Title: Wisconsin. Parole Board: Subject File
Inclusive Dates: 1952-1988

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Parole Board

Call Number: Series 2399

Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (6 record center cartons)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

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Abstract:

Subject file, mainly 1960-1988, for the Parole Board. Contains information relative to correctional and paroling issues and includes correspondence; administrative rules and policies; major grant funded program files; parole handbooks and information; reports and statistics; and office management files. Series also contains Parole Board copies of the following records: selected parole applications from the Milwaukee House of Correction (1977-1985); recommendations made by the Division of Corrections on applications for executive clemency (1963-1988); and subject files and correspondence of the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission.

Language: English

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The first antecedent to the parole law in Wisconsin was the good time law enacted in 1860. This law provided for allowance of five days per month diminution of sentence for good behavior as well as other provisions. This was followed by the Indeterminate Sentence Law of 1889 (Chap. 390). This legislation gave the authority to grant parole to the State Board of Control and stipulated the various requirements for eligibility. In 1909 the Board of Control was also given supervisory responsibility for offenders placed on probation. Not all penal institutions in the state were covered by parole legislation. This was changed in 1919 (Chap. 615, Laws of 1919) when legislation placed paroling authority for inmates of all state penal institutions including the Milwaukee House of Correction under the Board of Control. In 1939 with the creation of the Division of Corrections, responsibility for parole was transferred to the Bureau of Probation and Parole. A separate Parole Board was created by Chap. 221, Laws of 1979 to advise the Secretary of Health and Social Services on parole decisions. Its members were appointed by the secretary. The Parole Board has since been replaced by the Parole Commission (1989 Wis Act 107) whose chairperson is appointed by the governor.

Alphabetical by subject and thereunder roughly chronological. Records for the Milwaukee House of Correction, executive clemency, and the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission are arranged in separate alphabetical sections at the end of the series.

