Detailed register of prisoners, 1944-1972.

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Detailed register of prisoners, 1944-1972.

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Registers include admissions; transfers received; parole violators returned; and discharges. Admissions; transfers received; parole violators returned show the prisoner's name; registration number; age; race; crime; and sentence. Admissions and parole violators returned also show intelligence rating; personality description; improvement possibility; and progress status. Discharges show prisoner's name; registration number; discharge date; and discharge grounds.

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Illinois State Archive

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Illinois. Dept. of Corrections.

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Illinois State Penitentiary. Menard Branch.

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The Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Chester (authorized 1877) was overseen by a three member Board of Commissioners, appointed by the Governor to advice the warden and investiage operations. In 1889, the Illinois Asylum for Insane Criminals was authorized to be built on the penitentiary grounds under the oversight of the penitentiary commissioners. Under the Civil Administrative Code of 1917, the Southern Illinois Penitentiary was placed under the Department of Public Welfare but maintained it...