Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Concord

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**Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Concord**
Prison Statistics
Opened	1878
Location	West Concord, MA
Capacity	800 but it houses over 1200^[1]
Security	Level 4 (Medium)

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.

1 Facility
2 History
3 Notable inmates
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Facility

MCI Concord is a level 4, medium level security prison.^[2] The prison is located in Concord, Massachusetts on state Route 2. A Massachusetts State Police barracks and the Northeast Correction Center are located across the highway from the prison. The prison houses over 1,400 medium, maximum, and protective custody inmates. Every convicted criminal in Massachusetts passes through MCI-Concord and is then transferred to an appropriate facility based on security level. 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.

[edit] History

MCI Concord opened in May of 1878 as the New State Prison at Concord.^[3]^[4] 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 1955, the Concord Reformatory was abolished and the prison was renamed to Massachusetts Correctional Institute at Concord.

Timothy Leary's study, the Concord Prison Experiment was conducted at MCI Concord during the early 1960s.^[5]^[6]

[edit] Notable inmates

Malcolm X was an inmate at the Concord Reformatory (now MCI-Concord) for 15 months in 1947 and 1948.^[7]
John Geoghan, a figure in the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases, was in protective custody at the institution.^[8]^[9]
Leeland Eisenberg: the man who held Hillary Clinton's campaign workers hostage in Dec. 2007: served 20 years at MCI-Concord for rape until his release in 2005

[edit] References

^ 2002-2003 Annual Report (PDF). Massachusetts Dept. of Correction. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
^ Prison Security Levels. Mass. Executive Office of Public Safety. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
^ (1878) Report of the Auditor of Accounts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Year Ending December 31, 1877. Massachusetts Dept. of State, pp. 17-18.
^ "GENERAL NOTES", The New York Times, 1878-12-22, pp. p. 6. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
^ "Dr. Leary's Concord Prison Experiment: A 34 Year Follow-Up Study" (Winter 1999/2000). Bulletin of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Vol. 9 (No. 4).
^ 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. Retrieved on 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.