Penitentiary account ledger, 1907.

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Penitentiary account ledger, 1907.

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This ledger documents the expenditures of the penitentiary for foodstuffs, clothing supplies, furnishings required for facility maintenance, and utilities. Names and addresses of companies and invoice amounts are recorded for only March through June.

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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...