Massachusetts. Commissioners of Prisons.

Dates:
Active 1879
Active 1888
Active 1883
Active 1888

History notes:

The Commissioners of Prisons were established pursuant to St 1870, c 370. As reconstituted under St 1879, c 294, they were also known as the Board of Commissioners of Prisons. They were succeeded in turn by the Board of Prison Commissioners (St 1901, c 364), the Massachusetts Bureau of Prisons (St 1916, c 241), and the Dept. of Correction (St 1919, c 350, s 82)

From the description of Board minutes, 1879-1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 180702066

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  • Prison administration

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  • Massachusetts (as recorded)

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