Discharge registers, 1874-1974.

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Discharge registers, 1874-1974.

Registers include prisoner registration number and name; prison entry date; county of jursidiction; crime description; sentence term; criminal record summary; mental diagnosis; disposition (e.g., escaped; transferred; paroled; discharged; died; deported); and disposition date.

ledgers 11 volumes.

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Illinois State Archive

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Illinois. Dept. of Corrections.

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Illinois State Penitentiary (Joliet, Ill.)

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The first state penitentiary, authorized by the General Assembly (1827) and constructed in Alton (completed 1831) was managed by a warden overseen by four inspectors. A new penitentiary at Joliet was authorized (1857) and built by Alton convicts (completed 1860) who were transferred to the new prison while the Alton site became a Civil War military prison. Although the warden oversaw Joliet prison operations, it was not until 1867 that the legislature created three Penitentiary Commissioners to ...