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Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Concord
The Old Concord Reformatory Building
at MCI-ConcordLocation Concord, Massachusetts Status Operational Security class Medium Capacity 614 (Houses 1,308) Opened May 1878 Managed by Massachusetts Department of Correction Director Superintendent Bruce Gelb The Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord (MCI-Concord) is a medium security prison for men located in Concord, Massachusetts in the United States. Opened in 1878, it is the oldest running state prison for men in Massachusetts. This prison is under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Department of Correction.
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MCI Concord is a level 4, medium level security prison.[1] The prison is located in Concord, Massachusetts on state Route 2. A Massachusetts State Police barracks (Troop A-3) and the Northeastern Correctional Center (Minimum Security) are located across the highway from the prison. The prison houses over 1,350 medium, maximum, and protective custody inmates. This prison was visited in 1988 by Mother Theresa on her trip touring all MA prisons and also by Cardinal Sean O' Malley in 2008.
History
MCI Concord opened in May 1878 as the New State Prison at Concord with Mexican War veteran General Chamberlain as its warden.[2][3] The State Reformatory at Concord was established in 1884 as a facility where prisoners under 30 years of age could learn a trade to be used on their return to society. In 1893, additional construction added 230 cells to the existing facility. In 1955, the Concord Reformatory was abolished and the prison was renamed to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord. MCI-Concord served as the department's Reception and Diagnostic Center for all new court commitments of the male offender until June of 2009. Currently, it is designated as a medium security facility.
Timothy Leary's Concord Prison Experiment was conducted at MCI Concord during the early 1960s.[4][5]
1882 Riot
In early July, 1882 at 12 AM inmates at the Concord Reformatory began to cause a disturbance by shouting and banging on doors. The noise went on for hours and the prison's warden decided to punish the inmates by revoking their yard privileges for July 4th. This caused the disturbance to escalate with inmates breaking down wooden doors and furniture being destroyed. The riot stopped three days later.
1972 Riot
On November 22, 1972, inmates in E Building began rioting and causing a major disturbance. Correction officers requested assistance and seventy-five state police officers (along with four sharpshooters) were sent to the Concord Reformatory to put down the uprising.
Notable inmates
- Malcolm X was an inmate at the Concord Reformatory (now MCI-Concord) for 15 months in 1947 and 1948.[6]
- John Geoghan, a figure in the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases, was in protective custody at the institution.[7][8]
- Leeland Eisenberg: the man who held Hillary Clinton's campaign workers hostage in Dec. 2007: sentenced on September 11, 1987 to 11–20 years at MCI-Concord for rape until his release in March 2005.[9]
- Cameron Lacroix, the teen hacker best known for compromising the personal account of a T-Mobile Sidekick belonging to Paris Hilton.
Facility Address
MCI-Concord
965 Elm Street
P.O. Box 9106
Concord, MA 01742
Phone: (978) 405-6100See also
List of Massachusetts state correctional facilities
References
- ^ "Prison Security Levels". Mass. Executive Office of Public Safety. http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Law+Enforcement+%26+Criminal+Justice&L2=Prisons&L3=State+Correctional+Facilities&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=doc_facility_levels&csid=Eeops#level4. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
- ^ Report of the Auditor of Accounts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Year Ending December 31, 1877. Massachusetts Dept. of State. 1878. pp. 17–18.
- ^ "GENERAL NOTES". The New York Times: pp. 6. 1878-12-22. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05E3D7153EE73BBC4A51DFB4678383669FDE. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
- ^ "Dr. Leary's Concord Prison Experiment: A 34 Year Follow-Up Study". Bulletin of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies 9 (4). Winter 1999/2000. http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v09n4/09410con.html#DOBLIN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
- ^ Horgan, John (2003). Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the Border Between Science and Spirituality. Houghton Mifflin Books. p. 144. ISBN 061844663X.
- ^ "Timeline". American Experience - Malcolm X: Make It Plain. Public Broadcasting Service. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/malcolmx/timeline/index.html. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
- ^ Daniel McGinn. "Preying On The Predator". Newsweek, 2003-09-08. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
- ^ Pam Belluck. "Inquiry Lists Prison System Errors in Case of Slain Priest". The New York Times, 2004-02-04. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
- ^ Gary V. Murray (December 5, 2007). "Sexual Danger of Suspect Probed; Eisenberg Deemed 'Not Dangerous' after Two Rape Convictions". Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Massachusetts: Bruce Gaultney). ISSN 1050-4184. OCLC 60621545. Archived from the original on December 6, 2007. http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/11_12/2007_12_05_Murray_SexualDanger.htm. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- MCI-Concord. Mass. Executive Office of Public Safety. Retrieved on 2007-10-14.
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Coordinates: 42°27′59″N 71°23′44″W / 42.46639°N 71.39556°W
Categories:- Concord, Massachusetts
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