Highlights from the Mugged! Display
In the main lobby of the Central Plains Region from August 8th to November 23rd, 2007
Mugged! A Rogue’s Gallery of Leavenworth Penitentiary Mug Shots
A Rogue’s Gallery of Leavenworth Penitentiary Mug Shots, on display at the Central Plains Region.
Mugged! is a photographic exhibit of inmate mug shots taken from the early records of the famed prison. Featuring murderers, thieves, con men, bootleggers, gangsters, white-collar criminals and others, this collection of captivating photographs gives us a window into the criminal underclass of American society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This display is available for viewing from August 8th to November 23rd, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the National Archives - Central Plains Region, 2312 E. Bannister Rd., Kansas City, MO.
About Record Group 129, Records of the Bureau of Prisons: Responsibility for Federal prisoners was transferred from the Department of the Interior to the newly created Department of Justice by acts of June 22, 1870, and March 5, 1872. The Bureau of Prisons was established within the Justice Department by an act of May 14, 1930. The Bureau administers Federal penal and correctional institutions and exercises responsibility for Federal prisoners in non-Federal institutions. The "Three Prisons Act" of March 3, 1891, provided for acquisition of three prison sites, the first being in Leavenworth, Kansas. Construction was authorized in 1896, and the former military prison at the site was replaced by the present structure.
A Rogue’s Gallery of Leavenworth Penitentiary Mug Shots. The Violent, the Thieves.
Also view our:
- Exhibit Brochure (7.54MB) and
- Press Release (2008)
- Press Release (2007)
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