South Middlesex Correctional Center

The South Middlesex Correctional Center (SMCC) is a small, minimum security/pre-release state prison for women located in Framingham, Massachusetts. The prison opened in 1976, originally as a part of MCI-Framingham. Today, it is its own 200-bed facility specifically for women. Most, if not all inmates work in the community during the day for an average wage of $7/day. Many work in fast food restaurants, as janitors, carpenters, or painters.

Facility description

SMCC consists of one large three-story building with a basement. The first floor is used for administrative offices, while the second and third floors are used as inmate living areas. Most rooms are double-occupancy while some house more than two women. As a minimum security/pre-release facility, SMCC is not within a secure perimeter and there are no lock-in cells. The facility is supervised and managed by the Massachusetts Department of Correction.

Coordinates: 42°16′01″N 71°24′25″W / 42.26694°N 71.40694°W / 42.26694; -71.40694

Massachusetts Department of Correction prisons
State prisons	Boston Pre-Release Center Bridgewater State Hospital Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Correctional Unit Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center MCI Cedar Junction MCI Concord MCI Framingham MCI Norfolk MCI Plymouth MCI Shirley Massachusetts Treatment Center North Central Correctional Institution Northeastern Correctional Center Old Colony Correctional Center Pondville Correctional Center South Middlesex Correctional Center Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center
Defunct	Bay State Correctional Center Charlestown State Prison MCI Lancaster MCI Shirley Minimum Southeastern Correctional Center