Recidivism study files, 1945-1970.

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Recidivism study files, 1945-1970.

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This series consists primarily of microfilmed case records for approximately 3,000 male criminal offenders, aged sixteen to twenty years old, processed through the Elmira Reception Center from 1945-1965. The case files represent a ten percent random stratified sample of all offenders processed through the facility, and served as source documents for a study in recidivism made by the Dept. of Correction in 1967.

3.5 cu. ft. (including 198 microfilm reels and 4 textual items)

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...

Elmira Reception Center.

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Elmira Correctional Facility

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Elmira Correctional Facility is a maximum security institution receiving first offender male felons 21 to 30 years old by direct commitment from the courts. It also receives youths from the Reception Center, usually ages 18 to 20, who have a more serious background, but who show good potential for rehabilitation. Construction of this institution was approved by the legislature in 1871 (Chapter 715), and it opened in 1876 as the New York State Reformatory at Elmira. Elmir...

Elmira Reformatory.

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