1 | U.S. historical prison newspaper and periodical publication span dataset | Repository: | |||||||||
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2 | http://acrosswalls.org/datasets/ | ||||||||||
3 | Version: 1.0 | ||||||||||
4 | lid | state | city | prison name | publication | first-year | fyc | last-year | lyc | ||
5 | 1 | Alabama | Speigner | Draper Prison | Draper Inmate / Pens & Bars / Newsletter | 1939 | s | 1980 | x | state and city, along with type=sp and fic=1, can be used to match into the Prison Library Dataset | |
6 | 4 | Alabama | Montgomery | Kilby Prison and Receiving and Classification Center | Kilby Sun | 1961 | s | 1966 | x | ||
7 | 5 | Alabama | Elmore | Draper Correctional Center | Reporter | 1961 | s | 1966 | x | ||
8 | 6 | Alabama | Kilby | Kilby Prison | Wings Over | 1951 | s | 1951 | x | ||
9 | 7 | Alaska | Eagle River | Hiland Mountain and Meadow Creek Correctional Centers | Eagle Cry | 1993 | s | 1997 | c | ||
10 | 8 | Alaska | Fairbanks | State Correctional Center | Reflections | 1988 | s | 1997 | c | In many prisons, a prison publication has folded and then later, another one has started. | |
11 | 9 | Alaska | Palmer | Adult Conservation Camp | Williwaw Journal | 1962 | s | 1966 | x | in the publication field, names of different publications at the institution are separated by / | |
12 | 10 | Arizona | Florence | State Prison | Desert Press / Cactus Blossom / Vanguard / El Saguaro / La Roca | 1933 | s | 1984 | x | ||
13 | 15 | Arizona | Goodyear | State Prison | Perryville Times | 1982 | x | 1986 | x | first-year: first year a publication at the given prison has been known to exist | |
14 | 17 | Arkansas | Grady | Cummins Unit | Long Line Writer | 1983 | x | 1990 | x | ||
15 | 18 | California | Frontera | State Institution for Women | Clarion | 1966 | e | 1975 | e | last-year: last year a publication at the given prison is known to have existed, | |
16 | 19 | California | Lancaster | Vocational Institute for Men | Crossroads | 1948 | s | 1966 | x | or the first year a publication at that institution is known NOT to have existed (lyc=x) | |
17 | 20 | California | Tehachapi | State Correctional Institution | Hilltopper | 1955 | s | 1969 | x | ||
18 | 21 | California | Represa | Folsom Prison | Observer | 1936 | s | 1966 | x | first-year and last-year codes (fyc and lyc): | |
19 | 22 | California | Chino | Institute for Men | Pioneer News | 1941 | s | 1966 | x | s - starting year | |
20 | 23 | California | San Quentin | San Quentin Prison | San Quentin News | 1940 | s | 1981 | x | e - first/last year existence known | |
21 | 24 | California | Soledad | California Training Facility | Soledad Star-News | 1947 | s | 1966 | x | x - terminated prior to 1997 | |
22 | 25 | California | Vacaville | Medical Facility | Vacavalley Star | 1955 | s | 1984 | x | c - existed as of 1996 | |
23 | 26 | California | Los Padres | California Men's Colony | Communicator | 1966 | x | 1966 | t- terminating year | ||
24 | 26.1 | California | Susanville | California Conservation Center | Mountainer | 1967 | e | 1967 | |||
25 | 26.2 | California | San Pedro | Federal Correctional Facility at Terminal Island | T.I. News | 1955 | e | 1981 | e | Note that first-year and last-year may refer to different publications at the same prison. | |
26 | 27 | Colorado | Buena Vista | State Reformatory | Buena Vista / Spotlight News | 1958 | s | 1986 | x | ||
27 | 28 | Colorado | Canon City | State Penitentiary | Interpreter | 1966 | s | 1974 | x | ||
28 | 29 | Colorado | Denver | Federal Correctional Institution | Rocky Mountain Breezes | 1942 | e | 1942 | Primary sources: | ||
