Central office inmate case files, 1910-1974.

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Central office inmate case files, 1910-1974.

Case files relating to the incarceration of Federal prisoners and documenting Board of Parole actions on applications for parole.

12,000 cu. ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6770483

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United States. Bureau of Prisons

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The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was created by the Act of May 14, 1930 (ch.274,- 46 Stat. 325) and signed into law by President Herbert Hoover. The mission of the Bureau of Prisons was to maintain secure, safe, and humane correctional institutions for individuals placed in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General; to develop and operate correctional programs that seek a balanced application of the concepts of punishment, deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation; and provide, primarily through t...