Punishment record books, 1880-1921.

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Punishment record books, 1880-1921.

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These books were used to track the administration and result of punishments given to inmates for offenses committed during their confinement and after judgments had been reached in the penitentiary's in-house court proceedings for prisoners. Although these records appear to duplicate much of the information found within the prisoner court record books, only those prisoners found guilty of their charges are entered in here. These typically include prisoner name and number; race and gender; offense; date; punishment' and remarks on effect of punishment; prisoner conduct or other related specifics. Around 1899, the home county of the prisoner and the prison term were also listed. The practice of indexing each volume alphabetically by prisoner surname was implemented during the same time period.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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Kentucky State Penitentiary (Frankfort, Ky.)

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Legislation establishing a penal system in Kentucky was passed in 1798, and by 1800, the first prison west of the Allegheny Mountains, the Kentucky State Penitentiary, was completed on a one-acre tract of land in Frankfort. As early 1825, the penitentiary and the labor of its inmates were leased to private individuals in return for a percentage of the profits from prison labor, a practice that was not abolished until 1880. Convict labor, however, continued to be contracted out until...

Kentucky State Reformatory (Frankfort, Ky.)

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