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MCI-Framingham is a medium security correctional facility for female offenders. Several References note it as the oldest female correctional institution, which is still in operation, in the United States. It opened in 1877. The prison houses both state and county offenders, as well as those awaiting sentencing. There are prisoners of a variety of classification levels. Sixty three percent of the inmates are there for non-violent offenses, most often involving drugs. There are few, if any, cells available to hold female prisoners elsewhere in the state, even pre-trial. As the only facility for female offenders, the prison is reported to be the most overcrowded in the state. Three-quarters of the women in this prison are mothers. ADDRESS
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