Statistical Books (PA) 1835-1852, 1871-1909, 1911-1913, 1915

About This Collection

Record books containing raw statistical data on inmates incarcerated at the Eastern State Penitentiary. Information provided is inmate number, name of inmate, age category, race, gender, marital status, whether widowed or divorced, whether habitual or occasional drinker, number of convictions, whether could read or write, whether kept bound, and any former inmate number. Images are arranged chronologically by date of entry. This collection is part of the Department of Justice which administers the state correctional institutions for the Commonwealth.