New York Records Of Inmates Of Institutions.




 
    §  9-121  Records  of  inmates  of  institutions.  The commissioner of
  correction shall keep and preserve a proper record of  all  persons  who
  shall  come  under  the  commissioner's  care  or  custody,  and  of the
  disposition of each, with full particulars as to  the  name,  age,  sex,
  color,  nativity  and  religious faith, together with a statement of the
  cause and length of detention. Except as otherwise provided by law,  the
  records  kept pursuant to this section shall be public and shall be open
  to public inspection.