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...Massachusetts State Prison, a cramped compound of blackened granite and dilapidated brick buildings in the Charlestown section of Boston, is the oldest, most disreputable prison in the U.S. It was built in 1805, has been damned for 80 years as a verminous pesthole, unfit for human habitation...
...forces of public safety in this Common wealth have responded to the challenge of a new era in warfare. They have followed the lead of the national administration in adopting a policy of massive retaliation to deal with the forces that threaten us. Faced with the recent uprising in Charlestown, they did not attempt simply to put more men under arms than the enemy could muster. Realizing that the salaries paid penal officers could never compete with the quick riches to be won by a criminal career in appealing to the underprivileged masses, they spurned the tactic of infantry legions...
...same time Hastie announced that PBH is sending volunteers to work in the State Prison in Charlestown and in the Women's Reformatory at Framingham. At the prison, the students will do individual tutorial work while at Framingham the volunteers will teach classes. The new program is headed by James H. Durand...
...part of 1500 books in P.B.H.'s old book collection gathered over three years, they are being distributed around the world. Packages soon will go out to several Far Eastern countries. P.B.H. plans to distribute another group to the Charlestown Prison and Massachusetts General Hospital...
...five prowl cars and a staff of close to 235. Our crime rate here is low. I can't give you the exact figures, but we're better than most cities. We've got a good department, good men, and they're doing a good job. Why over in Charlestown prison a lot of the boys will tell you that their biggest mistake was coming to Cambridge...