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54-559: The experiment was conducted between February 1961 and January 1963 in Concord State Prison , a maximum-security prison for young offenders, in Concord, Massachusetts by a team of Harvard University researchers. The team were under the direction of Timothy Leary and included Michael Hollingshead , Allan Cohen, Alfred Alschuder, George Litwin, Ralph Metzner , Gunther Weil, and Ralph Schwitzgebel, with Madison Presnell as

108-532: A free community college program, "MassReconnect", for Massachusetts residents 25 or older with a secondary school degree or post-secondary course credits , to address the skills gap in the state workforce. The state legislature approved the plan, as part of the 2024 fiscal year state budget, which Healey signed into law in August. In May 2023, Healey's administration announced $ 24.4 million in job creation tax incentives for 43 life sciences companies in

162-653: A "lock-in" program. The program will be carried out in pharmacies to identify and track prescription drug abusers and distributors. Her plan includes deployment of new resources to drug trafficking hotspots, improvement of treatment accessibility, and expanding access to Narcan. Healey's women's rights platform focuses on sex education, expanding access to abortion services in Massachusetts, and ensuring that every woman in Massachusetts has access to abortion, regardless of where she lives, her occupation, or her income. On July 20, 2016, Healey announced her intention to ban

216-584: A backyard basketball court. Healey's stepfather, Edward Beattie, taught history and coached girls' sports at Winnacunnet High School . Her family roots are in Newburyport and the North Shore area, while several of her grandparents and great-grandparents were born in Ireland . Healey attended Winnacunnet High School, and majored in government at Harvard College , graduating cum laude in 1992. She

270-536: A call to action from business leaders to work to end racial inequalities and systemic racism . She ended her speech by saying, "Yes, America is burning, but that's how forests grow." In October 2013, Healey announced her candidacy for attorney general. Coakley was retiring from the office to run for governor . On September 9, 2014, Healey won the Democratic primary by 126,420 votes, defeating former State Senator Warren Tolman , 62.4% to 37.6%. Healey's campaign

324-591: A committee to study the system and it was decided to revamp the entire State Prison system and the Commissioner was ordered to purchase more prison facilities for those sentenced to the State Prison; to ease the overcrowding situation at Charlestown. During the Acts of 1955, c. 770, all the prisons were merely renamed, "MCI-(at the city or town the prison was located). In 1955, the state prison at Walpole , and

378-487: A disturbance by shouting and banging on doors. The noise went on for hours and the prison's warden decided to punish the inmates by revoking their yard privileges for July 4. This caused the disturbance to escalate with inmates breaking down wooden doors and furniture being destroyed. The riot stopped three days later. On April 22, 1959, a special riot squad of the Massachusetts State Police put down

432-482: A mass attempt at escape from the Concord State Reformatory. State Police quelled escape attempt by 59 convicts at Concord Reformatory; rescue 13 guards, 2 civilians held as hostages. On November 22, 1972, inmates in E Building began rioting and causing a major disturbance. Correction officers requested assistance and seventy-five state police officers (along with four sharpshooters) were sent to

486-492: A measurable positive change when pre-psilocybin and post-psilocybin results were compared. The results of this experiment have been largely contested by a follow-up study, citing several problems including differences in the length of time after release that the study group versus the control group were compared, and other methodology factors including the difference between subjects re-incarcerated for parole violations versus imprisoned for new crimes. This study concluded that only

540-504: A medium security facility that would also be used as a "reception and diagnostic center" which was at MCI-Norfolk already for offenders sentenced to the Maximum Security State Prison Sentence. Before 1978-80 Concord had never housed any State sentenced inmates, so the maximum security reformatory facility did their classification in the building designated as the "New Line" where it was decided whether

594-723: A minor degree. In addition, a selection of personality tests were administered to the prisoners both before and after the psilocybin experiences, consisting of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory , the California Psychological Inventory , the Maher Sentence Completion Test (designed to measure cynicism in prisoners), and a Thematic Apperception Test (constructed to measure motives). The personality test scores indicated

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648-490: A payment of more than $ 4.3 billion for prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts in communities across the country. It will also require Purdue Pharma to be wound down or sold by 2024 and ensure that the Sacklers are banned from the opioid business and required to turn over control of family foundations to an independent trustee to be used to address the opioid epidemic. On January 20, 2022, Healey announced her candidacy in

702-535: A reduced likelihood to fail the TASC program. Results suggested that hallucinogens may promote alcohol and other drug abstinence and prosocial behavior in a population with high rates of recidivism. Concord State Prison The Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord ( MCI-Concord ) was a medium security prison for men located in Concord, Massachusetts in the United States . Opened in 1878, it

