Massachusetts organizers call for no new women’s prisons and an end to their construction
This article was originally published at Prism
When MCI-Framingham (MCI-F), the sole women’s prison in Massachusetts and the oldest operating women’s prison in the country, was established in 1877 as the Sherborn Reformatory for Women, it was a radical experiment in meeting the needs of incarcerated women. The prison was meant to better serve women who, at the time, were imprisoned in the same facilities as men. Designed as cottages, replete with more domestic spaces such as kitchens and living rooms... Читать дальше...