Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Cedar Junction

Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Cedar Junction

Infobox Mass Prison
prison_name = Massachusetts Correctional Institution—Cedar Junction
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date_built = 1955
location = South Walpole, Mass.
capacity = 816 [Cite news|last=Lancaster|first=Mary |title=Toolan incarcerated at Cedar Junction |work=Nantucket Independent |date=July 19 2007 |url=http://www.nantucketindependent.com/news/2007/0718/Front_Page/001.html |accessdate=2007-12-20]
security = Level 6 (Supermax) [Cite web |url=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#level6|title=Security Levels |publisher=Mass. Executive Office of Pubic Safety|accessdate=2007-12-20]
The Massachusetts Correctional Institution—Cedar Junction (MCI-Cedar Junction), formerly known as Walpole, is a supermax prison with an average daily population of approximately 800 adult male inmates. It was opened in 1956 to replace Charlestown State Prison, the oldest prison in the nation at that time. MCI-Cedar Junction is one of two extremely high security (supermax) prisons for male offenders in the Commonwealth of Massachachusetts. MCI-Cedar Junction also houses the Departmental Disciplinary Unit (DDU). During the 1970’s, Cedar Junction (then known as Walpole) was one of the most violent prisons in the United States. [Kauffman, Kelsey. "Prison Officers and Their World." Harvard University Press. 1988]

In 1988, the prison was host to Mother Teresa for two hours on her tour through the state's prisons.Fact|date=December 2007

Notable prisoners

*Tom Manning was sentenced to 58 years imprisonment for a series of bombings against targets he believed represented U.S. Imperialism.Fact|date=June 2007
*Stanley Ray Bond, bank robber, died in prison. [Cite news|title=RADICAL FUGITIVE GIVES UP SUSPECT IN 1970 HOLDUP THROWS GOING-AWAY PARTY, SURRENDERS |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=September 15 1993|pages=1A] [http://www.abcf.net/la/laabcf.asp?page=labond Anarchist Black Cross Federation] ]
*Albert DeSalvo, otherwise known as the Boston Strangler, was also imprisoned at Walpole. He died of multiple stab wounds at the prison. [Cite news|title=New Doubt In Boston Strangler Case |date=December 6 2001 |publisher=CBS News |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/07/18/national/main302130.shtml |accessdate=2007-12-20]
*Richard Colvin Reid, the "Shoe-bomber", was held at Walpole, while awaiting federal prosecution. [Cite news|last=Kovalich|first=Jennifer |title=Richard Reid moved from Plymouth to MCI-Cedar Junction |work=Daily News Transcript |date=March 18 2002 |url=http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/archive/x380144615|accessdate=2007-12-20] [Cite news|last=Young|first=Noel |title=Shoe bomber was tormented by childhood race taunts, say lawyers |work=The Scotsman|date=January 30 2003 |url=http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=2398015|accessdate=2007-12-20]
*Joseph Druce was sentenced to life in prison, later becoming known for murdering Convicted Priest Father Geoghan while incarcerated. [Cite news|last=Druce|first=Joseph |title=VINELink Offender Locator |work=Massachusetts Department of Corrections |date=July 8 2008 |url=https://www.vinelink.com/vinelink/detailsAction.do?siteId=20000&agency=1&id=W47601&searchType=offender|accessdate=2008-07-08]

References

* [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_mcicedarjunction&csid=Eeops MCI-Cedar Junction] . Mass. Executive Office of Public Safety. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.


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