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New York State Department of Correctional Services Taconic Correctional Facility Inmate Case Files

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Overview of the Records

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 women who were incarcerated in Taconic 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.

W0052-94: The accretion consists of a 2% sample of case files for inmates released after 1956 from Taconic Correctional Facility.

W0052-97A: In addition to a 2% case file sample, files for prisoners receiving life sentences, prisoners of certain ethnic groups, and sex offenders are also included. Many of the inmates categorized as having received life sentences actually received two years to life and were generally released on parole after serving a minimum sentence.

W0052-05: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files for inmates incarcerated in Taconic Correctional Facility. In addition to the 2% sample, files for inmates of Asian or Native American ethnicity are also included.

W0052-08: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files of inmates incarcerated in Taconic 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.

W0052-13A: This accretion consists of the case file of one female inmate who was released from Taconic Correctional Facility in 1997. The file, which was missing from several previously transferred accretions, appears to be entirely medical in nature.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

W0052-94, W0052-97A, W0052-05, W0052-13, W0052-19: Folder lists are available at the repository.

Acquisition Information

W0052-13, W0052-19: These accretions were transferred under RDA 14610 by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

Processing Information

W0052 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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