29 | 30 | Colorado | Canon City | Correctional Facility | Writing on the Walls | 1990 | e | 1990 | Barrows, Isabel C. (1910). Periodicals in Reformatories and Prisons. Penal and Reformatory Institutions. v. 2 of Correction and Prevention. Charles Richmond Henderson, ed. New York, Charities Publication Committee: 236-60 (Ch. XI, Sec. 3) | ||
30 | 31 | Connecticut | Somers | State Prison | Bridge / Weekly Scene | 1915 | s | 1971 | x | Coulter, Isabella Kellock (1936). "A Study of Publications in National and State Penal and Correctional Institutions of the United States." Social Forces vol. 15(2): 255-61. | |
31 | 32 | Connecticut | Niantic | State Prison and Farm for Women | Hour Glass | 1942 | x | 1942 | Baird, Russell N. (1967). The Penal Press. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press. | ||
32 | 34 | Connecticut | Hazardville | State Prison | New View | 1959 | s | 1966 | x | Morris, James McGrath (2002). Jailhouse Journalism, 1998 ed., with new intro. ed. News Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Publishers. | |
33 | 35 | Connecticut | Wetherfield | State Prison | Monthly Record | 1896 | s | 1896 | x | ||
34 | 36 | Connecticut | Danbury | Federal Reformatory | Little Nutmeg / Nutmeg Guidon / Emancipator | 1941 | s | 1942 | x | ||
35 | Connecticut | Danbury | Federal Correctional Institution | Dan Muse | 1950 | s | 1966 | e | |||
36 | 39 | Delaware | Wilmington | Workhouse | Big House Gazette | 1950 | s | 1950 | x | ||
37 | 40 | Delaware | Georgetown | Sussex Correctional Institution | Isthmus | 1996 | e | 1996 | |||
38 | 41 | Delaware | Smyrna | State Correctional Center | New Light | 1996 | e | 1996 | |||
39 | 42 | District of Columbia | Occoquan, VA | Women's Reformatory | Her Echo | 1961 | s | 1966 | x | ||
40 | 43 | District of Columbia | DC | DC Jail | Insider | 1947 | s | 1966 | x | ||
41 | 44 | District of Columbia | Lorton, VA | Time & Tied / Poop Sheet | 1946 | s | 1966 | x | |||
42 | 46 | Florida | Chattahoochee | State Correctional Institution | Apalachee Diary | 1950 | s | 1966 | x | ||
43 | 47 | Florida | Belle Glade | State Correctional Institution | Do You Know? | 1977 | e | 1986 | e | ||
44 | 48 | Florida | Avon Park | State Correctional Institution | Dopester | 1958 | s | 1966 | x | ||
45 | 49 | Florida | Lowell | State Correctional Institution | Fla-Co-Lo | 1957 | s | 1966 | x | ||
46 | 50 | Florida | Raiford | Raiford Prison | Raiford Record | 1935 | s | 1967 | x | ||
47 | 51 | Florida | Tallahassee | Division of Correctional Road Prisons | Road Prison | 1958 | s | 1966 | x | ||
48 | 52 | Florida | Raiford | Union Correctional Institution | UCI Broadcast | 1978 | e | 1979 | x | ||
49 | 53 | Florida | Tallahassee | Federal Reformatory | Voice | 1931 | s | 1931 | x | ||
50 | 53.1 | Florida | Eglin AFB, Eglin | Federal Prison Camp | Eglin Chronicle / Gazette / The Doin' Time | 1963 | e | 1980 | e | ||
51 | 54 | Georgia | Alto | State Industrial Institute | Beacon | 1949 | s | 1966 | x | ||
52 | 55 | Georgia | Atlanta | Federal Penitentiary | Good Words / Atlantian | 1912 | s | 1963 | x | ||
53 | 56 | Georgia | Reidsville | State Prison | Spokesman / GSP News | 1939 | s | 1985 | x | ||
54 | 56.1 | Georgia | Jackson | Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center | The Classic | 1974 | e | 1974 | |||
55 | 57 | Hawaii | Oahu | Honolulu Jail | Halawa Bulletin | 1962 | s | 1966 | x | ||
56 | 58 | Hawaii | Honolulu | Oahy Prison | Pahao | 1935 | s | 1966 | x | ||
57 | 59 | Hawaii | Honolulu | State Prison | Pahao Nuhou | 1955 | s | 1966 | x | ||
58 | 60 | Idaho | Boise | State Penitentiary | Walled City Bulletin / Acme / Clock | 1939 | s | 1976 | t | ||
59 | 63 | Idaho | Kooskia | Federal Correctional Institution | Lochsa Pioneer | 1942 | e | 1942 | |||
60 | 64 | Illinois | Chicago | Cook County Jail | Can Opener | 1917 | s | 1917 | t | ||
61 | 65 | Illinois | Centralia | Centralia Correctional Center | Forum | 1980 | s | 1983 | x | ||
