Commitment registers [Massachusetts State Prison]
Part of: Massachusetts State Prison
Commitment registers, 1805-1934.
Volume 1: 1 file folder, Volumes 2-17, Copies: 3 microfilm reels
Call no.: HS9.01/289X
Call no.: HS9.01/289X
Scope and Content: The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston, as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Walpole, 1981
Related Catalog Records:
: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
