Sara Wilbur collection of Concord Prison Outreach records, 1996-2007

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Sara Wilbur collection of Concord Prison Outreach records, 1996-2007

Concord Prison Outreach, Inc. was founded in 1986. It is a volunteer organization that facilitates community involvement in the Concord, Massachusetts area with the MCI-Concord Prison and the Northeast Correctional Institute. Programs coordinated by the Concord Prison Outreach focus on education and service and include, among others, tutoring, job readiness, and parenting programs. Concord Prison Outreach is also responsible for establishing community forums on issues related to prisons and criminal justice The collection includes organizational records of Concord Prison Outreach Inc., consisting of meeting minutes from Board of Directors and Steering Club meetings, annual meeting minutes, and financial documents relating to the years 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Also included are newsletters which describe programming, personnel changes, and news related to CPO, as well as various publicity materials, among them an informational brochure, program schedules and descriptions. The collection was donated by Sara "Win" Wilbur, a member of the Board of Directors and an active participant in CPO.

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Northeastern Correctional Center (Concord, Mass.)

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Concord Prison Outreach, Inc.

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Wilbur, Sara W., 1933-

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Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord

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The Massachusetts Reformatory was established pursuant to St 1884, c 255, at the Concord site of the State Prison; the latter institution was moved back to Boston (Charlestown), where it had been located until 1878. Certain inmates of the State Prison (s 3), inmates of county jails or houses of correction (s 12), and inmates of the State Reform School at Westborough, whose population was henceforth to be limited to boys under the age of fifteen (ss 11, 13), were all possible candida...