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1895 |
House of Reformation for Juvenile Offenders (fourth) is built. |
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1896 |
Suffolk County House of Correction (seventh) opens on Deer Island. |
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12/17/1901 |
Singo Sorti is electrocuted at the Charlestown State Prison. |
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1902 |
Suffolk County House of Correction Hill Prison is built. |
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02/21/1918 |
Thirteen boys escape from the Suffolk School for Delinquent Boys on Rainsford Island. |
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08/23/1927 |
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed. |
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06/07/1935 |
Three men are executed at Charlestown State Prison. |
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04/30/1937 |
Hot Dog Riot occurs at Charlestown State Prison. |
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08/14/1943 |
Four prisoners attempt to escape from the Suffolk County House of Correction. |
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05/09/1947 |
Last two men are executed in Massachusetts to date. |
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