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State Correctional Facilities in Massachusetts: (from http://www.mass.gov/eopss/law-enforce-and-cj/prisons/doc-facilities/)

MCI - Cedar Junction is a maximum security reception center for male offenders in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a medium security permanent workforce. MCI-Concord has been designated as a medium security facility. The facility houses women at various classification levels, including state sentenced and county offenders, and awaiting trial inmates. This is the Massachusetts Department of Correction's only committing institution for female offenders. MCI-Norfolk is the largest facility of its type in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Through the years, many construction projects and renovations have lead to the modern and effective community correctional facility it is today. MCI-Shirley is located approximately forty-two miles northwest of Boston on the Shirley / Lancaster Line. The North Central Correctional Institution at Gardner, as it is now known, is located on twenty acres of hillside near the Gardner/Westminster town line. Our Mission begins with providing inmates with solid work ethics and programs with the objective of releasing them back into our communities with a clear direction of their future. Historically, the name of Old Colony dates back to the founding of our Nation, and fosters a sense of hope and "new beginning." There are no walls or fences at this facility. Security is maintained through inmate counts and strict accountability procedures. As a Minimum Security and Prerelease facility for female inmates, SMCC is not within a secure perimeter and there are no lock-in cells. The Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center was named in the memory of two correctional staff, Corrections Officer James Souza and Industrial Instructor Alfred Baranowski, who were killed at MCI Norfolk in 1972 during an aborted escape attempt by a convicted murderer.
 * ==[|MCI - Cedar Junction]==
 * ==[|MCI - Concord]==
 * ==[|MCI - Framingham]==
 * ==[|MCI - Norfolk]==
 * ==[|MCI - Plymouth]==
 * ==[|MCI - Shirley]==
 * ==[|NCCI/Gardner]==
 * ==[|Northeastern Correctional Center]==
 * ==[|Old Colony Correctional Center]==
 * ==[|Pondville Correctional Center]==
 * ==[|South Middlesex Correctional Center]==
 * ==[|Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center]==

=Security Levels=
 * Maximum.** A custody level in which both design/construction as well as inmate classification reflect the need to provide maximum external and internal control and supervision of inmates primarily through the use of high security parameters and extensive use of internal physical barriers and check points. Inmates accorded this status present serious escape risks or pose serious threats to themselves, to other inmates, to staff, or the orderly running of the institution. Supervision of inmates is direct and constant.
 * Maximum Facilities**: [|MCI-Cedar Junction], [|Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center].


 * Medium.** A custody level in which design/construction as well as inmate classification reflect the need to provide maximum external and internal control and supervision of inmates. Inmates accorded to this status may present an escape risk or pose a threat to other inmates, staff, or the orderly running of the institution. Supervision remains constant and direct. Through an inmates willingness to comply with institutional rules and regulations, increased job and program opportunities exist.
 * Medium Facilities:**[|Old Colony Correctional Center]. [|Bay State Correctional Center], [|Bridgewater State Hospital], [|MCI-Concord], [|Massachusetts Treatment Center], [|MCI-Norfolk], [|North Central Correctional Institution], [|Shattuck Hosp. Correctional Unit], [|MCI-Framingham,][|Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center.]


 * Minimum.** A custody level in which both the design/construction as well as inmate classification reflect the goal of returning to the inmate a greater sense of personal responsibility and autonomy while still providing for supervision and monitoring of behavior and activity. Inmates within this security level are not considered a serious risk to the safety of staff, inmates or to the public. Program participation is mandated and geared toward their potential reintegration into the community. Access to the community is limited and under constant direct staff supervision.
 * Minimum Facilities:**[|MCI-Plymouth], [|Boston Pre-Release Center], [|Northeastern Correctional Center], [|Pondville Correctional Center], [|South Middlesex Correctional Center].


 * Pre-Release.** A custody level in which both design/construction as well as inmate classification reflect the goal of restoring to the inmate maximum responsibility and control of their own behavior and actions prior to their release. Direct supervision of these inmates is not required, but intermittent observation may be appropriate under certain conditions. Inmates within this level may be permitted to access the community unescorted to participate in programming to include, but not limited to, work release, educational release, etc.
 * Pre-Release Facilities:**[|Boston Pre-Release Center], [|Northeastern Correctional Center], [|Pondville Correctional Center], [|South Middlesex Correctional Center].

**Bristol County House of Corrections**
@http://www.bcso-ma.us/facilities.htm