The Boston Pre-Release Center is a minimum security correctional facility located on Canterbury Street in Roslindale, Massachusetts. The current facility opened in 2003 and it is under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Department of Correction

Massachusetts Department of Correction

The Massachusetts Department of Correction is responsible for operating the prison system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, US Massachusetts houses over 11,500 inmates throughout 18 correctional facilities and employs over 5,000 employees...

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History

In November 1972, the Boston Pre-Release Center became the first pre-release correctional facility in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. On October 31, 2003, the BPRC opened it doors at its new location on Canterbury Street in Roslindale, Massachusetts.

Facility

The Boston Pre-Release Center is a 200 bed facility designed to provide inmates gradual transition from prison life to the community. The facility utilizes inmate work crews supervised by correction officers to work through the city of Boston and the surrounding towns.

Boston Pre-Release Center

430 Canterbury Street

Roslindale, MA 02131

Phone: (617) 822-5000