Pardon and parole files

Creator: Governor's Office. Pardon and Extradition Attorney

Date: 1863 - 1983

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Unavailable

Unit ID: 193659

Restrictions: Portions restricted per KSA 45-221(a)(29) and KSA 22-4701 to KSA 22-4712. See AG Opinion 79-204.

Restrictions: Per KSA 75-104, as of 1991, records of former governors who are still alive are closed until their deaths, unless the governor orders that the records be opened. Certain records may still remain closed due to falling under KSA 45-221, the Open Records Act, or under other such statutes that generally or specifically affect the openness of public records. For more information regarding access to these records, contact reference staff.

Space Required/Quantity: 214.77 cubic feet

Title (Main title): Pardon and parole files

Scope and Content

Scope and content: The pardon and parole files are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the inmate. They include records for inmates at Kansas correctional facilities, including: Kansas State Penitentiary, Kansas State Industrial Reformatory (approx. 1927-1945), and the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women (approx. 1921-1962). (Also parole certificates issued by the Coffeyville City Court.) The files can include correspondence, petitions, and testimonials on behalf of the inmate; prisoner interview records, parole reports, and other related materials.

Oversize Folder 1 contains map: [Plat of sections 16, 22, 23, and part of 26 in township 3 south, range 33 west of the sixth P.M., Rawlins County, Kansas, as it appeared in 1889 & 1890], by S.C. Gaunt, 1894 Mar. 10; 58 x 43 cm. Diagram shows location of farm & buildings near residence of applicant, but applicant's name or other information is unknown.

Locators:

Locator	Contents
032-01-02-01 to 032-06-08-07	Series I and series II prisoner files (1863-1960); box 30 includes copies of Dalton brothers' files
047-05-05-06	Files for approximately 1957-1960
061-04-01-11 to 061-04-02-19	Closed files for approximately 1956 - 1983; Includes a Joan Finney pardon from 1993
071-09-03-13 to 071-09-05-04	Files for approximately 1934-1957, in alphabetical order
072-04-11-01	Oversize folder 1: Map; Plat of Rawlins County
079-03-02-01	Original Dalton brothers files have been removed from subseries I, box 30.