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Fourth annual report of the inspectors of State prisons of the State of New York

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Title:
Fourth annual report of the inspectors of State prisons of the State of New York
Collection:
19th Century Prison Reform Collection
Creator:
New York (State). Inspectors of State Prisons.
Date:
1852-01-22
Location:
Albany, Albany, New York, United States
ID Number:
31924090919303
Catalog Record:
2070003
Collection Number:
1157
File Name:
31924090919303.pdf
Work Type:
documents
Subject:
New York State Prison (New York, N.Y.); Prisons > New York (State); Prisoners > New York (State) > Statistics.; Criminals > New York (State) > Statistics.
Description:
In Senate, Jan. 22, 1852, this Fourth annual report of the inspectors of State prisons of the State of New York records the yearly developments at the Auburn, Sing Sing, and Clinton prisons. The report focuses on the financial transactions, construction projects, disciplinary events, and general health of inmates at each prison. The document was submitted to the Legislature during the period when inspectors were elected. Their uniformly optimistic tone here supports the concerns of New York Prison Association members that the inspectors offered little substantive oversight. The numerous timetables and ledgers are also of interest for the history of 19th Century prison reform, as this was an era of increasingly minute biopolitical control which involved the measurement of populations and institutionalization of policy.
Cite As:
Enos Thompson Throop. Papers, #1157. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
Enos Thompson Throop Papers
Format:
Image
Rights:
The content in the 19th Century Prison Reform Collection is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of its age, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2017 from print materials held in the Rare and Manuscript Collections, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Katherine Thorsteinson. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collections at rareref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.

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