Editing Norfolk County, Massachusetts (section)

===Jails===
Following the creation of the county, [[Gay's Tavern]] was the site of a Court of General Sessions on August 25, 1794.{{sfn|Cook|1918|p=48}} They ordered that the committee on buildings proceed with collecting materials for building a jail.{{sfn|Cook|1918|p=48}} On the last day of September following this order, the court accepted from Timothy Gay{{efn|Timothy Gay Jr. was the jail keeper and was indicted, but acquitted, in the escape of [[Jason Fairbanks]].{{Sfn|Hanson|1976|p=188}}}} the gift of a parallelogram lot of land to erect the [[Norfolk County Jail (1795)|Norfolk County Jail]] next to his tavern.{{sfn|Cook|1918|p=48}}{{Sfn|Hanson|1976|p=166}}{{r|series}} 

It was replaced by a new [[Norfolk County Jail (1817)|Norfolk County Jail]] in 1817.{{sfn|Dedham Historical Society|2001|p=11}}<ref name=condos/> The two story stone building was built in 1817 and was 33' square.{{sfn|Dedham Historical Society|2001|p=11}}<ref name=condos/> Part of the jail was torn down in 1851 to erect a central, octagonal portion and two wings.{{sfn|Dedham Historical Society|2001|p=11}}<ref name=condos/> It resulted in a building with the shape of a [[Latin cross]], and featured [[Gothic Revival]] windows.<ref name=condos/> The three tiers of cells radiated out like spokes from the central guardroom.<ref name=condos/> There were two hangings in the central rotunda: [[George C. Hersey]] on August 8, 1862 and [[James H. Costley]] on June 25, 1875.{{sfn|Parr|2009}}

Inmates were housed in the jail until 1992 when the [[Norfolk County Correctional Center]] was opened in 1992.{{sfn|Dedham Historical Society|2001|p=11}} A court forced the closure after 13 inmates escaped in 1989.{{sfn|Parr|2009}} There were at least 27 break outs during the prison's history.<ref name=condos/> 

The current Norfolk County Correctional Center is located on the median of [[Massachusetts Route 128|Route 128]] in Dedham. The facility has 502 beds and opened in 1992.<ref name=difazio/>