Comments on: MCI http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci Life in the 'ham Tue, 22 May 2012 05:52:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Dave http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-11482 Dave Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000 http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-11482 I was associated with the prison throughout my childhood. I lived on the grounds. My mother, grandmother, and great aunt worked there. I sometimes attended church services there, and would go inside to visit my mother. There was an annual Christmas Fair held there that I can remember attending. I was associated with the prison throughout my childhood. I lived on the grounds. My mother, grandmother, and great aunt worked there. I sometimes attended church services there, and would go inside to visit my mother. There was an annual Christmas Fair held there that I can remember attending.

]]> By: dawn http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-8346 dawn Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:34:50 +0000 http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-8346 i was an imate at this prison, to this day many women incarserated believe this place to be haunted. it does not seem to be a prison at all but a camp.but with all that aside the old buildings are falling apart. and i saw many old papers about women that were put there for talking back to their husbands etc.there was also said to be a grave yard for young babies that have died there. it was also said the the mob once owned the prison. there are many stories involved about this prison. i went there because i got into a fight. glad it wasnt a life sentence. i was an imate at this prison, to this day many women incarserated believe this place to be haunted. it does not seem to be a prison at all but a camp.but with all that aside the old buildings are falling apart. and i saw many old papers about women that were put there for talking back to their husbands etc.there was also said to be a grave yard for young babies that have died there. it was also said the the mob once owned the prison. there are many stories involved about this prison. i went there because i got into a fight. glad it wasnt a life sentence.

]]> By: Bob http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1371 Bob Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:23:11 +0000 http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1371 Long time watcher, first time poster... I had the very unusual oppportunity to tour MCI Framingham just last week, as it is rare for civillians to be allowed in except for visitation. It was fascinating to see the inside, and to speak candidly with guards and some prisoners as well. The strangest part of the tour was the old building basement, known fittingly as the dungeon. It was a surreal scene, there are five metal tables with stirrups on them. According to the guards, they were the abortion tables. Women were frequently sentenced to prison for pregnancy out of wedlock, and when they first arrived the pregnancies were terminated. It was a very medivial looking scene, very strange to see it right here in Framingham. The rest of the tour was very interesting. The facility seems very well run. I was very glad to have the rare opportunity. Don't pass it up if you ever get the chance, it was eye opening and made me very happy that I made the life decisions that I did when I was a teenager, as it easily could have gone the other way. Long time watcher, first time poster…

I had the very unusual oppportunity to tour MCI Framingham just last week, as it is rare for civillians to be allowed in except for visitation.

It was fascinating to see the inside, and to speak candidly with guards and some prisoners as well. The strangest part of the tour was the old building basement, known fittingly as the dungeon. It was a surreal scene, there are five metal tables with stirrups on them. According to the guards, they were the abortion tables. Women were frequently sentenced to prison for pregnancy out of wedlock, and when they first arrived the pregnancies were terminated. It was a very medivial looking scene, very strange to see it right here in Framingham.

The rest of the tour was very interesting. The facility seems very well run. I was very glad to have the rare opportunity. Don’t pass it up if you ever get the chance, it was eye opening and made me very happy that I made the life decisions that I did when I was a teenager, as it easily could have gone the other way.

]]> By: Rich http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1248 Rich Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:18:13 +0000 http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1248 Another reason Some in Sherborn did not want to give up the prison. My how times have changed!! " He presented many arguments for not giving up this acreage on which lived one third of the total population of Sherborn. One of his reasons was that the Women's Reformatory, whose lands were included in the 575 acres, "is of some value as an advertising medium to the town of Sherborn and the honor which is conferred upon the town by possessing the only female reformatory in the world is of no small importance." " In hindsight, the Framingham 8 may have been as well known (for a while) as the Framingham Heart Study. Ok, maybe I'm streching the truth. Another reason Some in Sherborn did not want to give up the prison. My how times have changed!!
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He presented many arguments for not giving up this acreage on which lived one third of the total population of Sherborn. One of his reasons was that the Women’s Reformatory, whose lands were included in the 575 acres, “is of some value as an advertising medium to the town of Sherborn and the honor which is conferred upon the town by possessing the only female reformatory in the world is of no small importance.”
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In hindsight, the Framingham 8 may have been as well known (for a while) as the Framingham Heart Study. Ok, maybe I’m streching the truth.