756-557: A special assistant district attorney in Middlesex County , where she tried drug, assault, domestic violence, and motor vehicle cases in bench and jury sessions and argued bail hearings, motions to suppress, and probation violations and surrenders. Hired by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley in 2007, Healey served as chief of the Civil Rights Division, where she spearheaded the state's challenge to

810-490: A special counsel to investigate Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Her office sent a letter to that effect, signed by 20 Attorneys General across the nation, to Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein . On May 17, Rosenstein appointed a special counsel, former FBI director Robert Mueller . In 2021, Healey announced a resolution against the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma . The resolution requires

864-565: A statistically slight improvement could be shown (as opposed to the radical improvement originally reported). In his interview within the study, Leary expressed that the major lesson of the Concord Prison experiment was that the key to a long-term reduction in overall recidivism rates might be the combination of the pre-release administration of psilocybin-assisted group psychotherapy with a comprehensive post-release follow-up program modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous groups to offer support to

918-642: The Bethesda Naval Hospital , Healey grew up as the oldest of five brothers and sisters. When she was nine months old, her family moved to Hampton Falls, New Hampshire , where she was raised. Her mother was a nurse at Lincoln Akerman School in Hampton Falls ; her father was a captain in the United States Public Health Service and an engineer. After divorcing, her mother sold her wedding ring to pay for

972-532: The Democratic Party , she served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 2015 to 2023 and was elected governor in 2022 , defeating the Republican nominee, former state representative Geoff Diehl . Hired by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley in 2007, Healey served as chief of the Civil Rights Division, where she led the state's challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act . She

1026-519: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court . Facing criticism for this decision, especially from Massachusetts Republican Party chair Amy Carnevale, who called on her to withdraw the nomination, Healey defended the choice. "I don't want the fact that she had a personal relationship with me to deprive the commonwealth of a person who's most qualified for the position", she told reporters. The Governor's Council approved

1080-662: The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts , where she prepared monthly compliance reports on the cleanup of the Boston Harbor and assisted the judge with trials, hearings, and case conferences. Healey subsequently spent more than seven years at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP , where she worked as an associate and then junior partner and focused on commercial and securities litigation. She also served as

1134-689: The Victory Fund . Healey wrote an op-ed in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette on upholding the Massachusetts buffer zone law, which she worked on at the Attorney General's Office. She also authored an op-ed in The Boston Globe outlining her plan to combat student loan predators. Healey defeated Republican nominee John Miller, an attorney, in the general election, 62.5% to 37.5%. Upon taking office, she became

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1188-416: The child and family tax credit from $ 240 to $ 600 per child or dependent. The plans also increase the rental deduction cap from 50% of rent up to $ 3,000 to 50% of $ 4,000. Under the proposal, the state's short-term capital gains tax is reduced from 12% to 5% and the estate tax threshold is raised from $ 1 million to $ 3 million. The state legislature passed a scaled-back version of this proposal that increased

1242-522: The first openly lesbian woman elected attorney general of a U.S. state and the first openly LGBT person elected to statewide office in Massachusetts . In 2022, she became one of the first two openly lesbian women (alongside Tina Kotek ) and the joint-third openly LGBT person (alongside Kotek and after Kate Brown and Jared Polis ) elected governor of a U.S. state , as well as the first woman elected governor of Massachusetts . Born at

1296-457: The 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election. Her announcement came after the incumbent governor, Charlie Baker , a Republican, announced he would not seek reelection. On September 6, 2022, Healey won the Democratic primary election. She defeated Sonia Chang-Diaz, who withdrew from the primary. Healey was endorsed by Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey . On November 8, 2022, she defeated Geoff Diehl ,

1350-525: The Commonwealth reach its climate goals and help coordinate the efforts. The Climate Chief will also be the governor's primary advisor on climate issues. Healey appointed Melissa Hoffer to the role. In February 2023, the Healey administration announced a $ 742 million tax cut package to be filed, as an addition to its proposed fiscal year 2024 budget. Among the proposals included was an increase in

1404-723: The Concord Reformatory to put down the uprising. On February 15, 1976, 60 to 80 inmates caused $ 1 million worth of damage to three buildings during a four hour riot that ended when the inmates voluntarily surrendered. Pursuant to the Supreme Judicial Court’s April 3, 2020 Opinion and Order in the Committee for Public Counsel Services v. Chief Justice of the Trial Court, SJC-12926 matter, as amended on April 10, April 28 and June 23, 2020 (the “Order”),

1458-480: The Massachusetts Parole Board could release the offender a month after their judgment, or anytime up to their maximum term. If the offender proved to be reformed of the behavior that caused his incarceration he would be put on supervised parole which was subject to termination if the parolee proved to be rehabilitated. The courts sentenced those they felt could be reformed to the reformatory, and

