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| Location | Deer Island |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′12″N 70°57′43″W / 42.35333°N 70.96194°W |
| Status | Closed/Demolished |
| Security class | Prison |
| Opened | 1889 |
| Closed | 26 December 1991 |
| Managed by | Suffolk County Sheriff's Department |
The Deer Island Prison (c. 1880–1991) in Suffolk County, Massachusetts was located on Deer Island in Boston Harbor. Once known as the Deer Island House of Industry and later, House of Correction, it held people convicted of drunkenness, illegal possession of drugs, disorderly conduct, larceny, and other crimes subject to relatively short-term sentencing.[1] When it closed in 1991, some 1,500 inmates were being held at Deer Island.[2]