Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: In six subseries : Arranged roughly chronologically, within each subseries alphabetically by inmate name (except see below, subseries 6)
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives, 2004-2005 (2005/04 and 2005/41). A pre-existing incomplete file, 1915-1927, was returned to agency June 1990
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Booking/registration/index cards [Massachusetts Correctional Institution (Framingham, Mass.).]
Minutes of the Parole Board for the Reformatory for Women [Massachusetts Reformatory for Women]
Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1977. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of meeting
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Inmate registers [Massachusetts Correctional Institution (Framingham, Mass.).]
Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged by inmate case no
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. Boxes 7-8: Contents have been treated for mold and now specially encased; volumes in third carton originally intermixed. Should only be removed from vault for brief periods in dry weather. Protective mask strongly recommended. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Spine title varies: Register; Receiving book. Registers for inmates 1-275, 900-1057, 2235-2315, 8600-8899, 15801-16100, 17301-17600, 20301-2600, 21501-21800 lacking
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Abstract of inmate registers [Massachusetts Reformatory for Women]
Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged by inmate case no
Notes: Reel GSU 473: 1877-Mar. 1906. Reel GSU 474: Mar. 1906-1926
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Indenture register [Massachusetts Reformatory for Women]
Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged by indenture number
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Spine title: Indenture book
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Inmate history logbooks [Massachusetts Reformatory for Women]
Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged by inmate case number
Notes: Spine title: History of inmates
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Register of deaths [Massachusetts Reformatory for Women]
Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Register of children [Massachusetts Reformatory for Women]
Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Entries for 1931-1962 bound with: Register of births, volumes 2 ((M-Ar)561X)
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Register of births [Massachusetts Reformatory for Women]
Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Volume 1: 1877-1891. Volume 2: 1892-1937. Volume 2 includes: Register of children, 1931-1962 (see (M-Ar)517X)
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Inmate case files [MCI-Framingham (Correctional facility)]
Scope and Content: The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed the Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181, and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from the Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to the Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham.
Arrangement: Arranged by inmate case no. within each sequence
Restrictions: Criminal offender record information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 6, ss 167-178. For conditions of access consult repository
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