Prisoner description books, 1887-1909.

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Prisoner description books, 1887-1909.

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These books were used to record the distinguishing physical characteristics of individual prisoners. Information includes prisoner's name and alias; date of admission; crime and sentence; sex; race; county; relatives in prison and crimes they committed; and marks, scars, and other characteristics.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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Kentucky State Penitentiary (Frankfort, Ky.)

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Legislation establishing a penal system in Kentucky was passed in 1798, and by 1800, the first prison west of the Allegheny Mountains, the Kentucky State Penitentiary, was completed on a one-acre tract of land in Frankfort. As early 1825, the penitentiary and the labor of its inmates were leased to private individuals in return for a percentage of the profits from prison labor, a practice that was not abolished until 1880. Convict labor, however, continued to be contracted out until...