An extraordinary postcard arrived in November 1878, addressed to Samuel Emery Chamberlain, the warden of the new Concord state prison, which had opened earlier that year next to rail lines in the ...

For almost 150 years, the state's oldest men's prison has occupied about 40 acres of land in Concord. The last prisoners were transferred from MCI-Concord at the end of last month, leaving the state ...

Officials on Wednesday cited the prison’s aging infrastructure and the declining number of incarcerated people in state prisons as some reasons for the closure. MCI-Concord, a medium-security men’s ...

While Concord town officials have praised what prospects could come about from the impending closure of MCI-Concord in June, one official said it is not yet clear what the prison’s shuttering could ...

The Massachusetts Department of Correction plans to close its medium security men’s prison in Concord by this summer, state officials said Wednesday. The announcement comes as a new report concluded ...

I’M TIM CALLERY, WMUR NEWS NINE. THE STATE IS TAKING THE FIRST STEP TOWARD BUILDING A NEW MEN’S PRISON. TODAY. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPROVED NEARLY $10 MILLION FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ...

BEFORE THE CONCORD ROTARY. PERHAPS YOU’VE SEEN THE CROSS ON THE HILL OR ON THE POPULAR BRUCE FREEMAN RAIL TRAIL. MAYBE YOU’VE BIKED OR RUN PAST THE HILLSIDE MEADOW, SHROUDED BY THE TALL TREES, AND ...