Warrant and return for removal of State Prison inmates, 1884.

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Warrant and return for removal of State Prison inmates, 1884.

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St 1884, c 255 mandated the renovation of State Prison buildings in Charlestown, Boston, previously used until 1878, and the establishment of the Massachusetts Reformatory in the Concord quarters used by the State Prison since that time. On reestablishment of the State Prison in Boston, the governor was to issue a warrant directing the State Prison warden to remove from Concord to Boston all prisoners determined ineligible for transfer to the Massachusetts Reformatory (s 4), i.e., those with sentences of five years or more with more than a year to serve after commutation for good behavior, or sentences of life (s 3). Series consists of warrant to the warden as issued by the state secretary on the governor's behalf, and return by the warden to the state secretary as directed, listing prisoners removed to the Boston facility.

1 folder : 46 x 37 cm.

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