Research

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of completed federal population schedules for the years 1926 to 1931. These are apparently copies of forms sent by Albion to the Bureau of the Census. They include detailed information on Albion's inmate population, both individually and in aggregate.

The following schedules are contained in the records:

Schedule I - Admissions (Inmate number, date of admission, date when crime occurred, offense, type of sentence, number of previous commitments, age, race, and country of birth);

Schedule II - Discharges (Inmate number, date of discharge, method of discharge, date of admission, date sentence commenced, offense, type of sentence, number of previous commitments);

Schedule III - Movement of Population (Number of inmates: in custody, admitted, and discharged);

Schedule IV - Institutional Staff (Number of officers and employees employed, added or leaving, and numbers of staff by type of position);

Schedule V - Financial Statement (Recapitulation: appropriations, expenditures, and unexpended balance. Analyses of expenditures, appropriations and balances: salaries, travel, food, medical service, etc.);

Schedule VI - Parole (Number of parole applicants, parolees, and parole violators; length of parole terms; and cost of parole supervision).