Research

Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
The series consists of reports documenting the daily capacity and inmate population for each correctional facility managed by the Department of Correctional Services. The reports are the official source for such statistics, which are used to calculate the rate of occupancy of the prisons in New York State. A typical report contains the following data for each facility; designed general confinement capacity of the facility; actual general confinement population; designed capacity for restricted housing; actual number in restricted housing; total capacity; number in hospital; number furloughed; and number of unusable cells.
Creator:
Title:
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision daily prison population/capacity reports
Quantity:

4.25 cubic feet

Quantity:

61 volume(s)

Quantity:

37 megabyte(s)

Quantity:

405 digital file(s)

Inclusive Dates:
1976-1993, 2020-2023
Series Number:
19129