Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Framingham

Massachusetts Correctional Institution- Framingham

Location	Framingham, Massachusetts
Status	Operational
Security class	Medium/ Awaiting Trial Unit-Maximum
Capacity	452
Population	714
Opened	1877
Managed by	Massachusetts Department of Correction
Director	Superintendent Lynn Bissonnette

Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Framingham (MCI - Framingham) is the Massachusetts Department of Correction's institution for female offenders. It is located in Framingham, Massachusetts, a large town located midway between Worcester and Boston. The prison was once known as "Framingham State Prison", however, MCI Framingham is the official name, and is favored.

MCI-Framingham is a medium-security correctional facility for female offenders. Several references note it as the oldest female correctional institution (of those still in operation) in the United States. It opened in 1877.

The prison houses both state and county offenders, as well as those awaiting sentencing. There are prisoners of a variety of classification levels. Sixty-three percent of the inmates are there for non-violent offenses, most often involving drugs.

Some female inmates arrested in the Boston area are incarcerated at Boston's South Bay House of Correction under the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department.

MCI-Framingham prison is reported to be the most overcrowded in the state. Three-quarters of the women in this prison are mothers. The design capacity for MCI-Framingham is 452 inmates. It currently houses 656 female inmates at a 145% occupancy percentage.

Address

MCI Framingham
99 Loring Drive
PO Box 9007
Framingham, MA 01702
Phone (508) 532-5100

References

• MCI - Framingham - Commonwealth of Massachusetts prison information, Official Website of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS)

External links

• "More Women Prisoners", WBUR, 2000, Trustees of Boston University. Radio Interview with MCI - Framingham Prison Superintendent.