Eastern State Penitentiary, Discharge Descriptive Dockets, January 7, 1873-December 25, 1890, and January 1, 1891-December 31, 1907, 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., Arranged chronologically by date of discharge. Descriptive discharge dockets for inmates released from the Eastern State Penitentiary. Information provided name of prisoner, prisoner number, weight, age at time of discharge, gender, crime of which convicted, sentence imposed, date of sentencing, date of discharge, method of discharge, duration incarcerated, occupation practiced, education received while incarcerated, intended place of residence after release, and amount of money received upon discharge. From 1892, the name of the county responsible for sending the inmate to the penitentiary is given and also occasionally the date the prisoner may have been returned to custody. Sometimes noted is the amount of property owned by the inmate and the inmate’s weight at time received and when discharged.
