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Western State Penitentiary: Discharge Description Dockets (Roll 414)

Western State Penitentiary, Prison Population Records, Discharge Description Dockets, April 1924 continued-December 1953., This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Discharge descriptive dockets of inmates discharged from the Western State Penitentiary. Information provided is inmate registration number, name of inmate, county where convicted, age when discharged, race, gender, crime for which convicted, date sentenced, length of sentence, date discharged, how discharged, whether detained for costs for misconduct, number of days allowed under commutation law, time served in prison, number of times punished, occupation in prison, education received in prison, weight when discharged, amount earned during imprisonment, place of intended residence, condition of mental and physical health and number of days sick during incarceration.
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APA citation style
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania,. (1924). Western State Penitentiary: Discharge Description Dockets (Roll 414). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A2194629
MLA citation style
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Western State Penitentiary: Discharge Description Dockets (Roll 414). no date. Pennsylvania. Department of Justice, 1924.
Chicago Citation Style citation style
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania. “Western State Penitentiary: Discharge Description Dockets (Roll 414)”, Prison Population Records: Discharge Description Dockets, 1873-1957, 1924. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A2194629.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

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Title

Western State Penitentiary: Discharge Description Dockets (Roll 414)

Subject

Pennsylvania. Department of Justice
Prisoners
Prisons
Prison sentences--Statistics

Description

Western State Penitentiary, Prison Population Records, Discharge Description Dockets, April 1924 continued-December 1953.

Creator

State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Publisher

Pennsylvania. Department of Justice

Department

Department of Justice

Division

Western State Penitentiary

Date

1924-1953

Location Covered

Pennsylvania

Type

text

Original Format

microfilm

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

RG15-414

Language

English

Relation

RG 15, Western State Penitentiary, Prison Population Records, Series 130, Discharge Description Dockets, 1873-1957

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Contact

Commercial use of this image requires permission and may be subject to a fee. Contact Pennsylvania State Archives at http://www.pastatearchives.com.

Contributing Institution

Pennsylvania State Archives

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

Discharge descriptive dockets of inmates discharged from the Western State Penitentiary. Information provided is inmate registration number, name of inmate, county where convicted, age when discharged, race, gender, crime for which convicted, date sentenced, length of sentence, date discharged, how discharged, whether detained for costs for misconduct, number of days allowed under commutation law, time served in prison, number of times punished, occupation in prison, education received in prison, weight when discharged, amount earned during imprisonment, place of intended residence, condition of mental and physical health and number of days sick during incarceration.