62 | 66 | Illinois | Stateville | State Penitentiary | Illinoisian / Stateville Roundhouse / Stateville Time | 1940 | s | 1986 | x | ||
63 | 67 | Illinois | Joliet | State Penitentiary | Prison Post / Joliet-Slateville Time | 1914 | s | 1968 | x | ||
64 | 68 | Illinois | Menard | State Penitentiary | Menard Time | 1934 | s | 1990 | x | ||
65 | 69 | Illinois | Dwight | State Reformatory for Women | Pathfinder | 1949 | s | 1966 | x | ||
66 | 71 | Illinois | Pontiac | State Penitentiary | Pioneer / Pontiac Flag News | 1964 | s | 1966 | x | ||
67 | 72 | Illinois | Dwight | State Correctional Center | Communique / S.E.E.D. | 1982 | e | 1986 | x | ||
68 | 74 | Illinois | Hilsboro | Graham Correctional Center | Telegraham | 1980 | s | 1997 | c | ||
69 | 75 | Illinois | Danville | State Correctional Center | Vanguard | 1986 | s | 1990 | x | ||
70 | 76 | Illinois | Vienna | State Correctional Center | Vienna in Progress | 1986 | e | 1990 | e | ||
71 | 77 | Illinois | Jacksonville | State Correctional Center | Bullet (Voice) | 1980 | s | 1997 | c | ||
72 | 79 | Indiana | Michigan City | State Prison | Bourne / Lake Shore Outlook / Bar-Less / Encourager | 1939 | s | 1973 | x | ||
73 | 81 | Indiana | Greencastle | State Farm | Hill Top Crier | 1934 | s | 1934 | x | ||
74 | 82 | Indiana | Jeffersonville | State Reformatory | Hot Drops | 1896 | e | 1896 | |||
75 | 83 | Indiana | Pendleton | State Reformatory | Reflector | 1897 | s | 1922 | x | ||
76 | 84 | Indiana | Terre Haute | Federal Penitentiary | Terrescope | 1942 | e | 1972 | e | ||
77 | 85 | Indiana | Indianapolis | State Prison for Women | Chit Chat / 15 Acres | 1957 | s | 1966 | e | ||
78 | 86 | Iowa | Anamosa | State Reformatory | Anamosa Prison Press / Hawkeye | 1898 | e | 1966 | x | ||
79 | 87 | Iowa | Fort Madison | State Prison | Presidio | 1934 | s | 1971 | x | ||
80 | 88 | Kansas | Hutchinson | State Reformatory | Harbinger / Reformatory Herald | 1939 | s | 1966 | x | ||
81 | 89 | Kansas | Lansing | State Industrial Farm for Women | Lancer | 1965 | s | 1966 | x | ||
82 | 90 | Kansas | Leavenworth | Federal Prison | New Era (Stray Shots) | 1914 | s | 1967 | t | ||
83 | 91 | Kansas | Lansing | State Penitentiary | Square Deal / Stretch / Concept | 1916 | s | 1975 | x | ||
84 | 92 | Kentucky | Ashland | Federal Reformatory | Barometer | 1942 | s | 1942 | x | ||
85 | 93 | Kentucky | Eddyville | State Penitentiary | Castle on the Cumberland / Root / Inter-Prison Press | 1961 | s | 1980 | e | ||
86 | 95 | Kentucky | Lexington | Federal Correctional Institution | Flak / F.C. Eye | 1975 | e | 1979 | e | ||
87 | 96 | Kentucky | La Grange | State Reformatory | Hours / Skytower News / Skytower Magazine | 1936 | s | 1990 | x | ||
88 | 97 | Kentucky | Eddyville | State Prison | Rehabilitator | 1940 | s | 1940 | x | ||
89 | 98 | Louisiana | Angola | State Penitentiary | Angola Argus / Angolite | 1940 | s | 2006 | c | ||
90 | 99 | Louisiana | Angie | Washington Correctional Institute | Chainlink Chronicle | 1986 | e | 1996 | e | ||
91 | 100 | Louisiana | St. Gabriel | Hunt Correctional Center | Hunt Walk Talk | 1981 | e | 1984 | e | ||
92 | 101 | Louisiana | DeQuincy | Phelps Correctional Center | Insider | 1996 | e | 1996 | |||
93 | 102 | Louisiana | Jackson | Dixon Correctional Institute | Straight Low | 1995 | e | 1996 | e | ||
94 | 103 | Maine | Thomaston | State Prison | Vox / Tommy-Town News / Coastline | 1942 | s | 1975 | e | ||
95 | 104 | Maryland | Baltimore | State Penitentiary | Courier | 1952 | s | 1966 | x | ||
96 | 105 | Maryland | Jessup | State House of Correction | Conqueror | 1962 | s | 1966 | x | ||
97 | 106 | Maryland | Hagerstown | State Correctional Institution | Trumpet / Roxbury Review | 1954 | e | 1986 | e | ||
98 | 107 | Maryland | Jessup | State Correctional Institution for Women | Soundings | 1950 | s | 1966 | x | ||
