Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Reformatory was opened in 1884 and renamed Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord, in 1955.
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: Transferred to Archives from MCI Concord, July 1982
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Case histories [Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.).]
Prison newspaper [Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.).]
Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Reformatory was opened in 1884 and renamed Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord, in 1955.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Concord, July 1982, June 2008. Incomplete
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Head count books [Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.).]
Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Reformatory was opened in 1884 and renamed Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord, in 1955.
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: Transferred to Archives from MCI Concord, July 1982
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Inmate case files [Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.).]
Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Reformatory was opened in 1884 and renamed Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord, in 1955.
Arrangement: Arranged by inmate case no
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 from MCI Concord, July 1982; others transferred Aug. 1984. Files for 1884-1910 possibly incomplete; those for 1910-1935 missing entirely
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Commitment registers [Massachusetts State Prison (Castle Island, Mass.).]
Scope and Content: Fortifications at Castle Island, Boston Harbor, used since the 1640s for military and penal purposes, were rebuilt after being burned by evacuating British forces in 1776, and then manned by various militia troops, at times under the command of Paul Revere. A military garrison consisting of a company of men was established there in 1779; the island became the site of a prison facility for Massachusetts in 1785. The prison housed long-term inmates until 1798, when they were transferred to other jails after Castle Island was ceded to federal authorities for military purposes. Commitment registers were created to record inmates admitted to the facility.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Walpole, 1981
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Annual reports [Massachusetts State Prison]
Scope and Content: The State Prison at charlestown, Boston, was opened in 1805 as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed, and the inmates were kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the state prison until replaced by a new facility at Walpole in the mid-1950s.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 13. Reports for 1851, 1879, 1881, 1882-1885, 1888-1898 missing. Reports to 1850 have title: Documents relating to the State Prison
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Facility plans at Concord [Massachusetts State Prison]
Scope and Content: The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956.
Notes: Current accessions Volume/card index (Concord) to: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Maps and plans ((M-Ar)50) cites 18 plans, 1873 [sic] as no. 2409
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Recommitment register [Massachusetts State Prison]
Scope and Content: The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston, as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956.
Arrangement: Arranged by number of times convicted, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Arranged by number of times convicted, thereunder chronologically
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Inmate case files [Massachusetts State Prison]
Scope and Content: The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston, as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956.
Arrangement: Arranged by inmate case no
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Walpole, 1981
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Minutes of the State Prison Society [Massachusetts State Prison]
Scope and Content: The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston, as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the Massachusetts state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from MCI Walpole, 1981
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