1936/1944 Jail Rules Booklet
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Forerunner to Current Statewide Minimum Standards
The NY Correction History Society presents text from the SCOC's oldest Regulations for Management of County Jails booklet.

Page 3 of 28 pages.

REGULATIONS
for
MANAGEMENT OF
COUNTY JAILS

ADOPTED BY THE
STATE COMMMISSION OF CORRECTION
April 6, 1936
Revised March 15, 1944

County Jail Regulations Page 3.
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The State Commission of Correction is a constitutional body charged with the duty of visiting and inspecting all institutions used for the detention of sane adults charged with or convicted of crime. The Correction Law also directs the Commission to visit and inspect institutions used for the detention of witnesses or debtors.

Among the duties of the Commission as set forth in the Correction Law is to aid in securing the just, humane

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