1512-656: The New State Prison at Concord with Mexican War veteran General Chamberlain as its warden. In 1884, all the State inmates were taken out of Concord and transferred to the Charlestown State Prison in Charlestown, Massachusetts and Concord became the "Massachusetts Reformatory" where prisoners under 30 years of age received a one number maximum term for the crime they were convicted of and

1566-557: The Republican nominee, in the general election, which made her the nation's first openly lesbian governor. She was inaugurated on January 5, 2023. The day after being sworn in, Healey signed an Executive Order establishing the Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience and creating a cabinet-level position of Climate Chief to head the office. According to Healey, the office will be tasked with working with state and local leaders to help

1620-619: The Special Master posted weekly reports for COVID-19 testing and cases for each of the correctional facilities administered by the Department of Correction and each of the county Sheriffs’ offices. Prisoner and staff vaccinations started in the spring of 2021. Weekly reported was stopped in the summer of 2021 and the website terminated. There had been 296 prisoners testing positive and two deaths at MCI-Concord before reporting ended. On January 24, 2024, Governor Healey announced that

1674-1008: The United States' first openly lesbian state attorney general. On November 6, 2018, Healey was reelected Massachusetts Attorney General, defeating Republican nominee James McMahon with 69.9% of the vote. Healey's plan to reduce gun violence addresses what she perceives as its root causes. The program includes enhancing the background check system to include information regarding recent restraining orders, pending indictments, and any relations to domestic violence, parole, and probation information. The plan also seeks to track better stolen and missing guns. Healey advocates fingerprint trigger locks and firearm micro-stamping on all guns sold in Massachusetts. Healey's plan for criminal justice reform includes ending mandatory sentences for nonviolent drug offenders and focusing on treatment rather than incarceration. Healey plans to combat prescription drug abuse and Massachusetts's heroin epidemic by implementing

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1728-479: The areas of consumer protection , fair labor, ratepayer advocacy, environmental protection, health care, insurance and financial services, civil rights, antitrust, Medicaid fraud, nonprofit organizations and charities, and business, technology, and economic development. During a Zoom conference call on June 3, 2020, before 300 members of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Healey asked for

1782-507: The child and dependent tax credit to $ 310 for the 2023 tax year and $ 440 for following years. The short-term capital gains tax was reduced to 8.5%, and the estate tax was eliminated for all estates under $ 2 million. Healey signed these changes into law on October 4, 2023. At a news conference held at Bunker Hill Community College in March 2023, Healey announced a $ 20 million appropriation to her 2024 fiscal year state budget proposal to create

1836-424: The fear that often accompanies relationships between [experimenters] and [subjects]". Records at Concord State Prison suggested that 64 percent of the 32 subjects would return to prison within six months of parole . However, after six months, only 25 percent of those on parole had returned, six for technical parole violations and two for new offenses. Few short-term projects with prisoners have been effective to even

1890-548: The federal Defense of Marriage Act . She led the winning arguments for Massachusetts in the country's first lawsuit striking down the law. In 2012, Healey was promoted to chief of the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau. She was then appointed chief of the Business and Labor Bureau. As a division chief and bureau head in the Attorney General's Office, Healey oversaw 250 lawyers and staff members and supervised

1944-405: The manufacturing of most assault rifles in Massachusetts. On January 31, 2017, Healey announced that her office was joining a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump 's Executive Order 13769 , commonly known as a "Muslim ban." Healey condemned the order as "motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment and Islamophobia, not by a desire to further national security." A federal court eventually struck

1998-403: The medical and psychiatric adviser. The original study involved the administration of psilocybin manufactured by Sandoz Pharmaceuticals to assist group psychotherapy for 32 prisoners in an effort to reduce recidivism rates. The researchers would administer psilocybin to themselves along with the prisoners, on the grounds of "[creating] a sense of equality and shared experience, and to dispel

2052-401: The more serious offenders to the State prison. Programs were set up at Concord so that the offender could prove himself reformed, and be paroled could learn a trade to be used on their return to society. In 1893, additional construction added 230 cells to the Massachusetts reformatory. In 1955, because of overcrowding at the State Prison in Charlestown and rioting inmates, Governor Herter formed

2106-432: The nomination on February 28 and Wolohojian was sworn in on April 22. In July 2022, Healey moved from Boston to Cambridge, Massachusetts . She plays basketball recreationally. On January 9, 2023, shortly after being inaugurated as governor, Healey announced that she is in a relationship with attorney Joanna Lydgate, her former chief deputy. She clarified that their relationship did not begin until Lydgate had departed

2160-535: The order down on similar grounds. On March 9, 2017, Healey announced that her office was joining a lawsuit challenging Trump's Executive Order 13780 . She said the new order, a revised version of the one that had been struck down, "remains a discriminatory and unconstitutional attempt to make good on [Trump's] campaign promise to implement a Muslim ban." The order has been blocked in various federal courts on similar grounds. On May 11, 2017, after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey , Healey led efforts calling for

