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Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of lists of inmates who were to be considered for parole. The records list number and name of inmate; crime; date received; sentence; minimum and maximum expiration dates; jail time; punishments; days lost; minimum expiration with lost time added; remarks; and whether an initial .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Western Reformatory for Women

 

 

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This series consists of notebooks recording daily activities at the Western Reformatory for Women. Information includes records of routine inspections at various posts; items going into and out of the laundry; officers' orders; issuances of items such as shoes; visitors; behavior of inmates in segregation .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series records infractions of the rules by officers or inmates, and inmates' complaints. Kept by the assistant superintendent, information recorded includes the date; inmate number (if applicable); name; whether an officer or inmate; whether there were former offenses or complaints; the offense .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Westfield State Farm. Prison Division

 

 

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This series consists of receiving blotters providing summary information on inmates received at the State Prison for Women located at Westfield State Farm. Information includes inmate name; nature, date, and place of crime; accomplices; sentencing date; date received; birthplace and date; parents' nativity .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of annual reports submitted by the prison warden to the Commissioner of Correction. The reports include statistical and descriptive information on prison matters such as financial receipts and expenditures; prison labor; incarcerated population; industries; educational and other .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Prison for Women

 

 

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This series consists of records for inmates released from the State Prison for Women. Information includes name; inmate number; crime; date and place of birth; color; height; weight; marital status; number of children; name and address of immediate relatives; religion; educational level; occupation; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Westfield State Farm. Reformatory Division

 

 

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This series consists of record cards relating to women received at the Westfield State Farm and its predecessor, the New York State Reformatory for Women. Information includes inmate background (color, education, occupation, previous arrests, family, and marital status); crime; psychological testing .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Western House of Refuge for Women (Albion, N.Y.)

 

 

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The Superintendent's daily journals contain brief notations about activities involving inmates and staff of the Western House of Refuge for Women. Entries document daily institutional life in some detail and contain remarks on the weather and assessments of morale. Information includes inmates admitted, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of meeting minutes of the Parole Board of Auburn Prison and the State Prison for Women. Early minutes include transcriptions of interviews with incarcerated individuals; family relations, prospective employment after parole, and similar matters of interest to the Board. After 1930, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of daily summary statistical information of inmates entering, leaving, and housed at Albion State Training School. Information includes date; name and case number of inmates received, discharged, or paroled; total number in facility and in various units (for example, hospital, segregation); .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of materials used in inmate psychological testing at the Albion State Training School. Testing materials include mazes; picture arrangement and completion; arithmetic and other problem-solving tests; blank test sheets; Rorschach plates; and information on and instructions for tests. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Western Reformatory for Women

 

 

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This series consists of patient psychiatric and psychological case files. The files, which typically provide information on the inmate's condition, treatments, medication distributed, and progress, include psychiatric progress notes, medication records, and psychiatric reports. The latter also list .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

House of Refuge for Women (Hudson, N.Y.)

 

 

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The series consists of the case file of Nellie Fultz, who was committed to the House of Refuge for Women for petit larceny. Documents include warrant of commitment; defendant's statement of examination; record of conviction and sentence; official record and report book; inmate identification photographs; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Prison for Women

 

 

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This series consists of a Bertillon ledger with summary identification information on residents of the Women's Prison at Auburn. Data includes inmate's name; identification number; color; aliases; term; date of sentence; county; crime; reception date; residence; criminal act; height; Bertillon measurements .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of a record of inmates discharged from Auburn Prison. Information includes name, number, discharge date; county where convicted; court; judge; crime; date convicted; sentence; nativity; age; height; color; trade or occupation; employment when arrested; weight when arrested; number .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of registers providing summary information on inmates admitted to Albion State Training School. Volumes 1-7 contain detailed information related to their personal and criminal histories and confinement at the institution. Volumes 8-10 contain one page of summary information on women .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Board of Parole

 

 

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This series consists of records of women paroled from the Women's Prison at Auburn. Files include criminal and personal history information similar to that found in standard state prison inmate case files from this era. The major difference is that these files were specifically compiled to document .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Prison for Women

 

 

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This series consists of a register of females whose sentences were commuted and who were discharged from the Women's Prison at Auburn. Included are name and number of inmate; county; crime; court; judge; date sentenced; date received; term; commutation earned; date discharged; jail time; and remarks.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York House of Refuge

 

 

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The New York House of Refuge was the first juvenile reformatory in the United States. During its existence from 1825 to 1935, the institution implemented many innovative programs for the detention, education, and rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents. This series contains detailed information, including .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

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These registers contain summary inmate admission information which generally includes: name, case number, annual entry number, admission date, assigned division, race, percentage (i.e., ethnicity or nationality) and age. Volume one also include "size" on a scale from one to six county of residence and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives