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IN PROCESSING This interview is about the collegiate, military and early law career of Judge Friday and his views about parole, capital punishment, prisoner rights and other judicial and penal topics.

This series consists of one register documenting the parole of inmates from Great Meadow Prison.

This series consists of lists of inmates who were to be considered for parole. The records list number and name of inmate; crime; date received; sentence; minimum and maximum expiration dates; jail time; punishments; days lost; minimum expiration with lost time added; remarks; and whether an initial applicant, re-applicant, parole violator re-applicant, parole violator returned, or women's prison applicant. Records are restricted.

This series consists of records of women paroled from the Women's Prison at Auburn. Files include criminal and personal history information similar to that found in standard state prison inmate case files from this era. The major difference is that these files were specifically compiled to document each inmate's interaction with the Parole Board, from initial application for parole, through evaluation by the board, to follow-up supervision after the granting of parole.

This series consists of registers of inmates approved for parole. Information includes signature; date; inmate name and number; to whom paroled; address; if at home, employed, on a farm, in domestic service, etc.; date of parole; and date out of institution (volume 2 only). Records are restricted.

These minutes summarize the committee's consideration of parole of new inmates, inmates eligible for parole, inmates who applied for parole, and inmates returned to the institution for violating parole. The minutes list inmates' names and numbers and the action to earn parole; investigation to be made; father applied in prison; denied; and parole approved.

Catholic Chaplains served as Parole Agent for Catholic inmates. This series consists of the Chaplains notes used to keep track of paroled inmates. Information may include inmate name, number; date paroled; date received in institution; to whom and where paroled; occupation; conduct at work and home; date ran away from home; possible whereabouts and if caused by home conditions. Also included are statistics on inmates at the institution, paroled, and escaped. Records are restricted.

Chaplains functioned as parole agents and were required to keep records of inmates' background, behavior, and progress at the institution and to supervise their parole. This series consists of Chaplain's notes on paroled inmates receiving religious instruction. Information includes name, to whom and date paroled; type of parole, address; parole status, date returned; and subsequent parole dates. Also included are communion class lists and a list of inmates who pledged to stay away from alcohol. Records are restricted.

This series consists of a register of new and paroled inmates of the State Agricultural and Industrial School. Information for new inmates includes name; religion and assigned colony Information for paroled inmates includes name, parole date, colony, and sometimes inventory of inmate clothes. Also included is a listing of colonies by colony type, which includes number of beds, wall dimensions, dormitory cubic footage, and size and number of windows. Records are restricted.

The Visiting Agent visited the homes of new inmates and paroled inmates' employer to ensure appropriate placement. Information in the daily reports includes name and number of parolee visited; city and/or home address of parolee; relatives’ comments on parolee's progress; name and location of employer and employer's comments concerning parolee and descriptions of parolee crimes or misbehavior. Some entries provide information on parole agent activities such as taking inmates to court; helping find employment; and arrests while on parole visits.

This series consists of lists of paroled inmates compiled by Protestant and Catholic chaplains. Information includes name; year paroled; home conditions; current and previous occupation; offense for which committed; terms; grade in school; to whom paroled and if doing well on parole. Records are restricted.

This series consists of lists of inmates who were to be considered for parole. The records list number and name of inmate; crime; date received; sentence; minimum and maximum expiration dates; jail time; punishments; days lost; minimum expiration with lost time added; remarks; and whether an initial applicant, re-applicant, parole violator re-applicant, parole violator returned, or women's prison applicant.

This series consists of lists of inmates who were to be considered for parole. The records list number and name of inmate; crime; date received; sentence; minimum and maximum expiration dates; jail time; punishments; days lost; minimum expiration with lost time added; remarks; and whether an initial applicant, re-applicant, parole violator re-applicant, parole violator returned, or women's prison applicant.

This series consists of meeting minutes of the Parole Board of Auburn Prison and the State Prison for Women. Early minutes include transcriptions of interviews with inmates; family relations, prospective employment after parole, and similar matters of interest to the Board. After 1930, minute only list of cases heard. Information includes inmate name, number, date paroled or held, address paroled to or reason held. Some minutes are for hearings on applications for executive clemency. Records are partially restricted.

This series consists of records of inmates granted parole from Auburn. Information includes inmate's number, name, date received, minimum and maximum terms, expiration dates, parole date, delinquency date, date returned for parole violation, delinquent time to serve, parole board absolute discharge date, date discharged by expiration of sentence, and remarks. Also included is an alphabetical name index to paroles including inmate number, name, date paroled, to whom paroled, from where received, and remarks. Records are restricted.

This series consists of records of incarcerated individuals granted parole from Auburn Prison. Information includes consecutive number; name; date received; minimum and maximum terms; expiration dates; parole date; delinquency date; date returned for parole violation; delinquent time to serve; parole board absolute discharge date; date discharged by expiration of sentence; and remarks. Series also includes an alphabetical name index to incarcerated individuals paroled between 1907 and 1909 who are listed in the main register.

This series consists of meeting minutes of the Parole Board of Auburn Prison and the State Prison for Women. Early minutes include transcriptions of interviews with incarcerated individuals; family relations, prospective employment after parole, and similar matters of interest to the Board. After 1930, minute only list of cases heard. Information includes incarcerated individual's name, consecutive number, date paroled or held, address paroled to or reason held. Some minutes are for hearings on applications for executive clemency. Records are partially restricted.

Chaplains functioned as parole agents and were required to keep records of inmates' background, behavior, and progress at the institution and to supervise their parole. This series consists of Chaplain's notes on paroled inmates receiving religious instruction. Information includes name, to whom and date paroled; type of parole, address; parole status, date returned; and subsequent parole dates. Also included are communion class lists and a list of inmates who pledged to stay away from alcohol. Records are restricted.

The Visiting Agent visited the homes of new inmates and paroled inmates' employer to ensure appropriate placement. Information in the daily reports includes name and number of parolee visited; city and/or home address of parolee; relatives' comments on parolee's progress; name and location of employer and employer's comments concerning parolee and descriptions of parolee crimes or misbehavior. Some entries provide information on parole agent activities such as taking inmates to court; helping find employment; and arrests while on parole visits.

This committee met periodically with the Superintendent to review matters concerning inmate apprenticeships. Minutes document committee actions on the: review of applications from prospective master ( include applicant's name and relationship to the inmate, inmate's name, case number and committee's decision); review of the master's conduct reports for apprenticed inmates; requests by masters to absolve indentures; attempts to recover runaway inmates; rules governing apprenticeships; and review of parole requests.

This summary information concerns inmate’s background, offense, and discharge. Admission entries include: name and case number; book number; admission date; division and class number; age; previous residence or court which committed inmate; offense; nativity ; and parents’ ethnic/racial background. Discharge entries include: inmate name and case number; to whom indentured or discharged; occupation; discharge date; division and class number; and remarks.

The Reformatory's Protestant chaplains functioned as "home visitation agents" or parole agents. They evaluated an inmate's former home, the master's home of an indentured inmate, or the home of a paroled inmate. The brief narrative reports may include master's name, residence, occupation and treatment of inmate; inmate's school habits and church attendance; residence, occupation, and economic status of inmate's family; conditions of inmate's house; whether inmate's family will take back inmate; and recommendations on returning inmate to family on parole.

These volumes contain summary information about discharge and parole/indenture ship history of inmates including: name and case number; discharge date; school division, class; religion; race; reason for or manner of discharge, occupation during previous indentures; and length of time served at the House of Refuge. Some years include date of original commitment; and dates of previous paroles.

This volume contains summary information about parole applications denied by the Parole Committee. Each entry includes the following: inmate's name and case number, requested parole date, date eligible to and committee determination. Determination information included: deferred decision, conditional deferral, declined with explanation or declined without reason.