Charlestown State Prison
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How to send mail, money, and visit Charlestown State Prison
Step-by-step guidance using the United States system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
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Photo by Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Pacific and Atlantic (Agence photographique). Agence photographique pour le document reproduit (commanditaire) Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Pacific and Atlantic (Agence photographique). Agence photographique pour le document reproduit (commanditaire) Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Pacific and Atlantic (Agence photographique). Agence photographique pour le document reproduit (commanditaire) Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Daderot via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Daderot via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Background
Charlestown State Prison was a correctional facility in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts operated by the Massachusetts Department of Correction. The facility was built at Lynde's Point, now at the intersection of Austin Street and New Rutherford Avenue, and in proximity to the Boston and Maine Railroad tracks that intersected with the Eastern Freight Railroad tracks. Bunker Hill Community College occupies the site that the prison once occupied. In 1803 the Massachusetts General Court passed an act approving the construction of a prison. The prison opened in 1805.
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Facility profile
Operator
Massachusetts Department of Correction
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.