New York State Department of Correctional Services Attica Correctional Facility Inmate Case Files
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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:
Attica Correctional Facility, located in Wyoming 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.
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Title:
Attica Correctional Facility inmate case files
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1940-2004
Series Number:
W0005
Arrangement
Roughly numerical by DIN number.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries of the general inmate case files series, Series 14610, consists of inmate case files relating to men who were
incarcerated in Attica Correctional Facility. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background,
arrest, confinement, and release/parole of inmates. The content of the case files reflects the role of each institution.
Beginning with inmates released after 1956, only the following case files categories were transferred to the State Archives:
inmates who died in custody, sex offenders, inmates of certain minority ethnic groups, inmates who received life sentences,
and a 2% sample of all inmates who were released from any correctional facility. All other case files were destroyed.
W0005-88F: This accretion consists of approximately 800 case files relating to inmates confined at Attica Prison from 1947
to 1956. Some records in the case files date from about 1940 for inmates previously confined in other institutions. The case
files relate to inmates with Attica inmate consecutive numbers between 9382 and 14314. During the period represented by these
records, Attica served as a maximum security prison for male felons principally from courts in central and western counties
in the State. Attica also received inmates by transfer from the Reception Center and from other institutions, particularly
parole violators. Beginning in 1949, the records in each case file are divided into three separate folders: a general records
folder; a medical records folder; and a Service Unit folder containing records relating to inmate institutional progress and
parole. These folders, kept separately during the inmate's confinement, were consolidated into the case files when the inmate
was released.
W0005-94B: This accretion consists of a 2% sample of case files for inmates released from 1954 through 1978 from Attica Correctional
Facility.
W0005-01: This accretion consists of 157 case files relating to inmates released from Attica Prison (later Attica Correctional
Facility) between 1950 and 1981 (bulk pertain to those released between 1976 and 1981). Some case files record information
from approximately 1955. Included in the accretion are a two percent sample of all case files, all case files for inmates
of certain minority ethnic groups, all inmates who died in custody, all inmates serving life sentences, and all inmates who
escaped while in custody. No notorious inmates are identified. No female inmates are represented. Many inmates were previously
confined in other facilities.
W0005-05: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files for inmates incarcerated in Attica Correctional facility. In addition
to the sampled case files, files for prisoners receiving life sentences, sex offenders, inmates who died in custody, and inmates
of Asian and Native American ethnicity are included when available.
W0005-08: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files of inmates incarcerated in Attica Correctional Facility, the majority
of whom were released from 1988-1992. In addition to the sampled case files, prisoners receiving life sentences, sex offenders,
inmates who died in custody, and inmates of Asian and Native American ethnicity are included.
W0005-21: This accretion documents inmates whose sentences reached maximum expiration dates in 2003-2004. Records only document
inmates categorized under specific felony and central monitoring classes: Class A-1, CMC A status; Arson (1st, 2nd); Kidnapping
(1st, 2nd); Conspiracy (1st); Coercion (CMC A, class D only).
Other Finding Aids
Available at Repository
W0005-05, W0005-13, W0005-19, W0005-21: Folder list is available at the repository.
Online Index
Personal Name Index The index to series W0005 includes names of inmates confined in Attica State Prison (later Attica Correctional Facility) between
approximately 1947 and 1981. Note: for inmates released between 1956 and 1996, only the following case files categories were
transferred to the State Archives: inmates who died in custody, sex offenders, inmates of certain minority ethnic groups,
inmates who received life sentences, and a 2% sample of all inmates who were released from any correctional facility. All
other case files were destroyed.
Acquisition Information
W0005-13, W0005-19: This accretion was transferred under RDA 14610 by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
W0005-21: This accretion was transferred under RDA 16112.
Processing Information
W0005 is formally part of Series 14610, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Inmate Case Files. To improve
access, Series 14610 was divided into "W" subseries corresponding to individual correctional facilities.
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.
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Detailed Description
Contents |
Box |
Accretion: W0005-13 |
Notorious:75A1884 |
1 |
Notorious:81C0183-82A0917;82A1208 |
8 |
Notorious:82A0917;82A0963 |
9 |
Notorious:82A1843-82A3343 |
10 |
Notorious:83A6030-83A6774 |
12 |
Notorious:84A0719-84A5006 |
13 |
Notorious:84C0282-85A2400 |
14 |
Notorious:85A2400-85C0344 |
15 |
Notorious:86A9233-87A0408 |
16 |
Notorious:87A1057-87A1059 |
17 |
Notorious:87A6151-87T1260 |
18 |
Notorious:88C0638-89A1592 |
19 |
Notorious:89C0207-89C0715 |
20 |
Notorious:89C1148-89C1638 |
21 |
Notorious:89C1638-89T0756 |
22 |
Notorious:89T5159-90A0904 |
23 |
Notorious:90A7436-90C1078 |
24 |
Notorious:90C1265-90T0100 |
25 |
Notorious:90T3916-90T3970 |
26 |
Notorious:90T3970-91A0951 |
27 |
Notorious:91A2170-91A4534 |
28 |
Notorious:91A6003-91A8389 |
29 |
Notorious:91A8389-91A9040 |
30 |
Notorious:91A9040-91B0186 |
31 |
Notorious:91B0574-91B0860 |
32 |
Notorious:91B1521-92A0889 |
33 |
Notorious:92A2600-92A3263 |
34 |
Notorious:92A3718-92A4574 |
35 |
Notorious:92A4720-92A5887 |
36 |
Notorious:92A6617-92A8638 |
37 |
Notorious:92A9045-92R1874 |
38 |
Notorious:92R3573-93A0664 |
39 |
Notorious:93A1023-93A2515 |
40 |
Notorious:93A2522-93A4856 |
41 |
Notorious:93A7293-93B1196 |
42 |
Notorious:93B1196-94A1131 |
43 |
Notorious:94A1131-94A1954 |
44 |
Notorious:94A2471-94A8039 |
45 |
Notorious:94R9526-95A1480 |
46 |
Notorious:95A1480-95R1256 |
47 |
Notorious:88A3604-89T2719 |
48 |
Notorious:90A4112-91A0991 |
49 |
Notorious:91A2798-94A3207 |
50 |
Notorious:89T3120-94A4121 |
51 |
Notorious:91R5625-95A7064;Attica Riot:70A0026 |
52 |
2% Sample:75A0704;Attica Riot:81A2886 |
53 |
2% Sample:86A1278;Attica Riot:81A2886 |
54 |
Attica Riot:86A5742;Other Race:87A7682;92R2085 |
56 |