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Scope and Content Note
This accretion consists of record cards for approximately 900 female inmates incarcerated from circa 1956 to 1970. The cards contain summary information including name; inmate number; Department of Correction number; prison transferred from if applicable; color; alias; age; religion; date of reception; crime; date of conviction; term of sentence; county where convicted; judge; occupation; terms of release (parole, transfer, expiration of term, commutation, etc.). Verso of cards gives date of birth; and certification by judge as to jail time previously served.
Some earlier cards were created by other facilities and forwarded to the Western Reformatory for Women when the inmate was transferred.
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