Register of foreign born inmates, 1908-1922.

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Register of foreign born inmates, 1908-1922.

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This volume contains detailed information concerning foreign-born inmates received in Auburn Prison. Each entry contains the following information: register number; name; age; color; place of nativity; date of arrival in United States; vessel name; port; citizenship status; naturalization data (often incomplete or unavailable); literacy information; former trade or occupation; employment status when arrested; date received in Auburn Prison; crime; sentence; date of sentence; county where sentenced; marital status; number of children; residence of wife and children; previous convictions; and information to prove naturalization.

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New York State Archives

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New York (State). Superintendent of State Prisons.

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In the first decade of the twentieth century, the problem of overcrowding in New York State prisons became so acute that the State legislature appropriated $350,000 for the construction of an additional prison at Comstock, New York. In the annual report of the Superintendent of State Prisons for 1909, the superintendent concluded that overcrowding was "largely due to the influx of immigrants into this state during the last few years." Foreign-born prisoners accounted for nearly fifty-five percen...