SECRETS OF THE NORFOLK PRISON

Construction began in June 1927, when the first dozen inmates from the notoriously overcrowded Charlestown State Prison were driven out to a wooded area in Norfolk. There, on 36 acres of state-owned land near the Walpole town line, they began building what would become the state’s largest prison. The image above shows inmates laying electric cable at the Norfolk State Prison Colony in June 1932. Joel Winslow

New state prison constructed

Norfolk State Prison Colony construction began in June 1927, when a dozen inmates from the notoriously overcrowded Charlestown State Prison were driven out to a wooded area in Norfolk.

On 36 acres of state-owned land near the Walpole town line, they began building what would become the state’s largest prison.

Pictured: Inmates laid electric cables at the prison in June 1932.

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