99 | 109 | Massachusetts | Bridgwater | State Correctional Institution | Beacon | 1960 | s | 1966 | x | ||
100 | 110 | Massachusetts | Norfolk | Prison Colony | Colony | 1935 | s | 1966 | x | ||
101 | 111 | Massachusetts | Framingham | State Correctional Institution | Harmony News | 1945 | s | 1966 | x | ||
102 | 112 | Massachusetts | Charleston | State Prison | Mentor | 1898 | s | 1966 | x | ||
103 | 113 | Massachusetts | Norfolk | Correctional Institute | Odyssey | 1990 | s | 1990 | x | ||
104 | 114 | Massachusetts | Concord | State Correctional Institution | Our Paper | 1885 | s | 1966 | x | ||
105 | 115 | Massachusetts | Pittsfield | Berkshire County Jail & House of Correction | Bars & Stripes | 1965 | s | 1966 | e | ||
106 | 116 | Massachusetts | Bristol County Jail & House of Correction | Bristol Crier | 1963 | s | 1966 | e | |||
107 | 117 | Massachusetts | Westfield | Hampden County Dentention Center | Bi-weekly Announcer | 1965 | s | 1966 | e | ||
108 | 118 | Massachusetts | Springfield | Hampden County Jail & House of Correction | The New Yorker | 1963 | s | 1966 | e | ||
109 | 119 | Massachusetts | Hampshire County House of Correction | Union House | 1966 | s | 1966 | e | |||
110 | 120 | Massachusetts | South Carver | Massachusetts Prison Camps | The Camper | 1966 | s | 1966 | e | ||
111 | 121 | Michigan | Ionia | State Reformatory | Hilltop News | 1928 | s | 1966 | x | ||
112 | 122 | Michigan | Ypsilanti | Huron Valley Men's Facility | Monitor | 1982 | s | 1995 | x | ||
113 | 123 | Michigan | Jackson | State Prison | Spectator | 1930 | s | 1974 | x | ||
114 | 124 | Michigan | Plymouth | Detroit House of Correction | Voice | 1935 | s | 1966 | x | ||
115 | 125 | Michigan | Marquette | State Prison | Weekly Progress / Northlander | 1938 | s | 1944 | x | ||
116 | 126 | Michigan | Marquette | State House of Correction & Branch Prison | Weekly Progress / Northwoods Bulletin | 1938 | s | 1966 | e | ||
117 | Michigan | Milan | Federal Correctional Institution | The Insider | 1965 | s | 1966 | e | |||
118 | 128 | Minnesota | Sandstone | Federal Correctional Institution | Gist / Parrot / Northernaire | 1942 | e | 1975 | e | ||
119 | 129 | Minnesota | Oak Park Heights | State Correctional Institution | Perspective | 1986 | e | 1986 | |||
120 | 130 | Minnesota | Stillwater | State Prison | Prison Mirror | 1887 | s | 1988 | x | ||
121 | 131 | Minnesota | Shakopee | State Reformatory for Women | Reflector | 1935 | s | 1966 | x | ||
122 | 132 | Minnesota | St. Cloud | State Reformatory | Reformatory Pillar | 1966 | e | 1977 | e | ||
123 | 133 | Minnesota | Circle Pines | Minnesota Reception & Diagnostic Center | Lino Syndicate | 1963 | s | 1966 | e | ||
124 | 134 | Minnesota | Togo | Thistledew Lake Forestry Camp | Boondocker Times | 1961 | s | 1966 | e | ||
125 | 135 | Minnesota | Willow River | Willow River Forestry Camp | Informer | 1952 | s | 1966 | e | ||
126 | 136 | Mississippi | Parchman | State Prison | Inside World | 1949 | s | 1966 | x | ||
127 | Mississippi | Holly Springs | Marshall County Correction Facility | New Directions | 1997 | ||||||
128 | 137 | Missouri | Jefferson City | State Penitentiary | Student / Jefftown Journal | 1949 | e | 1980 | x | ||
129 | 138 | Missouri | Jefferson City | State Reformatory | Flood Light | 1945 | s | 1945 | x | ||
130 | 139 | Missouri | Springfield | Federal Medical Facility for Prisoners | Ozark Echo / The Epitome | 1942 | e | 1966 | e | ||
131 | 140 | Missouri | Moberly | State Medium-Security Prison | Rocketeer | 1963 | s | 1966 | x | ||
132 | 141 | Montana | Deer Lodge | State Prison | MP News | 1962 | s | 1966 | x | ||
133 | 142 | Nebraska | Lincoln | State Penitentiary | Forum | 1938 | s | 1966 | x | ||
134 | 143 | Nevada | Carson City | State Prison | Sagebrush | 1960 | s | 1966 | x | ||
