Located in Billerica, Massachusetts The Middlesex Jail and House of Correction serves Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Men are housed here awaiting trial or serving sentences up to 2 ½ years. The jail also houses women classified to the Middlesex Sheriff's pre-release center
History
Originally built on a 350-acre farm in Billerica, Massachusetts, the facility was to replace a condemned jail 15 miles away in East Cambridge, Massachusetts."South Billerica Farm Chosen for House of Correction Site" Boston Daily Globe, Saturday, March 1, 1930 pg 5 The facility originally could hold over 300 prisoners, cost $837,000 to build,"House of Correction Near Completion at Billerica" Boston Evening Globe, Wednesday, December 9, 1931 pg 16 and was completed in December 1931."Soon to be McKnight's New Home" Boston Daily Globe, Tuesday, May 2, 1933 pg 17
On December 9, 2024, the Middlesex Sheriff's Office installed a free vending machine filled with Naloxone inside of the facility's visitor center. Within the first year of operation the machine was used 205 times.
References
https://www.middlesexsheriff.org/middlesex-jail-house-correction