Series 2377, Wisconsin. Division of Corrections: Subject File, 1930-1980

Box   1 Folder   1	American Correctional Association, 1980
Box   1 Folder   2-3	Administrative Code, 1978, 1981-1984
Box   1 Folder   4	Administrative Directive, 1977-1982
Box   1 Folder   5	Affirmative Action, 1981-1983
Box   1 Folder   6	Association of Paroling Authorities, 1962-1985
Box   1 Folder   7	Assessment and Evaluation Centers, 1980-1981
Box   1 Folder   8	Brookings Institute Study, 1973
Box   1 Folder   9	Budgets, 1966-1988
Box   1 Folder   10	Central State Hospital - Parole Interviews, 1977-1979
Box   1 Folder   11	Child Monitoring Program Guidelines, 1977
Box   1 Folder   12	Clippings, 1966-1983
Box   1 Folder   13	Commission on Accreditation for Corrections, 1976-1978
Box   1 Folder   14	Conditional Parole Program, 1980-1981
Box   1 Folder   15-36	Correspondence, 1963-June 1980
Box   2 Folder   1-14	Correspondence, July 1980-1989
Box   2 Folder   15	Cuban Inmates - Mariel Refugees, 1983-1985
Box   2 Folder   16	Data Systems Information Project, 1981-1986
Box   2 Folder   17	Detainers, 1979
Box   2 Folder   18	Determinate Sentencing, 1976-1979
Box   2 Folder   19	Developmentally Disabled Correctional Client, 1978
Box   2 Folder   20	Disclosure of Case File Information, 1979
Box   2 Folder   21	Fast Track-Early Release Program, 1983
Box   2 Folder   22	Federal Parole Guidelines, 1977
Box   2 Folder   23	Flat Sentencing Project, 1976
Box   2 Folder   24	Forms Management, 1978-1983
Box   2 Folder   25	“Good Time” Laws, 1978-1984
Box   2 Folder   26	Goulette Procedure-Judicial Review, 1975-1976
Box   2 Folder   27	Governors Study Committee on Offender Rehabilitation, 1971-1972
Box   2 Folder   28	Historical File, 1952-1980
Box   2 Folder   29	Information Needs and Deficiencies, 1978-1979
Box   2 Folder   30	Jail Time Credit, 1976-1977
Box   2 Folder   31	Judicial Education, 1970-1972
Box   2 Folder   32	Juvenile Releases, 1976-1977
Box   2 Folder   33	Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), 1972-1974
Box   2 Folder   34	Legal Assistance to Inmates and Patients (LAIP), 1977-1981
Box   2 Folder   35	Legislative Audit Report, 1974-1980
Box   2 Folder   36	Legislative Proposals, 1975-1984
Box   2 Folder   37	Life Terms, 1982
Box   2 Folder   38	Mandatory Release, 1984
Box   2 Folder   39	Marijuana Laws, 1971-1973
Box   2 Folder   40	Medical Treatment of Residents, 1987-1988
Box   2 Folder   41	Meetings and Speeches, 1981-1983
Box   3 Folder   1	Minnesota Transfers, 1982-1985
Box   3 Folder   2	National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 1969-1971
Box   3 Folder   3	National Parole Institute, 1976-1982
Box   3 Folder   4	Newsletter: The Parole Release, 1987
Box   3 Folder   5	Overcrowding, 1976-1984
	Parole Board (internal operations)
Box   3 Folder   6	Actions Affecting Adult Male Institution Populations, 1974
Box   3 Folder   7	Alternate Members, 1976-1979
Box   3 Folder   8	Board Member Exchange, 1971-1972
Box   3 Folder   9	The Courts and the Parole Board,
Box   3 Folder   10	Evolution of Parole Guidelines, 1979
Box   3 Folder   11	Parole Board Position Re-Allocation Survey, 1977
Box   3 Folder   12-13	Parole Decision Making Guidelines, 1977-1980
Box   3 Folder   14	Parole Decision Form (PB-8), 1981
Box   3 Folder   15	Parole Decisions Report, 1982
Box   3 Folder   16	Parole Eligibility, 1972-1974
Box   3 Folder   17	Parole Handbook, 1966-1968
Box   3 Folder   18	Parole Hearings, 1978-1983
Box   3 Folder   19	Parole Hearing Observers, 1976-1988
Box   3 Folder   20	Parole Primer, 1979
Box   3 Folder   21	Parole Statistics, 1973-1974
Box   3 Folder   22	Parolability, 1981-1985
Box   3 Folder   23	Personnel Structure and Needs, 1969-1976
Box   3 Folder   24	Policies and Procedures Manual, 1976
Box   3 Folder   25	Policy and Procedure Correspondence, 1976-1981
Box   3 Folder   26	Pre-Board Summary, 1981
Box   3 Folder   27	Quarterly Summaries, 1981-1983
Box   3 Folder   28	Restructuring Proposal, 1976
Box   3 Folder   29	Resident Advisory Group, 1977
Box   3 Folder   30	Security, 1978-1979
Box   3 Folder   31	Self-evaluation Study, 1974
Box   3 Folder   32	Statistics, 1974-1985
Box   3 Folder   33	Structured Parole Decision-making Committee, 1976-1978
Box   3 Folder   34	Tape Recording Interviews, 1975
Box   3 Folder   35	Visitation Schedule, 1972
Box   3 Folder   36-40	Workload, 1977-1983
Box   4 Folder   1	Workplan, 1980-1981
Box   4 Folder   2	Parole Planning Guide, 1974
Box   4 Folder   3	Parole Opportunity Program (POP), 1981-1982
Box   4 Folder   4	Parole Research, 1962-1965
Box   4 Folder   5	Parole Requests, 1986-1987
Box   4 Folder   6	Parole Revocation Hearings, 1971-1983
Box   4 Folder   7	Parole Violators, 1978-1979
Box   4 Folder   8	Public Relations, 1961-1968
Box   4 Folder   9	Recidivism, 1978
Box   4 Folder   10	Recision Hearings, 1980-1988
Box   4 Folder   11	Research Projects-Psychology of Parole Decision Making, 1979
Box   4 Folder   12	Research Project-Two Year Follow-up Study on Releases, 1983
Box   4 Folder   13	Research Triangle Institute, 1976-1977
Box   4 Folder   14	Sex Offenders, 1982
Box   4 Folder   15	Strike Contingency Plans, 1979
Box   4 Folder   16	Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SATP), 1977-1981
Box   4 Folder   17	Surveys and Questionnaires, 1981-1983
Box   4 Folder   18	T.C.I. Pilot Research: Inmate Correctional Plans, 1985-1986
Box   4 Folder   19	Trends in Parole Releases and Decisions, 1981
Box   4 Folder   20	Uniform Parole Reports, 1980-1981
Box   4 Folder   21	United States Parole Commission Guidelines, 1975
Box   4 Folder   22	Wisconsin Center for Public Policy, 1980-1981
Box   4 Folder   23	Wisconsin Coalition for Alternatives to Prison Expansion, 1979
Box   4 Folder   24	Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice, 1981-1982
Box   4 Folder   25	Youthful Offender Program, 1976
Box   4 Folder   26-67	Milwaukee County House of Correction Parole Cases, 1977-1985
Box   5 Folder   1-35	Milwaukee County House of Correction Parole Cases, 1977-1985, continued
Box   5 Folder   36-46	Executive Clemency. Div. of Corrections recommendations on applications for executive clemency, 1963-1988
Box   6 Folder   1-5	Recommendations on applications for executive clemency, 1963-1988, continued
	Sentencing Commission (Parole Board file copies)
Box   6 Folder   6	Administrative Rules, 1985-1986
Box   6 Folder   7	Annual Report, 1986
Box   6 Folder   8	Clippings, 1981-1986
Box   6 Folder   9-10	Correspondence, 1980-1986
Box   6 Folder   11	Felony Sentencing Guideline Laws, 1984
Box   6 Folder   12	Judicial Administration of Sentencing Guidelines, 1984
	Sentencing Guidelines
Box   6 Folder   13	General, 1975-1986
Box   6 Folder   14	Advisory Committee Report, 1983
Box   6 Folder   15	Committee Minutes, 1981-1983
Box   6 Folder   16	Progress Reports, 1981-1983
Box   6 Folder   17-18	Guidelines Data, 1979-1986
Box   6 Folder   19-20	Guidelines Manual, 1983-1985
Box   6 Folder   21	Sentencing Reform in the United States, 1984
	Wisconsin Center for Public Policy
Box   6 Folder   22	Correspondence, 1977-1981
Box   6 Folder   23	Sentencing Guidelines Research 8 Development, 1981
Box   6 Folder   24	Wisconsin Sentencing Study, 1979