Wallkill Prison inmate case files, [ca. 1920-1976].

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Wallkill Prison inmate case files, [ca. 1920-1976].

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This accession consists of approximately 4,500 inmate case files relating to inmates confined at Wallkill Prison from 1932 through 1956. (Several relate to inmates released after 1956.) The case files relate to inmates with Wallkill consecutive inmate numbers between #2 and #6079. The files contain records from the 1920s of inmates received earlier in other institutions and subsequently transferred to Wallkill. In addition, the files contain correspondence, memoranda and other records dating through the mid-1960s relating to previously released inmates.

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New York State Archives

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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). Dept. of Correctional Services. Division of Administration.

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Wallkill Prison

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Wallkill Correctional Facility

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A law of 1930 (Chapter 825) created a temporary state commission to investigate prison administration and construction. The commission recommended the construction of a new medium security prison at Wallkill. Laws of 1931 (Chapter 14) and 1932 (Chapter 37) appropriated money for construction of the new prison, which opened in 1932. A law of 1934 (Chapter 325) amended the Correction Law, adding Wallkill to the list of state prisons for men. A medium security f...