]]> By: hcapet http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1247 hcapet Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:01:04 +0000 http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1247 note that it was framingham that actually took care of the sewer/water piping for the reformatory. not sherborn. note that it was framingham that actually took care of the sewer/water piping for the reformatory. not sherborn.

]]> By: hcapet http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1246 hcapet Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:57:55 +0000 http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1246 haha, 34 years earlier then. thanks Rich. haha, 34 years earlier then. thanks Rich.

]]> By: hcapet http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1245 hcapet Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:56:25 +0000 http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1245 Cliffs notes: lots of sherborn residents established themselves in the north of sherborn working in south framingham, so there was kinda an underlying problem with sewage and water and possibly goodies that the town of sherborn couldn't deliver. the 2 towns agreed on the annexation, there was even a referendum to make sure. annexation was then ratified by the state and there we go framingham gets bigger and everybody is happy. there was a failed attempt at annexation like 50 years earlier. this stuff goes back to the 1700s when some north sherborn families (17) went from being sherborn resident to framingham resident. Cliffs notes:
lots of sherborn residents established themselves in the north of sherborn working in south framingham, so there was kinda an underlying problem with sewage and water and possibly goodies that the town of sherborn couldn’t deliver. the 2 towns agreed on the annexation, there was even a referendum to make sure. annexation was then ratified by the state and there we go framingham gets bigger and everybody is happy. there was a failed attempt at annexation like 50 years earlier. this stuff goes back to the 1700s when some north sherborn families (17) went from being sherborn resident to framingham resident.

]]> By: Rich http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1244 Rich Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:52:59 +0000 http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1244 good stuff. thanks There was NIMBYism back then! However, a few days before their June third Town Meeting to vote on the matter, Framingham sentiment had definitely turned against the proposition, for people there had been seriously considering the possible expense involved in sewerage construction The referendum was soundly defeated by Framingham and the question was left to fester and plague the towns for another 34 years. good stuff. thanks

There was NIMBYism back then!

However, a few days before their June third Town Meeting to vote on the matter, Framingham sentiment had definitely turned against the proposition, for people there had been seriously considering the possible expense involved in sewerage construction

The referendum was soundly defeated by Framingham and the question was left to fester and plague the towns for another 34 years.

]]> By: hcapet http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1243 hcapet Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:15:02 +0000 http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1243 the whole annexation thing is explained here: http://home.comcast.net/~edwperry/1974History_vb.htm it's apparently an online book from 1974 about history of sherborn. it's actually pretty interesting to know that it had been an issue way before 1924 when the annexation was ratified. at least, that s what i gathered from that very very long read. the whole annexation thing is explained here:
http://home.comcast.net/~edwperry/1974History_vb.htm
it’s apparently an online book from 1974 about history of sherborn.
it’s actually pretty interesting to know that it had been an issue way before 1924 when the annexation was ratified. at least, that s what i gathered from that very very long read.

]]> By: Rich http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1237 Rich Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:55:09 +0000 http://www.thisisframingham.com/mci#comment-1237 I wonder if anyone knows why Sherborn gifted the property to Framingham. My guess would be as the facility grew in use, it needed the water/sewer system tie in that Framingham had? That it was closer to Framinghams's fire protection might be another? And did Sherborn truley gift it or was it just decreed by the Gov, House, or Senate. Might be time for some long awaited restitution. ;-) I wonder if anyone knows why Sherborn gifted the property to Framingham. My guess would be as the facility grew in use, it needed the water/sewer system tie in that Framingham had? That it was closer to Framinghams’s fire protection might be another? And did Sherborn truley gift it or was it just decreed by the Gov, House, or Senate.

Might be time for some long awaited restitution. ;-)

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