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11/24/1851 |
Charles Street Jail opens. |
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11/24/1851 |
Suffolk County House of Correction (sixth) opens. |
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1851 |
Boston Evening Gazette publisher objects to Boston’s lavish new facilities for the poor and for criminals. |
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07/01/1858 |
House of Reformation for Juvenile Offenders (third) opens. |
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11/29/1859 |
Pomeroy (Jesse) is born in Charlestown. |
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03/21/1873 |
James McElhaney is hanged for “wife murder.” |
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12/10/1874 |
Jesse Pomeroy is convicted of murder. |
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1883 |
John O’Brien is elected sheriff of Suffolk County. |
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04/27/1887 |
Women’s House of Detention is established. |
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1892 |
Sewer Gang escapes from Charlestown State Prison. |
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