Clinton Prison Hospital Admission and Treatment Registers B0102

Clinton Prison Hospital Admission and Treatment Registers

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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 consists of two bound volumes of hospital ledgers documenting the admission, treatment, and discharge of inmates for various ailments. Each entry contains the inmate name, prison number, consecutive number, cell number, age, color, religion, occupation, date received at Clinton, crime, sentence, from what county sentenced, short time, address, prescription, date of prescription, date of admission to hospital, diagnosis, discharge date, and remarks, if any.

Creator:

Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

Title:

Hospital admission and treatment registers

Quantity:

1 cubic foot

2 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1901-1911

Series Number:

B0102

Arrangement

Chronolgical by hospital admission date.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of two bound volumes of Clinton Prison hospital ledgers documenting the admission, treatment, and discharge of inmates for various ailments. Each entry contains the inmate name, prison number, consecutive number, cell number, age, color, religion, occupation, date received at Clinton, crime, sentence, from what county sentenced, short time, address, prescription for ailment, date of prescription, date of admission to hospital, disease suffering from, discharge date, and remarks, if any.

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Volume list is available at the repository.

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.