Prisoners overwork ledger, 1885-1905.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Prisoners overwork ledger, 1885-1905.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122336149

Record of prisoner compensation for excess work performed. The records do not indicate whether the excess work was voluntary or mandatory. Entries consist of date, prisoner number, name, and amount. Also records money paid to others by the prisoners. Indexed.

4.5 cubic ft.

Maryland State Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6683932

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Maryland Penitentiary

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v4b58 (corporateBody)

The Maryland Penitentiary was the first prison established by the state and the second of its kind within the United States. The maximum security facility was authorized by the Laws of 1804, res. 15, and opened in 1811. An 1881 penitentiary publication reports that prior to its establishment, criminals were housed in county jails or workhouses and "made to labor upon the public roads." Significantly, when the legislature rewrote the Maryland Criminal Code in 1809, the new law design...