Title:
Monthly reports
Description:
The Texas State Penitentiary Board of Commissioners was responsible for overseeing the treatment of convicts, preparing an annual inventory of property, purchasing land for the penitentiaries, purchasing machinery, effecting repairs, leasing the penitentiaries, leasing convicts for outside labor, purchasing and/or leasing farms for the employment of convicts, and providing for the transfer of convicts from county jails to the penitentiary. Monthly reports prepared by the superintendent of the state Box penitentiary for the governor are bound in a letterpress book and date from May 1881 to November 1883. The superintendent reported to the governor biennially and at the end of each month on the condition at the state penitentiary. The monthly reports consist of a cover letter to the governor giving a brief narrative summary of the activities over the past month and several statistical tables, including the number of convicts received; lists of convicts discharged, pardoned, escaped, recaptured, died, and hospitalized; clothing and other provisions issued; transportation vouchers paid; and the number of convicts on hand during the month, including a breakdown by location. The data reported includes the state penitentiary and all the outside camps where convicts were housed.
Description:
Beginning in 1883, data is provided for Rusk penitentiary. Following the February 1882 monthly report is a lengthy narrative on the conditions at the penitentiary, seemingly written as part of the biennial report to the governor. The writing is badly faded and cannot be read in places. United States prisoners housed in the state penitentiary in 1882 and 1883 are listed at the back of this volume
Collection:
Texas Penitentiary Board monthly reports and outgoing letters
Creator:
Texas. Penitentiary Board
Date range of creation:
1881 to 1883
Citation information:
(Identify the series), Monthly reports, Texas Penitentiary Board monthly reports and outgoing letters. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
The reports in this volume are arranged chronologically, as received from the agency.
Copyright information:
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Access restrictions:
The Monthly reports ledger is in fragile condition. It has been digitized and the digital file is the use copy.
Size or duration:
0.24 cubic ft.
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/20186.xml
