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Counseling the Dually Diagnosed Female Offender

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Counseling the Dually Diagnosed Female Offender

Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Framingham (MCI-Framingham} is the Massachusetts Department of Correction's only committing institution for female offenders. It is located in Framingham, Massachusetts, a large town located midway between Worcester and Boston. The prison was once known as "Framingham State Prison". MCI Framingham is the official name, and is favored.( Beckerman, A. (2002)
MCI-Framingham is a medium security correctional facility for female offenders. Several References note it as the oldest female correctional institution, which is still in operation, in the United States. It opened in 1877.
The prison houses both state and county offenders, as well as those awaiting sentencing. There are prisoners of a variety of classification levels. Sixty three percent of the inmates are there for non-violent offenses, most often involving drugs. There are few, if......

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