Central Administrative Files, 1931–1974

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Central Administrative Files, 1931–1974

1931-1974

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6050219

This series contains circulars, complaints, contracts, correspondence, forms, memoranda, pardons, petitions, press clippings, questionnaires, statistical and narrative reports, transcripts of testimony, building plans, photographs, and other materials relating to the operation of Federal penal and correctional facilities. Types of facilities include: United States penitentiaries, pre-release guidance centers, Federal prison camps, Federal reformatories, Federal correctional institutions, Federal detention centers, and medical centers. Subjects that are covered include: prisoners' rules and regulations; administrative organization; buildings and grounds; prisoners' welfare; prisoners' maintenance; general matters such as civil rights, escapes, communists, the Federal Youth Correctional Act, fines, lynching, military, parole, peonage, population, probation, recidivists; prison labor; general accounts; policy issuances; marshals; riots and strikes; and other miscellaneous matters.

75 linear feet, 8 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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National Archives at College Park

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United States. Bureau of Prisons

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The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was created by the Act of May 14, 1930 (ch.274,- 46 Stat. 325) and signed into law by President Herbert Hoover. The mission of the Bureau of Prisons was to maintain secure, safe, and humane correctional institutions for individuals placed in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General; to develop and operate correctional programs that seek a balanced application of the concepts of punishment, deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation; and provide, primarily through t...