State convict record, 1885-1952.

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Alabama. Dept. of Corrections and Institutions (1939-1953). State convict record, 1885-1952.

State convict record, 1885-1952.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122568031

This series was created as part of the procedures followed to admit convicts into state prisons. It consists of bound volumes which list names of and information on all state convicts from 1885 to 1952. Each entry includes the convict's name, county where convicted, alias, date received, serial number, race, sex, age, court number, hold-over information, transcript book number and page where transcript is located, crime, date sentence began, term, length of sentence under long and short time, whether the prisoner was an ex-convict and if so, the pertinent information, dates of escapes and recaptures, discharge and temporary parole dates, and date, cause, and place of death. This series includes records created by the Board of Inspectors of Convicts (1885-1893), the Board of Managers of Convicts (1893-1895), the Board of Inspectors of Convicts (1895-1919), the Board of Control and Economy (1919-1923), the Board of Convict Supervisors (1923-1923), the Board of Administration (1923-1939), and the Dept. of Corrections and Institutions (1939-1953).

26 volumes.

Alabama Department of Archives and History