Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center

Souza Baranowski Correctional Center
Location in Massachusetts
Location Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates 42°31′24″N 71°38′53″W / 42.52333°N 71.64806°W / 42.52333; -71.64806Coordinates: 42°31′24″N 71°38′53″W / 42.52333°N 71.64806°W / 42.52333; -71.64806
Status Operational
Security class Supermax
Capacity 1,024 (Houses 1,042)
Opened September 30, 1998
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Correction
Director Superintendent Steven Silva

Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center is a maximum security prison in Lancaster, Massachusetts. It is operated by the Massachusetts Department of Correction. It is close to the medium-security prison Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Shirley, which is directly to the north in Shirley proper. Souza-Baranowski opened on September 30, 1998 and is among the most technologically advanced prisons in the United States.[1] Currently, the facility houses just over 1,000 maximum-security adult-male inmates.
The prison is named in honor of two corrections officers, James Souza, 29, and Alfred Baranowski, 54, who were shot in July 1972 by an inmate whose wife had smuggled in handguns into what was then the Norfolk Prison Colony.

Notable inmates

Current

Former

*Indicates inmate died while in custody

Location

As referred above, the prison is physically located in Lancaster, however it gets its mail through a post-office box in the nearby town of Shirley.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center. Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Accessed May 2015.
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