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Bay State Correctional Center (BSCC) was a small, general population medium security facility that stood on the grounds of the original dormitory buildings of Massachusetts Correctional Institution â Norfolk. It housed both long and short term inmates and many inmates who were elderly because the entire facility was handicapped accessible. The facility was officially opened in 1977, to combat prison overcrowding rates, with an original capacity of 72 inmates. BSCC was under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Department of Correction. As of April 2015, the state moved forward with plans to move inmates out and close the facility to save money.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1977
Closed 2015
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1977
Region
Norfolk
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
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World Prisons. (2026). Bay State Correctional Center. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bay-state-correctional-center
"Bay State Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bay-state-correctional-center.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Bay State Correctional Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bay-state-correctional-center},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}