135 | 144 | New Jersey | Clinton | State Reformatory for Women | Ad Lib | 1960 | s | 1966 | x | ||
136 | 145 | New Jersey | Rahway | State Prison | Better Citizen / Dome | 1936 | e | 1975 | x | ||
137 | 146 | New Jersey | Bordentown | State Reformatory | Inside Bordentown / Bulletin | 1940 | s | 1966 | x | ||
138 | 147 | New Jersey | Annandale | State Reformatory | Stars & Bars | 1950 | s | 1950 | x | ||
139 | 148 | New Jersey | Trenton | State Prison | Viewpoint | 1944 | s | 1944 | x | ||
140 | 149 | New Mexico | Santa Fe | State Prison | El Boleton / Enchanted News / Santa Fe Prison News | 1946 | e | 1984 | x | ||
141 | 150 | New York | Staten Island | Arthur Kill Correctional Facility | Arthur Kill Alliance | 1986 | e | 1986 | x | ||
142 | 151 | New York | Attica | State Prison | Attican | 1936 | e | 1936 | x | ||
143 | 152 | New York | Auburn | State Correctional Facility | Auburn Collective | 1974 | e | 1979 | x | ||
144 | 153 | New York | New York | Debtors Prison | Forlorn Hope | 1800 | s | 1800 | x | ||
145 | 154 | New York | Stormville | Green Haven Correctional Facility | Greenhaven Monthly | 1978 | e | 1979 | x | ||
146 | 155 | New York | New York | Blackwell's Island | Observer | 1916 | e | 1916 | x | ||
147 | 156 | New York | Rikers Island | State Correctional Institution for Men | Rikers Review | 1939 | s | 1966 | x | ||
148 | 157 | New York | Ossining | Sing Sing Prison | Solitaire / Star of Hope / Bulletin | 1887 | s | 1921 | t | ||
149 | 158 | New York | Elmira | State Reformatory | Summary | 1883 | s | 1966 | x | ||
150 | 159 | New York | Clinton | State Prison | Tab-O-Graph | 1944 | e | 1944 | |||
151 | 160 | North Carolina | Jackson | Odom Prison | Odom Hi-Rider | 1961 | s | 1966 | x | ||
152 | 161 | Ohio | Lebanon | State Correctional Institution | Buccaneer / Advocate | 1961 | s | 1975 | x | ||
153 | 162 | Ohio | Chillicothe | Federal Reformatory | Flashlight / Chiliarch | ||||||
154 | 163 | Ohio | Marion | State Correctional Institution | M C Eye | 1956 | s | 1966 | x | ||
155 | 164 | Ohio | Mansfield | State Reformatory | Reformatory Outlook / New Day / Criterion | 1903 | s | 1966 | x | ||
156 | 165 | Ohio | Columbus | State Penitentiary | O.P. News | 1892 | s | 1966 | x | ||
157 | 166 | Ohio | London | State Prison Farm | Prison Farmer | 1935 | s | 1935 | x | ||
158 | 167 | Oklahoma | Lexington | Joseph Harp Correctional Center | Concepts | 1990 | e | 1990 | |||
159 | 168 | Oklahoma | McAlester | State Penitentiary | Eye Opener / Soonerland | 1936 | s | 1966 | x | ||
160 | 169 | Oklahoma | El Reno | Federal Reformatory | Outlook | 1934 | s | 1934 | x | ||
161 | 170 | Oklahoma | Granite | State Reformatory | News-Views | 1949 | s | 1949 | x | ||
162 | 171 | Oregon | Salem | State Penitentiary | Lend-a-hand / Shadows / Viewpoint | 1903 | s | 1972 | x | ||
163 | 172 | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | State Correctional Institution | Umpire / Eastern Echo | 1956 | e | 1966 | x | ||
164 | 173 | Pennsylvania | Camp Hill | State Correctional Institution | Headliner | 1947 | s | 1966 | x | ||
165 | 174 | Pennsylvania | Pittsburg | Western Penitentiary | Keystone | 1944 | e | 1944 | x | ||
166 | 175 | Pennsylvania | Lewisburg | Federal Penitentiary | Periscope / Lens / Friday Flyer / First Step | 1933 | s | 1972 | x | ||
167 | 176 | Pennsylvania | Muncy | State Industrial Home for Women | Muncy Times | 1942 | e | 1942 | x | ||
168 | 177 | Pennsylvania | Muncy | State Correctional Institution | Prism | 1962 | s | 1966 | x | ||
169 | 178 | Pennsylvania | State Reformatory | Reformatory Record | 1889 | s | 1889 | x | |||
170 | 179 | Pennsylvania | Bellefonte | Western Penitentiary | Rockview | 1889 | s | 1889 | x | ||
