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| Minimum security prisons housing violent MA criminals |
| By myfoxboston.com |
| Published: 01/19/2010 |
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BOSTON (FOX25, myfoxboston) - There are more than 1,200 inmates in minimum security prisons in Massachusetts and they include people convicted of violent crimes such as armed robbery, kidnapping, even murder. And the head of the Department of Correction admits that if any one of these inmates wants to escape, they can. It raises the question: Is the state putting the public in danger? We visited the Pondville Correctional Center in Norfolk, one of the nine prison facilities in Massachusetts with a low level of security. Pondville is home to about 200 inmates who are given a taste of freedom. They have rooms instead of cells and a lounge area for playing pool and cards. They can sign out and walk around outside. Some inmates are allowed to have dogs, which they train for use by disabled people. “Basically, they’re inmates that are fed from the rest of the system; they’re on their way out to the community,” says Pondville superintendent Michael Thompson. According to Thompson, minimum security prison, and the privileges that come with it, helps prepare inmates for their release. He boasts that there hasn’t been an escape from Pondville since 2005. Read More. |
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