Old Colony Correctional Center
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Old Colony Correctional Center is a Massachusetts Department of Correction
prison for men in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
. The medium security facility is located in a 30 acres (12.1 ha) plot of land in the Bridgewater Correctional Complex with the Bridgewater State Hospital
, Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center, and the Massachusetts Treatment Center. Old Colony Correctional Center Minimum Unit is under the authority of the correctional center; until the closing of the Southeastern Correctional Center in 2002, the minimum unit, established in the early 1980s, was under the authority of Southeastern.
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...
prison for men in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Bridgewater, please see the article Bridgewater , Massachusetts.The Town of Bridgewater is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, 28 miles south of Boston. At the 2000 Census, the population was 25,185...
. The medium security facility is located in a 30 acres (12.1 ha) plot of land in the Bridgewater Correctional Complex with the Bridgewater State Hospital
Bridgewater State Hospital
Bridgewater State Hospital, located in southeastern Massachusetts, is a state facility housing the criminally insane and those whose sanity is being evaluated for the criminal justice system. It was established in 1855 as an almshouse. It was then used as a workhouse for inmates with short...
, Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center, and the Massachusetts Treatment Center. Old Colony Correctional Center Minimum Unit is under the authority of the correctional center; until the closing of the Southeastern Correctional Center in 2002, the minimum unit, established in the early 1980s, was under the authority of Southeastern.
Notable inmates
- Neil Entwistle - sentenced for the double murder of his baby daughter, Lillian Rose and wife, Rachel; he was transferred there on December 17, 2008, after receiving death threats at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional CenterSouza-Baranowski Correctional CenterSouza-Baranowski Correctional Center is a maximum security prison located at MCI Shirley in Shirley, Massachusetts, United States. The prison opened September 30, 1998 and is one of the most high-tech correctional facilities in the United States....
. - Jonathon Crowell - Columbia, MO native, former columnist of Columbia GO! Magazine. Mild-Mannered drunk (Miller Lite Enthusiast). Likes chicken.