[6] The goal of this pilot was to try to reduce incidence of same-sex relationships among incarcerated people and to create an environment more similar to life outside of prison.

[7] Several of its superintendents were well-known prison reformers including Ellen Cheney Johnson (1884–1899), Jessie Donaldson Hodder (1911–1932), and Miriam Van Waters (1932–1957).

The prison's best-known superintendent, however, was Clara Barton, who served for eight months during a leave from her work with the Red Cross.

[9] British au pair Louise Woodward was held at Framingham for 279 days in 1997 during her much publicized trial at the end of which she was sentenced to time served and was released.

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