171 | 180 | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Debtors Prison | Supporter | 1800 | s | 1800 | x | ||
172 | 181 | Pennsylvania | Pittsburg | State Correctional Institute | Vibrations | 1970 | s | 1971 | t | ||
173 | 182 | Pennsylvania | Easton | Northhampton County Prison | Inside News | 1966 | e | 1966 | x | ||
174 | 183 | Rhode Island | Howard | State Prison | Times / Hope Press | 1948 | s | 1966 | x | ||
175 | 184 | South Carolina | Columbia | State Penitentiary | About Face | 1957 | s | 1966 | x | ||
176 | 185 | South Dakota | Sioux Falls | State Penitentiary | Messenger | 1921 | s | 1989 | x | ||
177 | 186 | Tennessee | Nashville | State Penitentiary | This Is It / Interim | 1951 | s | 1986 | x | ||
178 | 187 | Tennessee | Nashville | Middle Tennessee Reception Center | Inside Story | 1990 | e | 1990 | |||
179 | 188 | Tennessee | Nashville | Riverbend Maximum Security Institution | Maximum Times | 1990 | e | 1990 | |||
180 | 189 | Tennessee | Only | Turney Center Industrial Prison | Only Voice | 1990 | e | 1990 | |||
181 | 190 | Tennessee | Tiptonville | Lake County Regional Correctional Facility | Paragon | 1986 | e | 1986 | |||
182 | 191 | Tennessee | Pikeville | Southeastern State Regional Correctional Facility | Verdict | 1986 | e | 1986 | |||
183 | 191.1 | Tennessee | Mephis | Shelby County Penal Farm | Lantern Daily | 1965 | e | 1965 | |||
184 | 192 | Texas | La Tuna | Federal Reformatory | B. Sentinel / El Centinela / Fronterizo | 1941 | e | 1941 | |||
185 | 193 | Texas | Huntsville | State Prison System | Monitor / Echo / Joint Endeavor / Wynot | 1909 | s | 2001 | x | ||
186 | 194 | Texas | Seagoville | Federal Reformatory | Seagazette / This 'N That | 1948 | s | 1948 | x | ||
187 | 195 | Texas | Texarkana | Federal Correctional Institution | Spot Light / The Crossroads | 1942 | e | 1966 | |||
188 | 197 | Utah | Draper | State Prison | The Point / Pointer News | 1947 | s | 1966 | x | ||
189 | 198 | Utah | Salt Lake City | State Prison | Utah Penwiper | 1932 | s | 1932 | x | ||
190 | 199 | Vermont | Windsor | State Prison | Green Mountain Graphic | 1955 | s | 1966 | x | ||
191 | 200 | Vermont | Rutland | State Women's Reformatory | ETC | 1963 | s | 1966 | x | ||
192 | 201 | Virginia | Goochland | State Industrial Farm for Women | Citizen | 1941 | s | 1966 | x | ||
193 | 202 | Virginia | Richmond | State Penitentiary | Beacon / FYSK Magazine / Virginian | 1942 | e | 1984 | x | ||
194 | 203 | Virginia | Bland | Bland Correctional Farm | The Roller | 1956 | s | 1966 | x | ||
195 | 203.1 | Virginia | State Farm | Southside State Farm | Reaching Out | 1973 | e | 1973 | |||
196 | 204 | Washington | Monroe | State Reformatory | Hornet / Totem / Prison Legal News | 1942 | e | 2006 | x | ||
197 | 205 | Washington | Walla Walla | State Penitentiary | Our Dope Book / Our View Point / Outlook | 1913 | s | 1913 | c | ||
198 | 206 | Washington | McNeil Island | Federal Penitentiary | Lantern | 1924 | s | 1972 | |||
199 | 208 | West Virgina | Alderson | Federal Reformatory for Women | Eagle | 1933 | s | 1933 | x | ||
200 | 209 | West Virgina | Moundsville | State Penitentiary | Penscope / New Penscope | 1948 | s | 1979 | x | ||
201 | 210 | Wisconsin | Wampun | State Prison | Candle / Wampum World | 1943 | e | 1977 | x | ||
202 | 211 | Wisconsin | Green Bay | State Reformatory | Bay Banner / Panorama Press | 1952 | s | 1974 | x | ||
203 | 212 | Wisconsin | Fox Lake | State Correctional Institution | WCI Solar Screen | 1963 | s | 1972 | x | ||
204 | 213 | Wyoming | Rawlins | State Penitentiary | Best Scene | 1962 | s | 1975 | x |
1 | Additional data on the U.S. prison press | Repository: | ||||||
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2 | http://acrosswalls.org/datasets/ | |||||||
3 | Version: 1.0 | |||||||
4 | Star of Hope, New York state prison publication, 1903 | |||||||
