Joint Committee on the Penitentiaryrecords 1863

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Joint Committee on the Penitentiaryrecords 1863

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The Texas Joint Committee on thePenitentiary was created in February 1863 (9th Texas Legislature, 1st CalledSession) to investigate the financial and mechanical operations of the statepenitentiary in response to citizen charges of misconduct and malfeasance againstprison officials. Records include correspondence, legislative resolutions formingthe committee, a copy of a bill affecting prison operations, reports by thecommittee to the legislature on their progress, the committee's final report to thegovernor, and minutes that give a brief, daily summary of the committee's activitiesduring its stay at Huntsville, all dating 1863. Correspondence includes citizencomplaints and interchanges among the committee, penitentiary directors, and theprison officials under investigation. Depositions made by several prison officialsin response to interrogatories asked by the committee are also included.

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Texas State Penitentiary

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Texas. Legislature. Joint Committee on the Penitentiary

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Texas Governor Francis R. Lubbock called for the creation of a Joint Committee on the Penitentiary in his message to the legislators at the start of the 9th Texas Legislature, 1st Called Session, in February 1863. The committee was to investigate the financial and mechanical operations of the state penitentiary. During this period of the Civil War, the state penitentiary had the only clothing mill in Texas and demand for its products exceeded supply. Citizens were upset and there we...