New York State Department of Correctional Services Mid-Orange Correctional Facility Inmate Case Files W0033

New York State Department of Correctional Services Mid-Orange 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:

Mid-Orange Correctional Facility (1977-2011), located in Orange County, N.Y., was a medium security correctional facility for incarcerated males. Case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of these individuals.

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

Title:

Mid-Orange Correctional Facility inmate case files

Quantity:

28.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1976-2004

Series Number:

W0033

Arrangement

W0033-05, W0033-13: Roughly numerical by DIN number.

W0033-97A: Chronological by release date.

Scope and Content Note

This subseries of the general case files series, Series 14610, consists of case files relating to men who were incarcerated in Mid-Orange Correctional Facility. Case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated individuals. The content of the case files reflects the role of each institution.

Beginning with incarcerated individuals released after 1956, only the following case files categories were transferred to the State Archives: men who died in custody, those who committed sex offenses, incarcerated individuals of certain minority ethnic groups, ones who received life sentences, and a 2% sample of all incarcerated individuals who were released from any correctional facility. All other case files were destroyed.

W0033-97A: In addition to a 2% case file sample, files for incarcerated individuals receiving life sentences, men of certain ethnic groups, people who died in custody, and those who committed sex offenses are also included. Many of the incarcerated individuals categorized as having received life sentences actually received two years to life and were generally released on parole after serving a minimum sentence.

W0033-05, W0033-08: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files of incarcerated individuals in Mid-Orange Correctional Facility, the majority of whom were released from 1988-1992. In addition to the sampled case files, those receiving life sentences, committed sex crimes, died in custody, and incarcerated individuals of Asian and Native American ethnicity are included when available.

W0033-21: This accretion documents incarcerated individuals whose sentences reached maximum expiration dates in 2003-2004. Records only document those 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

W0033-97A, W0033-05, W0033-13, W0033-19, W0033-21: Folder list is available at the repository.

Acquisition Information

W0033-13, W0033-19: This accretion was transferred under RDA 14610.

W0033-21: This accretion was transferred under RDA 16112.

Processing Information

W0033 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 incarcerated individuals 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.