Bristol
County House Of Correction and Jail
400 Faunce Corner Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Phone: 508-995-6400
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To This Location:
Superintendent: Steve Souza
Deputy Superintendent: Jake Gadsden
This
eleven hundred (1100) bed facility houses
male inmates convicted of crimes with a
sentence of 2 ½ years or less; higher
security female inmates or pre-trial detainees,
and higher security male pre-trial detainees.
The facility is comprised of several decentralized
housing units with varying levels of security,
a medical unit, and a 400 bed Modular Unit
housing sentenced inmates who have progressed
through an accountability based classification
system to earn a spot in the Residential
Substance Abuse Treatment Unit, the Pre-Release
Program, and the Work Crews.
In
1994, and again 1997, the Commission on
Accreditation for Corrections awarded accreditation
to the facility for the second time. The
hard earned accreditation confirms the satisfactory
completion of a rigorous self-evaluation
by the staff and followed by an outside
review by a team of independent auditors.
During the most recent accreditation the
facility underwent a 3-day operational re-accreditation
conducted by auditors from the American
Correctional Association (ACA). The three
auditors were correctional professionals
from Tennessee, Illinois and Florida. The
facility received an overall score of 100%
on mandatory standards and 98% on non-mandatory
standards
The
audit included a physical plant inspection
of the facility to determine the conditions
of confinement and quality of life for the
inmate population. It also involved the
assessment of 384 mandatory and non-mandatory
standards that cover all aspects of facility
operations, such as security issues, health
and food services, fire safety, environmental
conditions, social and academic programs,
staff training, and inmate discipline and
inmate rights. |