Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac Board of Trustees meeting minutes, 1869-1891.

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Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac Board of Trustees meeting minutes, 1869-1891.

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Monthly and quarterly meeting minutes concern board organization; member appointments and terms; reform school site selection; facility site purchase; architect selection; construction plans; payment approvals; employment of a superintendent; special committee appointments; reform school legislation; an indictment of the superintendent for cruel and inhuman treatment of inmates; continuing facility construction and repair; appropriations; petitions and employee complaints. Occassionally included with the minutes are related agreements; memoranda; and correspondence.

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Illinois. Dept. of Corrections.

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Pontiac Correctional Center (Ill.)

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Illinois State Reformatory.

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The Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac, which housed youthful offenders, was authorized in 1867. It was overseen by a seven member Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor, which then appointed the superintendent. Under the Civil Administrative Code of 1917, the Reformatory was placed under the Dept. of Public Welfare, but retained its previous governing structure. In 1933, along with the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Southern Illinois State Penitentiary at Chester (Menard), and I...