The Norfolk County Correctional Center is a
house of correction
The house of correction was a type of establishment built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), places where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work. The building of houses of correctio ...
located on the median of
Route 128
The following highways are numbered 128:
Canada
* New Brunswick Route 128
* Ontario Highway 128 (former)
* Prince Edward Island Route 128
Costa Rica
* National Route 128
India
* National Highway 128 (India)
Japan
* Japan National Route 128 ...
in
Dedham, Massachusetts
Dedham ( ) is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 25,364 at the 2020 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest b ...
. The facility has 502 beds and opened in 1992.
[ On average, there are 140 inmates who are serving sentences and 260 inmates waiting for trial.][ , the superintendent is Michael Harris.][ Harris replaced James O’Mara, who had served since October 2018.][
The Correctional Center replaced the Norfolk County Jail.
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References
See also
* List of Massachusetts state correctional facilities
This is a list of state correctional facilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It does not include federal prisons or houses of correction located in Massachusetts (known in other states as county jails). All of the following prisons are ...
Buildings and structures in Dedham, Massachusetts
Prisons in Massachusetts
1992 establishments in Massachusetts
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