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New York State Department of Correctional Services Adirondack 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:
Adirondack Correctional Facility, located in Essex 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.
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Title:
Adirondack Correctional Facility inmate case files
Quantity:

49 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1976-1996; 2003-2004
Series Number:
W0001

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 Adirondack 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.

W0001-98: This accretion consists of a 2% sampling of case files of inmates confined at the Adirondack Correctional Facility during the years 1976-1981. Also included are case files for inmates serving life sentences and inmates who died in custody. No files of female inmates or inmates belonging to selected ethnic groups are present in this accretion.

W0001-05: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files for inmates incarcerated in Adirondack Correctional Facility. In addition to the sampled case files, files for prisoners receiving life sentences, sex offenders, inmates who died in custody, and inmates of Asian and Native American ethnicity are included when available.

W0001-08: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files of inmates incarcerated in Adirondack 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.

W0001-21: 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).

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

W0001-05, W0001-13, W0001-21: Container and/or folder lists are available at the repository.

Acquisition Information

W0001-13: This accretion was transferred under RDA 14610 by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. W0001-21: This accretion was transferred under RDA 16112.

Processing Information

W0001 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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Detailed Description

Contents Box

Accretion: W0001-13
85B0317-89A0280 1
87A1326-88A4976 2
88T1327-89A6411 3
86A6453-88A5307 4
87A7169-88A3369 5
86A4883 6
89A5419-90A4264 7
89A1938-90T0702 8
88A4496-89A4855 9
87A0879-88T1719 10
88A7528-89T4727 11
90A0338-91R7610 12
81A0856-91R1907 13
89A7541-90A9833 14
87C0292-90B1016 15
89A3576-89T4746 16
88T0130-91A5025 17
88T0360-91R0620 18
89A4829-90A6763 19
89T0489-89T3502 20
88A8583-90T3115 21
89C1292-91A0281 22
84A5727-87A9288 23
Notorious: 85A7211-87T1020 24
Notorious:88T0186-89T0657 25
Notorious:90A1639-90A4928 26
Notorious:90D0065-90T4977 27
Notorious:91A1891-91B1286 28
Notorious:92A3464-92B0455 29
Notorious:92B0597-93A5181 30
Notorious:93A6340-94A0588 31
Notorious:94A2347;2% Sample:85A5517-89A3734 32
2% Sample:93A9122-94A0421 33