296 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Handbooks (1893 date), geologic maps and minor publications. 

 See cover of Bulletin. 



Distribution. Exchange with educational and scientific institutions ; free dis- 

 tribution to leading libraries in the United States and abroad which agree 

 to catalogue the publications and preserve them permanently for public use. 

 On sale at the museum. Price-list of all publications and of the volumes 

 of the Natural history of New York in recent Bulletins. 



Prison Association of New York. 



Address. 135 East I5th Street, New York City, N. Y. Corresponding 

 Secretary: Samuel J. Barrows. 



History. Organized Dec. 6, 1844, and incorporated by special act of the 

 New York legislature, May 9, 1846; empowered under this charter, 

 still in force, to inspect all the penal institutions of the State, and report 

 upon the conditions of the same to the legislature. The Association has 

 its own building, in which its offices are established; library of about 

 4,000 volumes, chiefly penological. 



Object. To secure (i) the protection of society against crime, () reformation of 

 the criminal, (m) protection for those unjustly accused, (tV) probation for first 

 offenders, (v) improvement in prisons and prison discipline, (yi) employment, 

 and when necessary, food, tools, and shelter for discharged prisoners, (vii) 

 necessary aid for prisoners' families (viii) supervision of those on probation or 

 parole, (ur) needed legislation and correction of abuses in the penal system. 



Meetings. Monthly, 3d Thursday; annual meeting held ordinarily on 3d Thursday 

 in Jan., in the City of New York. 



Membership. About 700, classed as active (entrance fee, including dues of ist 

 year, $5 as a minimum; annual dues, $5), life ($50), life patrons ($500), honorary 

 for life ($100), and honorary corresponding. 



Publications. 



ist-59th ANNUAL REPORT . . . 1844-1903. New York [etc.], [1845]- 

 1904. 8. 



Beginning with no. 3 (for 1846) these reports were transmitted to the 



legislature and issued at State documents (;oth session et seq.). 

 "Transactions of the National congress on penitentiary and reformatory 

 discipline" [Cincinnati, 1870] is appended to 26th report ("Catalogue of 

 works in criminal law, penology and prison discipline," p. 588-622). 



The Association has also published numerous tracts and pamphlets on 

 penological matters, but many of them are out of print. No list has 

 been issued. 



Distribution. Exchange with kindred societies, interested in penological effort 

 or research. 



