Introduction -- Charles A. Penfold -- Introduction -- New North Cell House 1909-1910. Prison Board of Control 1860 -- Convict escapes 1861 -- Prison workshops 1861 -- First prison school 1863 -- A house half-finished 1864 -- Message of Governor Baker 1865 -- South Cell House 1869 -- Educational progress 1870 -- Corporal punishment 1871 -- Fire and betrayal 1872 -- A self-supporting prison 1873 -- Cruelty investigation 1874 -- Private contractors 1875 -- Prison population increases 1876 -- Contract labor thrives 1877 -- Warden James Murdock 1879 -- Full employment 1880 -- Price of prison labor 1881 -- J.H. Winterbotham 1882 -- Good Time Law enacted 1883 -- A call for help 1884 -- Amazon Hosiery Company 1885 -- Full maturation as a state prison 1886 -- Whipping abolished 1887 -- Moral reform of the prisons 1888 -- Board of State Charities 1889 -- Electric light plant 1890 -- Warden Murdock resigns 1891 -- New sewage system 1892 -- Legal punishment 1893-1894 -- Improvements needed 1895-1896 -- The Indiana State Prison 1896-1897 -- Convict labor law 1898-1900 -- Abuse investigation 1900-1902 -- The merit system 1902-1904 -- Binder twine plant 1904-1906 -- West Cell House 1906-1908 -- Insant criminals 1908-1909 -- New North Cell House 1909-1910.
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