5 | Star of Hope copies printed | 5,000 | Pp. 281-2, 289 in | |||||
6 | share of prisoners getting Star of Hope | 67% | Number 1500 (1903). "Prison Journalism." The Bookman vol. (Nov.): 281-90. | |||||
7 | copies to prisoners | 2,929 | ||||||
8 | copies to outside | 2,071 | ||||||
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11 | New York state prison population, 1904 | |||||||
12 | city | prison name | prisoners | |||||
13 | Auburn | State Prison | 1245 | U.S. Census Bureau; see | ||||
14 | Dannemora | Clinton Prison | 1090 | "prison library dataset" in workbook libraries-prisons-before-1940 | ||||
15 | Elmira | Reformatory (adults) | 1338 | |||||
16 | Ossining | Sing Sing State Prison | 1229 | |||||
17 | Napanoch | Eastern New York Reformatory | 458 | |||||
18 | Bedford Hills | Reformatory for Women | 220 | |||||
19 | Rochester | Western House of Refuge for Women, Albion (reformatory) | 152 | |||||
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21 | total prisoners, ex. Elmira | 4,394 | ||||||
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25 | Newspapers outside prisons in 1904 | |||||||
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27 | newspapers | aggregate circ per issue (1000s) | circ per newspaper | |||||
28 | daily | 2452 | 19633 | 8,007 | Calculated from Tables 44 and 47 in | |||
29 | weekly | 15006 | 36227 | 2,414 | Census of 1910, Reports, Manufactures, v. 10, pp. 789, 791. | |||
30 | top-10 city dailies | 234 | 9915 | 42,372 | ||||
31 | others | 2218 | 9718 | 4,381 | ||||
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35 | Prison newspapers circulation trend | |||||||
36 | circulation | publications | circ/publication | |||||
37 | 1909 | 20,000 | 18 | 1,111 | 1909 figure: Barrows (1910) p. 259 | |||
38 | 1934 | 109,912 | 69 | 1,593 | Barrows, Isabel C. (1910). Periodicals in Reformatories and Prisons. Penal and Reformatory Institutions. v. 2 of Correction and Prevention. Charles Richmond Henderson, ed. New York, Charities Publication Committee: 236-60 (Ch. XI, Sec. 3 | |||
39 | 1965 | 259,374 | 222 | 1,168 | ||||
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43 | Outside circulation of prison publications in 1934 | |||||||
44 | prison size range | |||||||
45 | low | high | prison publications | average outside circulation | ||||
46 | 481 | 7581 | 2 | 8500 | ||||
47 | 159 | 2874 | 12 | 1500 | p. 256 in Coulter, Isabella Kellock (1936). "A Study of Publications in National and State Penal and Correctional Institutions of the United States." Social Forces vol. 15(2): 255-61. | |||
48 | 540 | 133 | 2 | 850 | Id. states: | |||
49 | 220 | 4104 | 3 | 750 | The answers to the question as to the extent of outside circulation of the publications must have included, in many cases, the total circulation within and without the institution. | |||
50 | 418 | 3300 | 5 | 650 | ||||
51 | 240 | 5300 | 5 | 550 | ||||
52 | 155 | 1496 | 8 | 450 | ||||
53 | 100 | 1609 | 7 | 350 | ||||
54 | 19 | 3486 | 7 | 250 | ||||
55 | 224 | 2266 | 5 | 150 | ||||
56 | 51 | 1200 | 13 | 112 | ||||
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58 | total publications | 69 | ||||||
59 | total outside circulation | 54,956 | ||||||
60 | outside circ/publication | 796 | ||||||
61 | est outside circ/total circ | 0.5 | ||||||
62 | total circ/publication | 1,593 | ||||||
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66 | U.S. prison publications circulation c. 1965 | |||||||
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68 | number of publications | 222 | Baird (1967) p. 12 | |||||
69 | outside circulation | 80,416 | Baird, Russell N. (1967). The Penal Press. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press. | |||||
70 | total circulation | 240,036 | ||||||
71 | total circulatin, adj. for non-reporting | 259,374 | ||||||
