Transforming Massachusetts’ only women’s correctional facility to strengthen health, opportunity, dignity, successful reentry and public safety.
- This page, Reimagining MCI-Framingham, is offered by
- Massachusetts Department of Correction
Transformation at a Glance
Reimagining MCI-Framingham requires a dual approach that transforms the physical campus while continuing investments in programming, health and wellbeing, staff support, operations, culture, and connection to families and communities.
Physical Environment
Modern, accessible, and more normalized spaces designed to strengthen privacy, safety, learning, care, and daily life.
Programming & Reentry
Expanded opportunities for education, vocational training, college-level learning, skill development, and preparation for successful reentry.
Health & Wellbeing
Trauma-informed medical and mental health environments that strengthen privacy, access to care, recovery, wellness, and outdoor connection.
Culture & Staff Support
Dignity-centered practice, staff wellbeing, professional development, and operational improvements that support a safer and more effective environment.
Family & Community Connection
Stronger opportunities for family connection, resident and staff engagement, community partnerships, and continued stakeholder input.
Operational Effectiveness
Streamlining essential services for the housed population and aligning operations with modern correctional practices.
What the Future Campus Will Make Possible
The future campus is being designed to create environments that strengthen dignity, health, learning, connection, and preparation for successful reentry.
More Supportive Living Environments
Renovated cottages will create smaller, more normalized living environments with greater privacy, improved communal space, enhanced accessibility, and settings that support community living and reentry preparation.
Modern, Trauma-Informed Care
A new Healthcare Center will provide modern medical, mental health, and substance use treatment environments designed to strengthen privacy, dignity, recovery, and access to care.
Expanded Opportunities for Learning & Reentry
The Wellness and Learning Center will expand space for education, college programming, vocational training, technology, recreation, and practical skill development.
Project Snapshot
Key facts about the phased transformation of MCI-Framingham.
$360 Million Anticipated Project Investment
Estimated total investment for planning, design, renovation, modernization, and phased construction.
Schematic Design Current Project Phase
Design work is underway to verify scope, program, budget, schedule, and project goals.
Suffolk Construction Construction Manager
Supporting cost management, construction logistics, sequencing, and mitigation of impacts to women and staff.
Late 2027 Anticipated Phase 1 Construction
Enabling work for the first phase is expected to begin in late 2027.
Approximately 200,000 sq. ft. Future Campus Footprint
The redevelopment is expected to reduce the campus footprint from approximately 260,000 square feet.
All Electric Sustainability
The project will modernize aging infrastructure, eliminate reliance on steam, reuse existing buildings where possible, and reduce emissions.
Image credits:
All rendering photos were created by HDR Architecture.