Albion State Training School inmate case files, [ca. 1921-1931].

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Albion State Training School inmate case files, [ca. 1921-1931].

Most of these case files represent inmates who were incarcerated in the division for mentally defective women at the New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford Hills. Some of the inmates may have been later transferred to Albion. Case numbers fall between 115 and 256 (case number 7 is also included). The case files occasionally include photographs of inmates.

1.5 cu. ft. (51 case files)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6746481

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New York (State). Dept. of Correction.

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The Western House of Refuge was established in 1890 (Chapter 238) and operated under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Charities. Jurisdiction was transferred to the Department of Correction when that department was established in 1926 (Chapter 606). In 1923 (Chapter 26), the name of the facility was changed to Albion State Training School. Albion became known as the "Institution for Mentally Defective Delinquent Women" in 1931 (Chapter 546) when the div...

New York State Reformatory for Women.

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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

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Bushwick Correctional Facility, located in Brooklyn, New York, was also known as Bushwick Rehabilitation Center and Bushwick Community Based Center. It was administered by the Narcotics Addiction Control Commission under the Office of Mental Hygiene, and served as a work release and general confinement facility from the late 1960s through the middle 1970s. From the description of Bushwick Correctional Facility inmate case files, 1956-1976. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record i...

New York State Institution for Mentally Defective Women.

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