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: Volume 2 Arranged chronologically. arranged by vendor, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Walpole, 1981
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Account books [Massachusetts State Prison]
Punishment books [Massachusetts State Prison]
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: In two subseries: (1) Punishment logbooks; arranged chronologically by date of first infraction (2) Confinement registers; 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. Volume for 1854-1875 lacks p. 24-45
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Warden’s memorandum of prisoners [Massachusetts State Prison]
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 alphabetically by prisoner, thereunder chronologically
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Commitment registers [Massachusetts State Prison]
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
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Mittimus files [Massachusetts State Prison]
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: In two subseries: (1) Prisoners escaped (2) Prisoners transferred; Arranged by inmate number
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
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Board of Inspectors minutes [Massachusetts State Prison]
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
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Walpole, 1981
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Physician letterbooks [Massachusetts State Prison]
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 within each volume
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Daily reports [Massachusetts State Prison]
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
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Walpole, 1981. Transferred to Archives from MCI Cedar Junction, 1994. Transferred to Archives from MCI Cedar Junction, 1997. Files for 1805-1808, 1813-1824, 1826-1835, 1840-1863, 1874-1876, 1878-1884 only; some years incomplete. Volume 12 is draft for part of volumes 11
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Inmate parole files [Massachusetts Department of Correction]
Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Dept. of Correction is responsible for administering the state correctional system and providing custodial and rehabilitative services to persons sentenced to state correctional institutions. Inmate case files consist of records submitted to or created by the Dept. of Correction and predecessors, also the Parole Board and its predecessors, primarily concerning oversight of parole, probation, and classification.
Arrangement: In roughly chronological sequences, thereunder alphabetically
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Board minutes [Massachusetts Commissioners of Prisons]
Scope and Content: The Commissioners of Prisons were established pursuant to St 1870, c 370. As reconstituted under St 1879, c 294, they were also known as the Board of Commissioners of Prisons. They were succeeded in turn by the Board of Prison Commissioners (St 1901, c 364), the Massachusetts Bureau of Prisons (St 1916, c 241), and the Dept. of Correction (St 1919, c 350, s 82)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Volume 1: May 3, 1879-Dec. 12, 1884. Volume 2: Dec. 30, 1884-Apr. 10, 1888. Volume 3: Apr. 17-June 26, 1888
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