Jails -- New Jersey -- Essex County
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Essex County Institutions Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MG Essex Co Inst-(Fileroom)
Abstract
Photographs of the Essex County Overbrook Hospital, Essex County Penitentiary, Essex County roads and bridges, and Essex County Hospital for Contagious Diseases.
Dates:
1915 - 1918
Essex County Jail Records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Essex Jail-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection conists of four ledger volumes from the medical records of the Essex County Jail (formerly Newark Street Jail), located at Newark and New Streets, in Newark's Science Park neighborhood. The Jail was the main detention center for Essex County until the 1970s.Pages are dated. The upper section of each page lists prisoners sent to the Hospital on any given day; the lower section lists prisoners who had medical appointments in the prison. Also noted is the specific...
Dates:
1932 - 1943