Daily report books, 1883-1936 (bulk 1883-1888, 1919-1936).

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Daily report books, 1883-1936 (bulk 1883-1888, 1919-1936).

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These books document daily inventories of the prisoners by the areas of confinement or work assignment. Included are totals by walk numbers and cell numbers; prisoner totals by gender, race, and length of sentence;names and sentences of prisoners in hospital; and names of prisoners received and discharged. By 1919, the format of these daily reports changed to include prisoner totals by work assignment.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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