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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies
York Correctional Institution
Web page | Statutory Authority | Agency History |
Published histories/articles | State Library Collections | List of Commissioners
Statutory Authority :
CGS sec. 2746.
Established as Connecticut State Farm for Women. Per Public Acts chpt.
358. Opened in 1918.
1930, Prison for Women established as a department of the Connecticut
State Farm for Women per Public Acts of 1929, chpt. 267. June 24, 1930, all
women from the State Prison in Wethersfield transferred to the Prison for Women.
The State Farm and State Prison operate as 2 units under one administration.
1969, the State Farm and the State Prison for Women were merged into the new
Dept. of Correction, per P.A. 297. Renamed Connecticut Correctional
Institution, Niantic. Referred to as Niantic Correction Institution.
1994, York Correctional Institution constructed on Niantic Correctional
Institution land.
1996, York Correctional Institution and Niantic Correctional Institution merged,
keeping York Correctional Institution
as the name.
Published Histories/Articles :
Connecticut State Farm for Women. The Connecticut State Farm for Women,
Niantic, Connecticut. Niantic, Conn. The Farm, [1920?]. [CSL
Call Number ConnDoc St2917c]
Connecticut. State Farm for Women (East Lyme). The State Farm for
Women at Niantic. [Hartford? State of Connecticut, 1937?] [CSL
Call
Number ConnDoc St2917s]
Report on the Reformatory and Prison
for
Women at Niantic and Long Lane School in
Middletown. [1957?] [CSL Call
Number ConnDoc P931 rer]
Rierden, Andi. The Farm, Life Inside a Women’s Prison. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1997. [CSL Call Number HV9475 .C82 N537 1997]
Armstead, George B. The State Services of Connecticut. Published under the direction of the Committee on Public Information and the House Committee on Publications of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut. 1946. pp. 218-227. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc G25 ar]
Brief history at Dept. of Corrections Webpage.
Agency Documents
and Records in the State Library Collections
:
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the
agency available in the State Library :
State Farm for Women.
Connecticut Sate Farm and Prison for Women.
Connecticut State Farm for Women East Lyme.
Connecticut Correctional Institution Niantic.
York Correctional Institution (Niantic, Conn.)
Annual Reports are located in :
[CSL Call Number Conn Doc
St2917]
1948-1968, Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor.
[CSL
Call
Number ConnDoc F40 d]
State Archives Record Group
:
Not available
List of Wardens
:
From Dept. of Correction Website.
|
Name |
Years of Service |
|
Dr. Elizabeth E. Enz |
1918-1919 |
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Wilhelmina Kay |
1919-1920 |
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Anna M. Peterson |
1920-1923 |
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Helen H. Hazard |
1923-1926 |
|
Elizabeth Munger |
1926-1946 |
|
Elsie A. Shearer |
1946-1953 |
|
Elizabeth B. Mackenzie |
1953-1960 |
|
Janet S. York |
1960-1975 |
|
Elizabeth Durland |
1975-1978 |
|
Marie S. Cerino |
1978-1992 |
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Carol A. Dunn (Niantic Correctional) |
1992-1995 |
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Edward J. Davies (Niantic Correctional) |
1995-1996 |
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Theresa Lantz (York Correctional) |
1994-1996 |
|
Eileen Higgins (York Correctional after the merge) |
1996-2001 |
|
Pamela L. Richards |
2001-2003 |
|
Lori Ricks |
2004-2008 |
| Angel Quiros | 2008-Present |
Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 8/2008.