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New York State Department of Correctional Services Wyoming 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:
Wyoming Correctional Facility, located in Wyoming County, N.Y., is a medium 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. This series contains a 2% sample of case files for inmates incarcerated in Wyoming Correctional Facility. Files documenting certain demographic groups and types of offenders are also included.
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Title:
Wyoming Correctional Facility inmate case files
Quantity:

38 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1976-2004
Series Number:
W0060

Arrangement

Roughly numerical by DIN number.

Administrative History

Wyoming Correctional Facility, located in Wyoming County, N.Y., is a medium security correctional facility for male felons.

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 Wyoming 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.

W0060-05: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files for inmates incarcerated in Wyoming Correctional Facility. In addition to the sampled case files, files for inmates incarcerated in Attica Correctional Facility at the time of the 1971 uprising, inmates who received life sentences, sex offenders, inmates who died in custody, and inmates of Asian and Native American ethnicity are included when available.

W0060-08: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files of inmates incarcerated in Wyoming 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.

W0060-21: 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).

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Acquisition Information

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

W0060-21: This accretion was transferred under RDA 16112.

Processing Information

W0060 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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Contents Box

Accretion: W0060-13
Attica Riot:80C0308-91B1404 1
2% Sample:92A4084-92R9012 2
Notorious:91A5778-92A3109 3
Notorious:75C0255-77A3335 4
Notorious:77C0144 5
Notorious:84C0271-86C0923 6
Notorious:87A2722-88A5058 7
Notorious:88A7913-88C0831 8
Notorious:88T2536-89C1261 9
Notorious:89T2892-90A8224 10
Notorious:90B3145-90C0965 11
Notorious:90T1375-91A1800 12
Notorious:91B0220-91B1334 13
Notorious:91B2264-92A4994 14
Notorious:92A5276-92B2397 15
Notorious:93A0561-96B1040 16
Notorious:89B1082-89T3289;Other Race:92A4692 17
Notorious:90A5647-95A2958 18
88C0831 19