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Ancestry.com - U.S. Penitentiary Records, 1875 $

Original source: Several collections.

Federal Bureau of Prisons (U.S.)

U.S. National Archives - Prison Records at the National Archives

U.S. National Archives - Records of the Bureau of Prisons

(Record Group 129), 1870-1981, Overview of Records Locations.

USAGov - Prisons and Prisoners

Answers to the most commonly asked questions about prisons, jails, and inmates.