LEGISLATION IN 1926 WITH RESPECT TO THE PREVENTION OF CRIME - Paper Prepared by E.R. Cass - Reprinted by the Conference for Distribution

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Legislation in 1926 with respect to the prevention of crime outlines a reform of New York State government organization and the resulting changes to correctional administration. It describes the constitutional amendment process, the consolidation of state departments, and the 1926 legislature’s adoption of laws for a new departmental structure effective January 1927. The paper explains appointment authority, departmental responsibilities, and the division into administration, prison industries, parole, and probation, including oversight through a correction commission and related inspection duties.

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LEGISLATION IN 1926 WITH RESPECT TO THE PREVENTION OF CRIME

Organization of the State Department of Correction

97-84133-10Cass,Edward R. Legislation in 1926 withrespect to the prevention... [Buffalo] [1926] # COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 308ZCass,Edmrd RBox 498Lerislation in 1926 with respect to the pre-vention of crime;paper prepared by E.R.Cass. and rend at the Now York state conferenceof charities and correction,Buffalo,N.Y.November 17,1926... e192G=8s p. "Reprinted by the Conference for distribution."69994 ## RESTRICTIONS ON USE: Reproductions maynot be made without permission from Columbia University Libraries # TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA FILM SIZE: 35mmREDUCTION RATIO: 10:/ IMAGE PLACEMENT:IA IB IIB DATE FILMED: 1-INITIALS:YS:YLB TRACKING\#: MSH 25570 FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA 2.t ## LEGISLATION IN 1926 WITH RESPECTTO THE PREVENTION OF CRIME PAPER PREPARED BY E.R.CASSvGeneral Seeretary of The Prison Association of New York and read at THE NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF CHARITIESAND CORRECTION BUFFALO,N.Y,NoVEMBER 17,1926 Z Reprinted by the Conference for Distribution LEGISLATION IN 1926 WITH RESPECT TO THEPREVENTION OF CRIME The requirements of the recent constitutional amendment re-organizing the state government and consolidating the state depart-ments,in so far as they relate to some of the correctional machineryin the State,are perhaps not generally known in detail.Therefore,a brief statement leading up to the establishment of a state depart-ment of correction,and the merging of other agencies into thedepartment,is set forth below. The organization of a state department of correetion was urgedmore than twenty years agoCentral control of some of theeustodial and penal institutions of the State was urged for de-cades before the term“department of correction”was used.Theamendment consolidating the state departments originated in theeonstitutional convention of 1915 in a form considerably differentfrom the one in which it was finally passed.After the defeat ofthe new constitution nothing was done in a large way until Gov-ernor Smith,in 1919,appointed the Reconstruetion Commissionto study the scattered and top heavy organization of the existingstate government.The Reconstruetion Commission made an ex-haustive investigation of the defects in the existing strueture ofthe state government,and recommended a complete change.Oneof the three recommendations was a constitutional amendmentproviding for the consolidation of the departments.This amend-ment and the other two,were repeatedly introduced in the legis-lature from 1920 on.The reorganization amendment,consolidatingthe departments,was approved by the people in the fall of 1925.In keeping with the constitutional requirements the 1926 legislaturepassed the necessary legislation for the new strueture of depart-mental state government. Beginning January,1927,there will be eighteen civil departmentsin the state government,one of which will be a State Departmentof Correction,which will be headed by a eommissioner of correc-tion,to be appointed by the governor by and with the advice andconsent of the Senate,and to hold office until the end of the termof the governor by whom he was appointed.However,the lawalso provides that the present superintendent of state prisons shallbe the commissioner of correction,and shall hold office until theexpiration of his present term.This latter provision was madeto apply to all the existing heads of departments. The commisioner of correction will be charged with the adminis-tration of the affairs of the Department of Correction,and will bediretly responsible to the governor.His department will be di-vided as follows:(1)Division of Administration;(2)Division of Prison Industries;(3)Division of Parole;(4)Division of Proba

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What constitutional change is discussed as the basis for the 1926 correction reform?

The paper describes a constitutional amendment reorganizing state government and consolidating state departments, specifically affecting correctional administration machinery.

When does the new correction structure take effect according to the document?

It states that beginning January 1927 there will be eighteen civil departments, including a State Department of Correction.

How is the Department of Correction structured and what divisions are created?

The commissioner’s department is divided into Administration, Prison Industries, Parole, and Probation, with assistants responsible for specific divisions and commissions/boards managing parole and probation.

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