Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Wasco County Records Inventory
Prisoner Registers
1892-1970
Series tracks individuals incarcerated in the county jail. Information includes prisoner identification number; date entered; name, address, age, birth date, height and weight, eye and hair color, and nationality of prisoner; arrest date; arresting officer; crime committed; sentence; bail; court; release date; and remarks. Prisoner registers, which may also be referred to as jail lists, have been inventoried through 1965. Access to portions of these records may be restricted for 25 years after termination of custody by Oregon Revised Statute 192.496.
Records at the Wasco County Courthouse, Second Floor Lobby Exhibit
Case:
Description of Prisoners [Register-includes
photographs-with index], vol. 1, 1901-1953 (1 volume).
Records at the Wasco County Courthouse, Basement County Archives:
Jail Register [taped binding], 1892-1929 (1 volume);
Jail Register, vol. 2-4, 1929-1970 (3 volumes).