New York State Industrial School Reports of Inmate Conduct and Punishments for Offenses A3136

New York State Industrial School Reports of Inmate Conduct and Punishments for Offenses

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

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

Summary:

This series provides information on inmate conduct, and punishments for misconduct. Inmate conduct reports include date; name and number of inmates; offense or an indication of good or improved behavior, and by whom reported. Punishments for misconduct reports include date; name and number of inmates; and punishments for reported offenses. Institution bylaws required a misconduct report be filed in a "Complaint Book" before any inmate could be punished for an offense. Records are restricted.

Creator:

New York (State). State Industrial School

Title:

Reports of inmate conduct and punishments for offenses

Quantity:

2.5 cubic feet

7 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1882-1897

Series Number:

A3136

Arrangement

Volumes 1-6:Chronological by date of report.

Volume 7:Numeric by division number, then rough chronological by date of report.

Scope and Content Note

These volumes provide information on two related topics: inmate conduct, whether good or bad; and punishments for misconduct.

1. Inmate conduct: Conduct reports are from institution officers to the Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent (1882-1894) or from the Chief of the Department of Discipline to particular institution officers (1894-1897) and provide: date; name and number of inmates (no inmate numbers in Volume 7, 1894-1897); offense, or an indication of good or improved behavior; and by whom reported (1882-1894 only).

2. Punishments for misconduct: These are recorded separately next to the conduct reports except for those from 1894-1897 (Volume 7), where conduct and punishment are recorded together in a single report by the Chief of the Department of Discipline. The separate punishment reports were recorded by the Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent and provide: date; name and number of inmate(s); and punishment(s) for reported offense(s).

Institution bylaws required that a report of misconduct be filed in a "Complaint Book" before any inmate could be punished for an offense.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

Rough alphabetical index to inmate names in volumes 1-4.

Custodial History

The Department of Social Welfare placed these records on loan to the Syracuse University Library from 1960-1977.

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).