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The Massachusetts Correctional Institution—Cedar Junction (MCI-Cedar Junction), formerly known as MCI-Walpole, was a mens maximum security prison under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Department of Correction. It was opened in 1956 to replace Charlestown State Prison, the oldest prison in the
Located outside Boston, [1] Walpole state prison was Massachusetts's highest security prison in its time. [2] In 1973, the year of the strike, Walpole was known among the most violent prisons in the country, with regular stabbings and murders, unclean facilities, and severe psychological stress for inmates and prison officers alike.
It is only partially accurate to say that Walpole is the location of Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Cedar Junction, a maximum security prison for males that was originally named "MCI—Walpole" until town residents successfully lobbied in the mid-1980s for the change. [45] In reality, only part of the facility actually lies in Walpole.
The Department of Correction on Thursday announced a two-year, phased plan to "suspend housing operations" at the maximum-security prison. State to wind down operations at Walpole prison Skip to ...
Security Boston Pre-Release Center: Roslindale (Boston) Minimum/Pre-Release Bridgewater State Hospital: Bridgewater: Medium Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Correctional Unit: Boston: Medium Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center at Plymouth: Plymouth: Minimum Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Framingham: Framingham: Medium
prison guard outside open cell door By Paul Szoldra Life behind bars is a challenge for prisoners serving time, but they aren't the only ones in maximum security prisons dealing with stress.
An image of Idaho Maximum Security Institution’s C Block, where civil commitment patients are held. In May, at least 90 men housed in the prison participated in a hunger strike.
During the Acts of 1955, c. 770, all the prisons were merely renamed, "MCI-(at the city or town the prison was located). In 1955, the state prison at Walpole, and the reformatory at Concord were in fact "two" distinct "maximum" security facilities. In 1972, c. 777, s.8, the Massachusetts reformatory "name" was changed to be, "MCI-Concord."