Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. (1919-)

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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)

NAME AUTHORITY NOTE. Series relating to the agencies described above can be found by searching the following access points for the time period stated: 1870-1901--Massachusetts. Commissioners of Prisons; 1901-1916--Massachusetts. Board of Prison Commissioners; 1916-1919--Massachusetts Bureau of Prisons; 1919-present--Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction.

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referencedIn Massachusetts Correctional Institution (Framingham, Mass.). Deputy superintendent for programs and treatment departmental policy directives, <1988>-[ongoing]. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Sheldon Glueck papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Massachusetts Correctional Institution (Framingham, Mass.). Psychology unit quarterly statistical report forms, <1988>-[ongoing]. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Massachusetts Correctional Institution (Framingham, Mass.). Deputy superintendent for programs and treatment operating subject files, <1988>-[ongoing]. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Massachusetts Correctional Institution (Framingham, Mass.). Superintendent's minutes of meetings with commissioner of correction and institutional staff, 1982-[ongoing] (bulk 1986-[ongoing]). Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Massachusetts. Reformatory for Women. Indenture stub books, 1886-1926. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. Commissioner's reference files, 1926-1971. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Papers of Elizabeth Glendower Evans, 1859-1944 (inclusive), 1882-1944 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Farrington, Faye. Collection of misc. materials relating to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord and to various aspects of inmate life there, <[1905]-1983>. Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
creatorOf Winslow, Richard S. Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1934. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. Administrative files, 1972-1979. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. [Organization charts of the Massachusetts Department of Correction] [chart]. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. Lists of capital punishment cases, 1950-1969. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Lawrence Graham Brooks papers, 1897-1981 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. Massachusetts prison newsletters, ca. 1971-1989. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. Inmate parole files, ca. 1919-ca. 1963. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. Director of classification administrative files, 1938-1977. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. Use of force reports, <1980>-[ongoing]. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Massachusetts Correctional Institution (Framingham, Mass.). Deputy superintendent for operations daily count forms, <1985>-[ongoing]. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. Agency history record. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. Annual reports, 1881-1971. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
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associatedWith Brooks, Lawrence Graham, 1881-1981 person
associatedWith Correctional Association of Massachusetts. corporateBody
associatedWith Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. person
associatedWith Evans, Elizabeth Glendower, 1856-1937. person
correspondedWith Glueck, Sheldon, 1896- person
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Massachusetts. Board of Commissioners of Prisons. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Board of Prison Commissioners. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts . Bureau of Prisons corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Commissioners of Prisons. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, Mass. (1955-) corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts Council on Crime and Prevention. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Parole Board. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. Reformatory for Women (1911-1952) corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts State Prison. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts. State Prison (Castle Island, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Suffolk County (Mass.). Jail corporateBody
associatedWith Winslow, Richard S. person
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Prison discipline
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