The Northeastern Correctional Center (NCC) is a minimum security/pre-release state prison located in Concord,

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

. NCC opened in 1932, sits on 300 acres of farmland, and houses 189 adult male prisoners as of December 30, 2024. The prison provides many inmates with work opportunities prior to being released from detention, including cooking and serving at the Fife and Drum Restaurant. Northeastern Correctional Center has been accredited by the

American Correctional Association The American Correctional Association (ACA; called the National Prison Association before 1954) is a private, non-profit, non-governmental trade association and accrediting body for the corrections industry, the oldest and largest such associati ...

(ACA) since 1982. It is managed by the

Massachusetts Department of Correction The Massachusetts Department of Correction is the government agency responsible for operating the prison system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The Massachusetts Department of Correction is responsible for the custody ...

and overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety.

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