About Corrections Records
The Colorado State Archives is a primary repository for Colorado State Penitentiary and Reformatory records.
Researchers can find biographical information about particular inmates, as well as information about their crime, sentence and parole or pardon. Mug shots for most inmates are held by the Archives as well.
How to Find Information
Administrative Records for the Colorado Department of Corrections:
State Board of Charities and Corrections
- Correspondence 1881-1897,1916-1924
- Biennial Reports 1891-1924
- Quarterly Bulletins 1912-1914
Colorado Prison Association
- Annual/Biennial Reports 1907-1916
Publications, Reports, Studies etc.
Prisoners – Records pertaining to individual State Penitentiary inmates. Records are organized by inmate number. Use Archives Search in order to find the inmate number for the person you are researching.
- Prisoner Index
- Card File of Paroles and Discharges 1899-1930
- Parole Record 1899-1951
- Prison Register 1902-1963
- Register of Pardons 1893-1910
- Record of Convicts 1871-1973
- Movement of Paroled Prisoners 1924-1947
- Mug Shots
The Penitentiary – Records pertaining to the history and management of the State Penitentiary
- Annual/Biennial Reports 1878-1946
- Edward Grout/Earle Meyer Collection 1871-1975
- Papers of Thomas J. Tynan, Warden 1911-1915
- Scrapbooks 1898-1912
- Statistics of Homicidal Crimes 1869-1897
- Handbooks, Rules and Regulations, Manuals
- Reports, Studies, Investigations
- Other Publications Including Magazines, Newsletters, Inmate Publications
Quick Cross-Reference for Inmate Number / Date
Inmate Number
| Date | |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1871 |
| 2661 | 1891 |
| 3860 | 1895 |
| 5591 | 1902 |
| 12494 | 1924 |
| 16620 | 1932 |
| 20279 | 1938 |
| 23831 | 1945 |
| 25361 | 1948 |
| 27420 | 1952 |
| 29219 | 1955 |
| 31007 | 1958 |
| 34631 | 1962 |
| 37164 | 1965 |
| 38231 | 1967 |
Inmates – Records pertaining to individual State Reformatory inmates. Records are organized by inmate number. Use Archives Search in order to find the inmate number for the person you are researching.
- Mug Shots 1927-1992
- Parole Record 1898-1951
- Prisoner's Record 1887-1939
The Reformatory – Records pertaining to the history and management life of the State Reformatory.
- Annual/Biennial Reports 1893-1931
- Handbooks, Rules and Regulations, Manuals
- Reports, Studies, Investigations
- Other Publications, including: Magazines, Newsletters, Inmate Publications
To Request a Record
To search our records, please see Archives Search.
To request a record from the Archives, please submit a formal request.
- See also our associated fees