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Twenty-Fourth Annual Report Of The Inspectors And Superintendent Of The Albany Penitentiary, With The Accompanying Documents Made December 11, 1872

Twenty-Fourth Annual Report Of The Inspectors And Superintendent Of The Albany Penitentiary, With The Accompanying Documents Made December 11, 1872

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ISBN10: 935450938X
ISBN13: 9789354509384
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Behind the brick walls of the Albany New York Penitentiary, the year 1872 was measured in ledgers, rules, and human consequences. Facts, not fiction, still bite. The Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Inspectors and Superintendent gathers prison inspectors proceedings and accompanying documents into one stark record of how a city managed punishment, order, and reform. As an annual penitentiary report and historical public document, it offers prison administration records with the unshowy detail that historians prize: admissions and discharges, health and mortality, disciplinary practices, inmate labour and discipline, and the daily logistics of custody. Accompanying documents show decisions, correspondence, and official reasoning in full. Tables and narrative notes trace penitentiary finances and statistics, contracts, staffing, maintenance, and the pressures placed on institutions in the 1870s American prison system. For readers of criminal justice history research, it is carceral history primary sources in their original voice; for genealogy and local history, it can illuminate names, policies, and the civic debates that shaped Albany. Such reports helped define the language of modern penology, making this volume an essential artefact for anyone tracing the evolution of punishment, labour, and public accountability in New York State. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Whether you read for the story behind the numbers or build a shelf of archival reprint edition classics, this is a clear view of a system that still echoes.

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