Prison financial operating reports
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
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Albany, NY 12230
2 cubic feet
(6 volumes)
Arrangement
Reverse chronological order.
Scope and Content Note
These are financial records of Auburn, Clinton, Great Meadow, and Sing Sing prisons.
The Correction Law required prison wardens to submit to the Department of Correction monthly statements of receipts and expenditures. The statements include amounts spent on items such as equipment, wages, and administrative expenses; and receipts from the sale of goods manufactured at the prisons. The schedules are broken down into categories such as Assets (e.g. industry accounts receivable, work in progress); Liabilities and Funds (e.g. industry vouchers payable, convicts' deposits, wages payable); Purchases for Stores; and Machinery and Equipment purchases or sales. There is also a volume of abstracts of accounts from all of the correctional facilities, submitted to the comptroller by the superintendent of state prisons (1924-1926) or the commissioner of corrections (1927).
Access Restrictions
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Access Terms
New York (State). Prison Department
New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Ossining Correctional Facility
Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Sing Sing Correctional Facility