Colonel Joseph F. Scott (1860 – December 7, 1918) was the New York Superintendent of State Prisons until 1913. He was president of the National Prison Association.[1]
Biography
editHe was born in 1860 in Craftsbury, Vermont. He attended the State Normal School in Johnstown, Vermont. He served as the superintendent of the Elmira Reformatory starting in 1900 when he replaced Frank W. Robertson. The same year he was elected as the president of the National Prison Association.[1]
He was appointed the New York Superintendent of State Prisons until he was forced out of office by governor William Sulzer in 1913 on charges of non feasance and neglect of duty.[2][3] He was replaced by John B. Riley.
He died on December 7, 1918, in Denver, Colorado.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Col. Joseph F. Scott Dead. Ex-Superintendent of Prisons of New York Dies in Denver" (PDF). New York Times. December 15, 1918. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- ^ "Governor Accuses Prison Supt. Scott. Gives Him Until Noon To-day to Answer Charges of Non-feasance and Neglect". New York Times. March 13, 1913. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- ^ "Sulzer Will Remove Scott On Charges. Prison Superintendent Refuses to Resign Under Fire. Will Offer Defense". New York Times. March 12, 1913. Retrieved 2013-11-29.