New York State Department of Correctional Services Parkside Correctional Facility Incarcerated Individual Case Files W0043

New York State Department of Correctional Services Parkside Correctional Facility Incarcerated Individual 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:

Parkside Correctional Facility (1984-1999), located in New York City, was a medium security correctional facility for women. Case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of those who were incarcerated at Parkside.

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

Title:

Parkside Correctional Facility incarcerated individual case files

Quantity:

99.25 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1956-1996

Series Number:

W0043

Arrangement

W0043-13: Roughly numerical by DIN number.

Scope and Content Note

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

Beginning with those released after 1956, only the following case files categories were transferred to the State Archives: incarcerated individuals who died in custody, those who committed sex offenses, people of certain minority ethnic groups, individuals 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.

W0043-93A: This accretion contains a sample of case files for women incarcerated during the period 1956-1976, and released from the institution during the period 1974-1976.

W0043-98C: This accretion contains a 2 percent sample of case files for those who were incarcerated during the period 1964-1981 and released from the institution during the period 1976-1981. In addition to the 2 percent sample, files are present for incarcerated individuals who received life sentences, those who committed sex offenses, people who died in custody, and women of Asian and Native American ethnicity. There are 90 case files in the accretion.

W0043-04: This accretion consists of the case files of one individual who was incarcerated in Parkside Correctional Facility during the period 1985-1988.

W0043-08: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files of those incarcerated in Parkside Correctional Facility, the majority of whom were released from 1988-1992. In addition to the sampled case files, people receiving life sentences, those who committed sex offenses, peoplewho died in custody, and women of Asian and Native American ethnicity are included when available.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

W0043-98C and W0043-13: Folder list is available at the repository.

Acquisition Information

This subseries was transferred under RDA 14610 by the Department of Correctional Services and later, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

Processing Information

W0043 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 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.