Finding Aid Search Results
Creator:
Elmira Reformatory
Series:
B2563
Dates:
1902-1911
Abstract:
This series consists of thirty-seven, two-page biographical entries relating to incarcerated individuals at the New York State Industrial School who were ordered to serve temporary, definite sentences at the New York State Reformatory at Elmira. Entries include past criminal history; date of order confining .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Elmira Reformatory
Abstract:
This series consists of a register of men returned to Elmira for parole violations. Information includes name; age; initial crime; date first received at Elmira; date paroled; date returned; time on parole; trade taught at Elmira; situation during parole (employment, personal and social habits, arrest .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Elmira Reformatory
Abstract:
These registers contain a two-page summary of information on each incarcerated individual admitted to Elmira during the period 1879 to 1957. Most of the information was recorded at the time of admission to Elmira, with only minor notations relating to conduct and discharge. The detail of information .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
New York (State). Board of Inspectors
Abstract:
This series documents the administrative activities of the member of the Board of Inspectors who was designated as the inspector of Auburn Prison. Information includes a brief description of the activities of inspectors such as accepting resignations; inspecting prison facilities, operations, and inmates; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of general and special orders from Agent and Warden of Clinton State Prison concerning the duties of keepers and guards, rules for prisoners, and other administrative procedures..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Series:
W0064
Dates:
1976-1985, 1997-2002
Abstract:
Camp Gabriels was a minimum security state correctional facility located in Franklin County, New York. The State of New York purchased the facility from Paul Smith's College in 1982 and operated it as a correctional facility until 2009. This series contains two case files for two inmates released from .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Auburn Prison
Series:
B0029
Dates:
[circa 1933-1963]
Abstract:
These are records of incarcerated individuals who died in Auburn Prison. Case files were kept for all incarcerated individuals, and records of deceased individuals were pulled from the active files and filed together..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Sing Sing Prison
Series:
B0145
Dates:
1939-1963
Abstract:
This series consists of case files of incarcerated individuals sentenced to electrocution at Sing Sing Prison. Files contain warrants of execution; investigation reports (personal and criminal history); receipts for, and replies to, notice of appeal (if filed); correspondence regarding writing and visiting .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Cayuga Correctional Facility, located in Cayuga 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
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series provides summary background information on inmates. Entries include inmate number and name; color; date received; county where convicted; date of sentence; length of sentence; crime; previous occupation; nativity; age; habits; education; family relations; former convictions; whether employed .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Clinton Correctional Facility, located in Clinton 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:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of summary background information on inmates at Clinton Prison. The "Guard Room" register includes inmate name and number; company and cell number; date received; county where convicted; name of judge; crime; and minimum sentence or eligibility for parole. Discharge and/or parole .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series includes files for six Clinton Prison inmates who escaped incarceration during the period 1914-1927. The files document attempts by the prison administration to notify law enforcement agencies and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the escapes and to monitor attempts to apprehend the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
Office files of the Clinton Prison Warden contain correspondence, memorandums, and printed forms. Subjects include accidents involving staff; aliens in custody; arms and ammunition; amusements; Champlain College; chaplains; commissary; contraband; duty chart; fires; grievance procedures; insurance; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series contains a morning and evening census of inmates. Information includes number out, in punishment and observation cells, in hospital, halls, or corridors. Later entries record daily population of first, second, third, and fourth offenders, both white and "colored." Also included are notes .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of volumes providing physical description and summary personal, criminal conviction, and sentencing information regarding each inmate admitted to Clinton Prison..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of inmate medical and psychiatric reports used to determine the physical and mental condition of inmates serving indeterminate sentences. Clinical staff also conducted scientific studies and psychiatric evaluations in an effort to determine causes of criminal behavior and make recommendations .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, and printed forms compiled by the office of the warden of Clinton Prison. Records pertain to insurance claims, aliens incarcerated at the prison, arms and munitions, amusements (amateur theatricals and field days), Champlain College, chaplains, contraband, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Abstract:
Collins Correctional Facility, located in Erie 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
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series contains routine letters to the Comptroller's Office concerning financial matters such as expenditures, appropriations and bonds mostly from Auburn and Sing Sing prisons..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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