Board minutes, 1879-1888.

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Board minutes, 1879-1888.

The (Board of) Commissioners of Prisons administered the state's correctional system, meeting weekly. Series records their deliberations.

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The Commissioners of Prisons were established pursuant to St 1870, c 370. As reconstituted under St 1879, c 294, they were also known as the Board of Commissioners of Prisons. They were succeeded in turn by the Board of Prison Commissioners (St 1901, c 364), the Massachusetts Bureau of Prisons (St 1916, c 241), and the Dept. of Correction (St 1919, c 350, s 82) From the description of Board minutes, 1879-1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 180702066 ...