2214-630: The prison Canteen Store, during a movie, Dog Day Afternoon held in the Gym (where all the inmates go at one time) over 150 reformatory inmates were transferred to the State Prison, and 150 State inmates were transferred to the reformatory. Then, without Legislative authority, or even notifying the Judicial branch of our tripartite system, Commissioner Hogan abolished the Maximum Security Reformatory for men at MCI-Concord and made it

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2268-487: The prison in the summer of that year and transfer the remaining prisoners to other facilities. MCI Concord was a level 4, medium level security prison. The prison is located in Concord, Massachusetts on state Route 2 . A Massachusetts State Police barracks (Troop A-3) and the Northeastern Correctional Center (Minimum Security) are located across the highway from the prison. The prison

2322-416: The reformatory at Concord were in fact "two" distinct "maximum" security facilities. In 1972, c. 777, s.8, the Massachusetts reformatory "name" was changed to be, "MCI-Concord." Only the name was changed. Court commitments from District Courts to the reformatory did not stop until the reformatory sentence was repealed in 1994. Around 1978–80, after a major riot at the reformatory, where the inmates even robbed

2376-470: The reformatory inmate would stay at the maximum security reformatory or be moved to the Farm across the street. Since June 2009 MCI-Concord was redesignated as a medium security facility of the State Prison and Massachusetts. Timothy Leary 's Concord Prison Experiment was conducted at MCI Concord during the early 1960s. In early July, 1882 at 12:00 midnight inmates at the Concord Reformatory began to cause

2430-667: The released prisoners. The study concluded that whether a new program of psilocybin-assisted group psychotherapy and post-release programs would significantly reduce recidivism rates is an empirical question that deserves to be addressed within the context of a new experiment. A study by led by Dr. Peter Hendricks at the University of Alabama at Birmingham collected data on 25,622 individuals under community corrections supervision in Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities and found that hallucinogen use predicted

2484-421: The state to create 1,600 jobs. In August 2023, Healey declared a state of emergency, due to an increase in migrants seeking shelter in the state. Massachusetts is the only U.S. state that must provide emergency housing to families who qualify. At the time of the emergency declaration, the shelter system was housing over 20,000 people. Healey set a limit of 7,500 on the number of families that could be housed in

2538-438: The state Department of Corrections planned to close the prison by summertime, citing a decline in the statewide prison population and an effort to curb state spending in the face of declining tax revenues. The facility officially closed on July 17, 2024. Maura Healey Maura Tracy Healey (born February 8, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 73rd governor of Massachusetts since 2023. A member of

2592-501: The state's emergency shelter system. The state exceeded this limit in November 2023. On November 9, Healey announced that families would be placed on a waiting list and would enter the shelter system as housing units became available. In December, she signed a $ 3.1 billion supplemental budget bill that added another $ 250 million in funding for the state's shelter system and created an overflow location for migrants who were unable to enter

2646-436: The state's shelter system. Later that month, the administration designated five locations as overflow sites. On April 30, 2024, Healey signed a bill that directed another $ 251 million into the shelter system for the rest of fiscal year 2024 and limited how long families can stay in the shelter system to nine months. In February 2024, Healey nominated her former romantic partner, appellate court judge Gabrielle Wolohojian , to

2700-533: Was co-captain of the Harvard Crimson women's basketball team. After graduation, Healey spent two years playing as a starting point guard for a professional basketball team in Austria , UBBC Wustenrot Salzburg . Upon returning to the United States, she earned a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in 1998. Healey began her legal career by clerking for Judge A. David Mazzone of

2754-594: Was designed to house 550-600 medium security inmates, but as of 2024 the population had declined to about 300. MCI-Concord was also the home to the department's Central Date Computation Unit, Central Records Unit, Central Research Unit, and the Data Collection Unit. All of which were split between the SFU Building outside and B-Building within the walls of the facility. MCI Concord opened in May 1878 as

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2808-537: Was endorsed by State Senators Stan Rosenberg, Dan Wolf, Jamie Eldridge and America's largest resource for pro-choice women in politics, EMILY's List . It was also endorsed by Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong, and Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz. Organizations that endorsed the campaign include the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts, MassEquality , and

2862-490: Was the oldest running state prison for men in Massachusetts. It was under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Department of Correction . The facility had a total capacity of 614 general population beds, but with a long-term decline in the number of men incarcerated for the entire state, the population as of January 2024 had decreased to about 300, which made Governor Maura Healey announce a plan to close

2916-429: Was then appointed chief of the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau and then chief of the Business and Labor Bureau, before resigning, in 2013, to run for attorney general in 2014. She defeated former State Senator Warren Tolman in the Democratic primary and Republican attorney John Miller in the general election. Healey was reelected in 2018. She was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2022 . In 2014, Healey became

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