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Massachusetts correctional populations of Census 2010 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Barnstable County Jail & House Of Correction 387 Local 6000 Sheriff's Place Bourne 02630 3/31/2006
Bay State Correctional Center 297 State 28 Clark Street Norfolk 02056 Norfolk County 12/30/2005
Berkshire County Jail & House Of Correction 378 Local 467 Cheshire Road Pittsfield 01201-1820 3/31/2006
Boston Pre Release Center 148 State 430 Canterbury Street Roslindale 02131 Worcester County 12/30/2005
Bridgewater State Hospital 365 State 20 Administration Road Bridgewater 02324 Plymouth County 12/30/2005
Bristol County 1,321 Local 400 Faunce Corner Road North Dartmouth 02747 3/31/2006
Concord Correctional Inst 1,297 State 965 Elm Street West Concord 01742 Middlesex County 12/30/2005
Coolidge House 82 Private 307 Huntington Avenue Boston 02115 Boston City 12/30/2005
Devens FMC 1,041 Federal 4/1/2010
Devens-Camp 115 Federal 4/1/2010
Dukes County Jail & House Of Correction 21 Local 149 Main Street Edgartown 02539 3/31/2006
Essex County Alternative Correctional Center 311 Local 165 Marston Street Lawrence 01841 3/31/2006
Essex County Correction Facility 1,196 Local 20 Manning Avenue Middleton 09149 3/31/2006
Essex County Women In Transition 22 Local 197-R Elm Street Salisbury 01952 3/31/2006
Federal Medical Center & Camp 1,272 Federal 36 Independence Drive Fort Devins 01433 Middlesex County 12/30/2005
Franklin County Jail & House Of Correction 188 Local 160 Elm Street Greenfield 01302 3/31/2006
Hampden County 2,112 Local 627 Randall Road Ludlow 01056 3/31/2006
Hampshire County Jail & House Of Correction 276 Local 205 Rocky Hill Road Northampton 01060 3/31/2006
Massachusetts Corr Inst - Cedar Junction 541 State Route 1A South Walpole 02071 Norfolk County 12/30/2005
Massachusetts Correctional Inst - Framingham 650 State 99 Loring Drive Framingham 17019007 Middlesex County 12/30/2005
Massachusetts Correctional Inst - Norfolk 1,460 State 2 Clark Street Norfolk 02056 Norfolk County 12/30/2005
Massachusetts Correctional Inst - Plymouth 149 State Myles Standish Forest Plymouth 02360 Plymouth County 12/30/2005
Massachusetts Correctional Inst - Shirley 1,203 State Harvard Raod Shirley 01464 Middlesex County 12/30/2005
Massachusetts Teatment Center 634 State 30 Administration Road Bridgewater 02324 Plymouth County 12/30/2005
Middlesex County Jail & House Of Correction 850 Local 269 Treble Cove Road North Billerica 01862 3/31/2006
Norfolk County 725 Local P.O. Box 149 Dedham 02027 3/31/2006
North Central Correctional Inst At Gardner 996 State 500 Colony Road Gardner 01440 Worcester County 12/30/2005
Northeastern Correctional Center 263 State Barretts Mill Road West Concord 01742 Middlesex County 12/30/2005
Old Colony Correctional Center 839 State 1 Administration Road Bridgewater 02324 Plymouth County 12/30/2005
Plymouth County House Of Correction & Jail 1,553 Local 26 Long Pond Road Plymouth 02360 3/31/2006
Pondville Correctional Center 191 State P.O. Box 146 Norfolk 02056 Norfolk County 12/30/2005
South Middlesex Correctional Center 132 State P.O. Box 788 Framingham 01701 Middlesex County 12/30/2005
Souza Baranowski Correctional Center 1,015 State Harvard Road Shirley 01464 Middlesex County 12/30/2005
Suffolk County House Of Correction 1,781 Local 20 Bradston Street Boston 02114 3/31/2006
Suffolk County Jail 699 Local 200 Nashua Street Boston 02114 3/31/2006
Worcester County Jail & House Of Correction 1,394 Local 5 Paul X. Tivnan Drive West Boylston 01583 3/31/2006

This table draws data from three sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 1, 2010: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date on April 4, 2010.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on December 30, 2005 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR24642-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-10-05. doi:10.3886/ICPSR24642
  • Local jails on March 31, 2006 was extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR26602-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-01-26. doi:10.3886/ICPSR26602

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of March 2010.

For state, federal and local prisons built or expanded in the latter half of the decade, you may find this list of New and Expanded Prisons Since 2000 helpful as well.

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