Institutionalized adult case files, 1955-1967.

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Institutionalized adult case files, 1955-1967.

Sampled case files from the Division's central office of parolees and inmates discharged from the Wisconsin State Prison, Wisconsin State Reformatory, and the Wisconsin Home for Women between January 1955 and June 1967.

115.6 c.f. (115 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes)

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Wisconsin. Division of Corrections

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Chapter 435, Laws of 1939 created a new State Dept. of Public Welfare (WIHV85-A488) with a Division of Corrections and transferred to that division the functions of the former Board of Control (WIHV85-A2106) relating to the administration of the state's penal institutions. With the reorganization act of 1967, the Division of Corrections was placed in the new Dept. of Health and Social Services (WIHV85-A674). The Division was abolished on January 1, 1990, and its responsibilities for...