Westfield State Farm Prison Division Register of Parole Applicants

Chronological.

When inmates were close to serving their minimum sentence, they were eligible to apply to the Board of Parole for parole supervision. This series consists of two related records pertaining to the parole eligibility of Westfield inmates during the period 1945 to 1955. The first record is a list of inmates sent by Westfield's officers to the governor certifying that these inmates were entitled to a reduction in their minimum sentence based on good conduct and satisfactory performance of work duties. The second record is a list of inmates who were approved to apply to the Board of Parole.

The two lists are clipped together by year and month. Both of the lists have basically the same information: inmate name and number; crime; date received; minimum and maximum sentence; expiration date of minimum and maximum sentence; days of jail time; number of punishments and punishment days lost; and compensation time earned.

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.