Colorado State Archives
Corrections Records

Penitentiary Photograph of Andy Bigger, #848

The Colorado State Archives is a primary repository for Colorado State Penitentiary and Reformatory records. Researchers can find biographical information about particular inmates, as well as information about their crime, sentence and parole or pardon. Mug shots exist for most penitentiary inmates. Since the Colorado State Archives is also the repository for governors' records, researchers may also be able to find Executive Pardons and governors' correspondence concerning corrections matters.

General research may also be done using the various Annual Reports, Studies, Investigations and other publications available at the Archives.

Address all inquiries to the Colorado State Archives. We have search, handling, and copy fees. Please contact us in order to find out the charges for your request.

Record Series

Corrections (General)

• State Board of Charities and Corrections

• Correspondence (1881-1897, 1916-1924)

• Biennial Reports (1891-1924)

• Quarterly Bulletins (1912-1914)

• Colorado Prison Association Annual/Biennial Reports (1907-1916)

• Publications, Reports, Studies etc. by agencies or organizations concerning the corrections field (Various Years)

Colorado State Penitentiary

• Short History of the Colorado State Penitentiary

• Prisoner's Index (1871-1973)

• Prisoner's Records Available at the Colorado State Archives

• Prison Register (1902-1963)

• Record of Convicts (1871-1973)

• Mug Shots (1893-1980)

• Parole Record (1899-1951)

• Movement of Paroled Prisoners (1924-1947)

• Register of Pardons (1893-1910)

• Card File of Paroles and Discharges (1899-1930)

• Scrapbooks (1898-1912)

• Statistics of Homicidal Crimes in Colorado (1869-1897)

• Papers of Thomas J. Tynan, Warden (1911-1915)

• Handbooks, Rules and Regulations, Manuals (Various Years)

• Annual/Biennial Reports of the State Penitentiary (1878-1946)

• Reports, Studies, Investigations Concerning the Penitentiary (Various Years)

• Other Publications Including Magazines, Newsletters, Inmate Publications (Various Years)

• Edward Grout/Earle Meyer Collection (1871-1975)

• Prisoner's Record (1887-1939)

• Reformatory Prisoner's Record Index (1887-1939)(part of online database)

• Mug Shots (1927-1992)

• Parole Record With Index (1898-1951)

• Handbooks, Rules and Regulations, Manuals (Various Years)

• Annual/Biennial Reports of the State Reformatory (1893-1931)

• Reports, Studies, Investigations Concerning the Reformatory (Various Years)

• Publications Including Magazines, Newsletters, Inmate Publications (Various Years)

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