Officially designated as MCI-Concord in 1980, correctional centers in the same Concord location date to the late nineteenth century.
Massachusetts Correctional Institution- Concord, Chapels and Mosque
The Massachusetts Reformatory at Concord, the Northeastern Correctional Center and others are part of the history of MCI-Concord which was a receiving facility for new inmates as late as 2009. Today MCI-Concord holds 700 inmates in a medium security context.
Constructed in the 1970s, a sunken building housing the chapels sits at the center of the facility. A Catholic chapel, Protestant chapel and Muslim prayer room are inside staffed by full and part-time chaplains from Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Jewish backgrounds.
Services take place in each chapel or meditation room daily including regular bilingual services and/or services for Spanish speakers. Regular education programs are also a part of the offerings. A statue of Mother Theresa stands inside the Catholic chapel brought at the request of inmates.
For more information see: https://www.mass.gov/locations/mci-concord
