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New York State Department of Correctional Services Groveland 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:
Groveland Correctional Facility, located in Livingston County, N.Y., is a medium and minimum security correctional facility for male and female felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated individuals.
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Title:
Groveland Correctional Facility inmate case files
Quantity:

59 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1976-2002
Series Number:
W0027

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 Groveland 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.

W0027-05: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files for inmates incarcerated in Groveland Correctional Facility. In addition to the sampled case files, files for prisoners incarcerated in Attica Correctional Facility at the time of the 1971 uprising, prisoners receiving life sentences, sex offenders, inmates who died in custody, and inmates of Asian and Native American ethnicity are included when available.

W0027-08: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files of inmates incarcerated in Groveland 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 when available.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

W0027-05, W0027-13, W0027-19: Folder list is available at the repository.

Acquisition Information

W0027-13, W0027-19: This accretion was transferred under RDA 14610 by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

Processing Information

W0027 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: W0027-13
Notorious:84A0402-86A9080 1
Notorious:86C0456-86C1146 2
Notorious:87A8138-88A8522 3
Notorious:89A2582-90A7286 4
Notorious:90A8711-90B3139 5
Notorious:90B3223-90D0136 6
Notorious:90T5058-91A6264 7
Notorious:91B0635-91B1988 8
Notorious:91B2089-91R0919;92B0290 9
Notorious:92A1515-92A4868 10
Notorious:92A9027-92B0092 11
Notorious:92B0123-92B1400 12
Notorious:92B1636-93A0364;92B1417 13
Notorious:93A2686-93B0323 14
Notorious:93B1028-94A5755 15
Notorious:94A7231-95R1073 16
Notorious:91A6523-95R0145;2% Sample:93A0311 17
2% Sample:93R7399-94R0108;Attica Riot:79C0562 18
Attica Riot:71C0100 19
2% Sample:92B2416;Attica Riot:85C0679 20
2% Sample:93A5647-94A8589 21