Location | Shirley, Massachusetts, United States |
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Coordinates | 42°31′24″N 71°38′53″W / 42.52333°N 71.64806°WCoordinates: 42°31′24″N 71°38′53″W / 42.52333°N 71.64806°W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Supermax |
Capacity | 1,024 (Houses 1,042) |
Opened | September 30, 1998 |
Managed by | Massachusetts Department of Correction |
Director | Superintendent Steven Silva |
Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center is a maximum security prison in Shirley, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is operated by the Massachusetts Department of Correction. It is close to the medium security prison Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Shirley, which is directly to the north, in Shirley. Souza-Baranowski opened on September 30, 1998 and is among the most technologically advanced prisons in the United States. Currently, the facility houses just over 1,000 maximum-security adult-male inmates.
Although the prison is physically located in Lancaster, it gets its mail through a post-office box in the nearby town of Shirley.
Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center
PO Box 8000
Shirley, MA 01464