72 | outside circulation share | 34% | ||||||
73 | circulation/publication | 1,168 | ||||||
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77 | prison newspapers and magazines page total estimate, US 1885-1985 | |||||||
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79 | publications | 100 | estimates based on the prison press dataset | |||||
80 | years | 100 | ||||||
81 | publication frequency / year | 12 | ||||||
82 | pages / publication | 10 | ||||||
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84 | total pages | 1200000 | ||||||
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86 | ||||||||
87 | Prison-authors books | |||||||
88 | books published, 1789-1988 | 950 | Pp. 293-341 in | |||||
89 | estimated pages per book | 200 | Franklin, H. Bruce (1989). Prison literature in America: the victim as criminal and artist. New York, Oxford University Press. | |||||
90 | total pages | 190000 | ||||||
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95 | Daily newspapers outside prisons | |||||||
96 | papers | circ (millions) | circ/paper | Series R246-7 in | ||||
97 | 1880 | 850 | 3.1 | 3,647 | U.S. Bureau of the Census (1975). Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office. | |||
98 | 1900 | 1967 | 15.1 | 7,677 | Also | |||
99 | 1910 | 2200 | 22.4 | 10,182 | Carter, Susan B. et al. (2006). Historical statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. | |||
100 | 1920 | 2042 | 27.8 | 13,614 | ||||
101 | 1930 | 1942 | 39.6 | 20,391 | ||||
102 | 1940 | |||||||
103 | 1950 | |||||||
104 | 1960 | |||||||
105 | 1970 | 1748 | 62.1 | 35526.31579 | ||||
106 | ||||||||
107 | 1958 | |||||||
108 | daily | 58713 | 1778 | 33021.93476 | 4.124167678 | |||
109 | 26177 | 6315 | 4145.209818 | |||||
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113 | year | newpapers | total circulation | circulation / newspaper | ||||
114 | 1909 | 2,600 | 24,212 | 9,312 | ||||
115 | 1966 | 1,751 | 60,400 | 34,495 | ||||
116 | ||||||||
117 | circ growth | 3.7 | ||||||
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121 | U.S. wages in the 1820s | |||||||
122 | common laborer | daily | 0.73 | 255.5 | Margo, Robert A. (2000). Wages and labor markets in the United States, 1820-1860. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. | |||
123 | artisan | daily | 1.22 | 427 | ||||
124 | white collar | monthly | 32.61 | 391.32 |
1 | Most highly regarded prison publications in 1963 | Repository: | |||||
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2 | http://acrosswalls.org/datasets/ | ||||||
3 | Version: 1.0 | ||||||
4 | rank | prison publication name | prison | city | state | ||
5 | 1 | The Atlantian | U.S. Penitentiary | Atlanta | GA | Based on poll of prison press editors | |
6 | 2 | The Presidio | Iowa State Penitentiary | Fort Madison | IO | Reported on p. 55 of | |
7 | 3 | The New Era | U.S. Penitentiary | Levenworth | KA | Fixx, James F. (1963). Journalists behind bars. Saturday Review. | |
8 | 4 | The Mentor | Mass. Correctional Institution | South Walpole | MA | ||
9 | 5 | Lake Shore Outlook | Indiana State Prison | Michigan City | IN | ||
10 | 6 | The Raiford Record | Florida State Prison | Raiford | FL | ||
11 | 7 | The Menard time | Illinois State Prison | Menard | IL | ||
12 | 8 | The Spectator | South Michigan Prison | Jackson | MI | ||
13 | 9 | The Pendleton Reflector | Indiana Reformatory | Pendleton | IN | ||
14 | 10 | The Enchanted News | Penitentiary of New Mexico | Santa Fe | NM | ||
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16 | Honorable Mention | ||||||
17 | The Courier | Maryland Penitentiary | Baltimore | MD | |||
18 | The Folsom Observer | Folsom State Prison | Represa | CA | |||
19 | The Habinger | Kansas State Industrial Reformatory | Hutchinson | KA |