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Department of Corrections, 1845 - 1997

 Record Group — Container: Offsite - NJ State Documents

Scope and Contents

Browse individual documents by card file, headings include:

Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center: Annual reportsd 1976-1977, 1979-1988

Annual statistical report: Annual reports 1963-1977, 1979-1987; Annual arrest reports 1969-1980

Bureau of Parole, Annual Report of Parolee Earnings: 1964-1986

Reformatory for Women (Clinton Farms): Annual reports 113-1922, 1931, 1933-1934; About You and Clinton Farms

Residental Group Center: Annual report, received 1952; Annual report 1951-1952; First Annual Report of the Highlands Experimental Treatment Project for Youthful Offenders, July 5, 1950 - July 5, 1951; Third and Fourth Annual Report July 1952 - Feb 1954; Annual report 1962-1963

State Prison: Annual reports 1799-1845 (stats), 1850, 1864, 1872, 1875, 1877, 1882, 1891-1895, 1898, 1900-1901, 1904-1914, 1916-1925, 1978-1988

Jamesburg Home for Boys: Annual reports 1865, 1867-1876, 1885, 1887-1888, 1894, 1905, 1907-1919, 1921, 1965-66, 1981-1988

Trenton Home for Girls: Annual reports 1882, 1894-1896, 1900, 1902, 1904-1924, 1934; "NJ State Home For Girls", received 1965

Bureau of State Use Industries Report: 1957-1958, 1960-1987, 1992, 2006

Youth Correctional Inst. Annandale: Summary report Annual 1931, 1963/64-1966/67, 68/69-69/70, 1971/72 - 72/73, 75/76 -1987/88

Youth Correctional Inst. Bordentown (Bordentown Reformatory): Annual report 1904, 1905-1920, 1935-1936, 1965-1966, 1961-1969, 1971-1982, 1986-1988; Information for new men on the Bordentown Program

Youth Reception and Correction Center, Yardville: Annual reports 1965-1984, 1986-1987 Misc Publications, Single: Report of capital sentence legislation Feb 1986; NJ Communities and the special juvenile deliquency project 1953; Films in community and dept services rec. 1954; The repetitive sex offender, 1969; The NJ State Prison, 1952; Annual Report, Essexfields Group Rehab, 1962;Annual report Turrell Residendial Group Center 1960; North Jersey community rehab project for youthful offenders, 1960; NJ Correctional Master Plan, Report and Rec Mar 1977; Master Plan Data Jun 1976; Arrest and Confinement Rates by Age Group, 1976; Special investigation of NJ State Prison by City of Trenton, 1917; Robert Bruce House Annual report, 1964, 1966; Parolees per 100,000 pop. Dec 31, 1977; Jail inspection reports 1982-1983; Rahway Reformatory Annual report 1936; Offender Repeater Status March and Jun 1979; Correctional Master Plan Volume IV Aug 1976, Hispanics: The Anonymous Prisoners; Correctional Master Plan Vol. V, The Female Offender 1970-1976; Conditional releases per 100,000 state population, Nov 26, 1980; Briefing on prison overcrowdimg; Amendment of reported data Jun 1989

Misc Publications, Serials:

  • Dept Annual Report: 1979, 1983, 1984
  • Children in the juvenile courts: 1947, 1950-1954
  • Annual report of advisory council: 1977-1979
  • County work release porgrams: 1981-1986
  • Offenders on parole: 1981-1983, 1986-1987, 1993, 1997 (in 1981 by base of offense, ethnic ID, county off commitment and age group, 1993 "by selected characteristics", other years noted as Annual Report)
  • Inmates in Institutions: By base offense, 1979-1981; By ethnic ID 1979-1981; By County of Committment 1979-1981; By age Group 1979-1981, By Total Term At Admission 1979-1981; Average Daily Population 1980-1893; General 1985-1988
  • Sex Offender Program Annual Report: 1966-1967, 1968-1970
  • State Incarceration Rates: NJ v. Other States: 1979, Dec 1980, May 1981, Aug 1981
  • Offenders in NJ Correctional Instituions: Annual report 1983-1987


Dates

  • 1845 - 1997

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Established in 1976, previously the Department of Institutions and Agencies which was split into Corrections and Human Services.

Extent

From the Collection: 476 Linear Feet (Offsite ) : 288 State docs; 144 Legislative books and docs; 18 assembly docs; 18 court reports; 8 Senate microfilm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Related Materials

See also: Cataloged documents under New Jersey. Department of Corrections and subheadings and New Jersey Dept of Insitutions and Agencies and subheadings.

Digital Materials

New Jersey State Library has digitized documents from the Corrections Dept here and New Jersey Dept of Insitutions and Agencies and subheadings.

Processing Information

The entire card file for this record group has been transcribed.

Repository Details

Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

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