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New York State Department of Correctional Services Lakeview 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:
Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility, located in Chautauqua County, N.Y., is a minimum security correctional facility for male and female felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated individuals.
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Title:
Lakeview Correctional Facility inmate case files
Quantity:

27 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1988-1996
Series Number:
W0029

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 men and women who were incarcerated in Lakeview Shock Incarceration 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.

W0029-08: This accretion contains a 2% sample of case files of inmates incarcerated in Lakeview 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.

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Acquisition Information

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

Processing Information

W0029 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: W0029-13
Notorious:91G1138-93A2825 1
Notorious:93G0684-94G0541 2
Notorious:94G0549-96G0136 3
2% Sample:94A6179-94A7523;Female:94G0518-94G0779 4
Female:94G0803-94G0843 5
Female:94G0864-94G0907 6
Female:94G0946-94G1036 7
Female:94G1062-94G1158 8
Female:94G1187-94G1287 9
Female:94G1307-94G1367 10
Female:94G1368-94G1482 11
Female:94G1491-94G1556 12
Female:94G1569-94G1776 13
2% Sample:94R4442-95A1953;Female:95G0006-95G0017 14
Female:95G0020-95G0117 15
Female:95G0128-95G0307 16
Female:95G0321-95G0447;95R1963 17
Female:95G0457-95G0561 18
Female:95G0586-95G0651 19
2% Sample:95A0839-95R2704;Female:95G0656-95G0709;Other Race:95R0741 20