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Record Group Number: 000670
Series/Collection Number: .S 542
Creator: Florida. Division of Corrections.
Title, Dates: Prisoner reception center daily reports, 1964-1978.
Amount: 3.00 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     The Division of Corrections was created under the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions in 1957 (Ch. 57-317, Laws).  The Board of Commissioners of State Institutions had been instructed to manage all state prisons since 1877 (Ch. 3033, 1877, Laws).  In 1969, the Division of Corrections became part of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (Ch. 69-106, Laws).  The Division's duties were increased in 1975, and it became the Dept. of Offender Rehabilitation (Ch. 75-49, Laws).  The Department was renamed the Dept. of Corrections in 1978 (Ch. 78-53, Laws).
Summary:     This series contains reception center daily reports from 1964 to 1972 documenting the inmates received into the state prison system from county jails.  The center originally was located at the state prison at Raiford, Florida and named the Reception, Diagnostic, and Classification Center.  The early records contain only the prisoner name, race, and county.  The reception center was moved to a separate facility in Lake Butler, Florida and renamed the Reception and Medical Center in September, 1968.  Records after that date contain the prisoner name, race, county, crime, and sentence.
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Subject Access Fields: Florida State Prison.
Prison administration Florida
Prisoners Florida
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