitted to the Women's Prison at Auburn. Information includes consecutive and register numbers; name; date received; crime; sentence; date sentenced; county; court; judge; former trade or occupation; idle or employed when arrested; if married; color; age; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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The volumes in this series document incarcerated individuals released from Auburn Prison. The amount and detail of information recorded varies over time, but typically includes name, age, date sentenced, term to which sentenced, and date and nature of discharge (parole, commutation, pardon, transfer, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series records basic information about incarcerated individuals admitted to the prison. Information includes class, consecutive and register numbers, name, crime, sentence, dates received and sentenced, county, court, former trade or occupation; employment status; if could read or write; if married; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, located in Westchester County, N.Y., is a maximum security correctional facility for women. Case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated females..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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