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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Department of Correction

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority |Agency History |
Published histories/articles | State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :
CGS sec. 18-78.

Agency History :

1968, established per 1967 P.A. 152, an administrative merger of :
the State Prison
the State Farm and Prison for Women
Connecticut Reformatory
State Jail Administration
Board of Parole (for fiscal and budgetary purposes only, remains autonomous within the Dept. of Correction)

Published Histories/Articles :
See Dept. of Correction web site for dates of operation of jails in Connecticut

Archived Department of Correction Web site, as harvested on 2007-04-13, by the Connecticut State Library, Connecticut Digital Archive.

Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

Connecticut. Dept. of Correction.

Annual Reports are located in :

[CSL Call Number ConnDoc Co80 rp]
Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d] and 2002-, the online version
Dept. of Correction Web page.

State Archives Record Group : RG 017

List of Commissioners :

Name

Years of Service
Ellis C. MacDougall 1968-1970
John R. Manson 1970-1983
Raymond M. Lopes 1983-1987
Larry R. Meachum 1987-1994
John J. Armstrong 1994-2002
Theresa C. Lantz 2003-2009
Brian K. Murphy, Acting 2009-present

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 4/2010.