Boston Pre-Release Center
The Boston Pre-Release Center is a minimum security correctional facility located on Canterbury Street in Roslindale, Massachusetts. The current facility opened in 2003 and it is under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Department of Correction.- Type: Prison
- Description: correctional facility in Roslindale, Massachusetts
- Address: 430 Canterbury Street, Boston, MA 02131
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lemuel Shattuck Hospital and Boston State Hospital.
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
Hospital
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is a 255-bed public health and teaching hospital located in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The hospital is owned and operated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and as an affiliate of the Tufts University School of Medicine, serves as the only teaching hospital operated by DPH. Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is situated 2,500 feet north of Boston Pre-Release Center.
Boston State Hospital
Historic site
Boston State Hospital is a historic mental hospital located in Mattapan and Dorchester, Massachusetts. The court case Rogers v. Okin, which increases patient consent rights, was filed by a class action lawsuit against the hospital. Boston State Hospital is situated 2,100 feet south of Boston Pre-Release Center.
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Correctional Unit
Prison
The Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Correctional Unit is a 23 bed, medium security facility located on the eighth floor of the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Correctional Unit is situated 2,600 feet north of Boston Pre-Release Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest Hills and Roslindale.
Forest Hills
Neighborhood
Photo: Boston, Public domain.
Forest Hills is a part of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Forest Hills is characterized by hilly terrain and wooded areas within and adjacent to its borders.
Roslindale
Suburb
Roslindale is a primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bordered by Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, West Roxbury and Mattapan.
Dorchester
Photo: ButteBag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
So, you've decided to visit Dorchester. Congratulations! Boston's largest neighborhood had long been written off, dismissed as “too dangerous” by those who had never set foot here.
Boston Pre-Release Center
- Categories: fixed construction and government building
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.29247° or 42° 17′ 33″ northLongitude
-71.10141° or 71° 6′ 5″ westOperator
MA Department of CorrectionOpen location code
87JC7VRX+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 257486695OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q4948034
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