This series consists of bound volumes containing a listing of all persons convicted of felonies or misdemeanors in the State of Georgia prison system. The information consistently given varies from register to register as does the arrangement of the contents. However, the general basic information consists of: (1) convict's name; (2) assigned file number (used in later volumes); (3) crime committed; (4) county where crime was committed; (5) sentence; (6) minimum and maximum terms of sentence; (7) date due for release; (8) date received in penitentiary; (9) physical description when received; (10) date of escape, if any; (11) date of recapture; (12) location of detention; (13) disposition and date.

Code lettering of the various volumes is as follows: A=felony; M=misdemeanor; FM=Fulton County misdemeanor; GM=Georgia misdemeanor, and D=felony prisoner sent to a diagnostic center.