New York State Governor Thomas E. Dewey signs a bill concerning sex offenders based on a study of 102 convicted offenders at Sing Sing Prison. The bill added a new section to the Mental Hygiene Law that directed that all psychiatric personnel in correctional institutions be under the control and supervision of the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene. It gave the Department of Mental Hygiene the direct duty of supplying psychiaric services to correctional institutions and removed control from the Department of Corrections. Representing the Department of Mental Hygiene are Deputy Commissioner Dr. Arthur W. Pense (extreme left) and Commissioner Dr. Frederick MacCurdy (behind Gov. Dewey). New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1950. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.

Date created

• 1950

Type

• Image

Creator

• Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)

Identifier

• nam_apap_015_pm_024957

Subject

• Pense, Arthur W.
• Labor union members
• Governors, (N.Y.)
• Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
• New York State Department of Corrections
• Labor unions
• Castellani, Paul
• Mental Hygiene Law (N.Y.)
• Civil Service Employees Association (N.Y.)
• New York State Office of Mental Hygiene
• Sing Sing Prison (N.Y.)

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ITEM CONTEXT

Collection

Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the New York State Modern Political Archive