Inmate work reports, 1881-1882.

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Inmate work reports, 1881-1882.

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Since 1877 the Reformatory Prison for Women under successive names has had as its function the punishment and rehabilitation of female offenders. Upon committal to the reformatory, inmates worked their way through four divisions by earning credits based on job performance, attendance, and conduct. Inmate work reports were created to grade work performance.

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Massachusetts. Reformatory Prison for Women (1877-1911)

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The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham. ...