Central subject file, 1930-2007.

ArchivalResource

Wisconsin. Dept. of Corrections. Central subject file, 1930-2007.

Central subject file, 1930-2007.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145777385

Central subject file of the Division of Corrections. Records include correspondence; reports; budgetary and program materials; building plans and proposals; annual and monthly reports and activity logs describing trends in institutional programs, planning, and administration; personnel records; files on professional organizations; and legislative material. The core of the records pertain to administrative matters such as the custody and discipline of inmates, the detention and reformation of delinquents, the probation and parole system, and other responsibilities of the division. Special topics addressed include affirmative action, community based corrections, foster and group home management, correctional farming and manufacturing programs, inspections of county jails, and research projects in penology. The processed portion of this series is summarized above, dates 1930-1990, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1957-2007 and are described below; these files include materials concerning transition into the Department of Corrections.

38.8 c.f. (38 record center cartons and 3 archives boxes); plusadditions of 27.6 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project