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Pondville Correctional Center Overview

Pondville Correctional Center is operated by the Massachusetts Department of Correction. Mass.gov describes it as a minimum and pre-release facility for criminally sentenced males. The facility is in the town of Norfolk, where it sits within the same county as Norfolk County Correctional Center but belongs to a different custody system.

That agency distinction drives the search process. A person in Pondville has DOC custody status and should be searched through Massachusetts DOC's VINELink process. A person recently arrested in Dedham, Quincy, Brookline, Braintree, or another Norfolk County community may still be in local or county custody and may not appear as a Pondville prisoner unless they have been sentenced and transferred into DOC custody.

The official location source is the Mass.gov Pondville Correctional Center page, which lists the address, phone, visiting schedule, parking rules, and accessibility notes.

Use the Mass.gov facility page for current contact and schedule information, and use DOC/VINELink for the actual custody search.

Pondville Correctional Center Capacity and Population

Mass.gov's public Pondville location page reviewed for this build does not present a current population number. Research located DOC annual-report material listing FY2023 operational capacity of 251, January 1, 2024 population of 193, and FY2023 average daily population of 188. Because the exact final annual report PDF was not reverified in full text during build, the figures are used with cautious wording as annual-report material from the research set, not as a live facility count.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Pondville Correctional Center

Pondville is searched through the Massachusetts DOC lookup path, not through a county jail roster. Mass.gov says DOC uses VINELink and that a lookup requires the full first and last name or a commitment number. The VINELink phone option is available when an online search is not practical.

1. Open the Massachusetts DOC instructions at Find an inmate in a Massachusetts prison.
2. Search through Massachusetts VINELink or call (866) 277-7477.
3. Enter the full legal first and last name, or use the commitment number if available.
4. Confirm that the listed custody location is Pondville Correctional Center before applying Pondville visit rules.
5. If the person is not listed, check whether they remain in county jail custody, another DOC facility, federal custody, or immigration custody.

Pondville Correctional Center Address and Contact

Use the facility phone number for current custody-location questions that VINELink does not answer, visiting schedule verification, parking questions, and routing to the superintendent's office. The Mass.gov page identifies the superintendent contact as Joy Gallant at the facility extension listed below.

Visiting Someone at Pondville Correctional Center

Pondville's visiting schedule is posted by weekday blocks and by weekend last-name groups. Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening visits are listed from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Weekend times split prisoners by last name. The Mass.gov location page also notes that vehicles on state property are subject to search and must be locked while unattended. Handicapped parking is available for vehicles with placards.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Pondville Correctional Center

The supplied facility research confirms Pondville's address, DOC operator, superintendent contact, lookup path, visiting schedule, and parking rules. It does not include a Pondville-specific mail vendor, phone vendor, deposit vendor, or fee schedule. Before sending mail, money, or publications, verify the current DOC format, inmate commitment number requirements, and permitted payment options with the facility.

Minimum and Pre-Release Custody Context

Pondville is a minimum and pre-release DOC facility, so it should not be treated like the first booking point after an arrest. A person may move from a county jail or another DOC institution into Pondville after sentencing, classification, eligibility review, or transfer. Once DOC custody applies, the county jail's bail, visit-list, and local public-record routines no longer control day-to-day facility access.

For families and attorneys, this means the first question is custody system. If a person is still awaiting trial, start with the arresting agency, court, or Norfolk County Correctional Center. If the person is sentenced and in DOC custody, start with VINELink and then call Pondville for facility-specific rules.

Records, Transfers, and Verification

DOC custody records, court dockets, and facility visiting rules should be checked together. VINELink may identify whether a sentenced person is in DOC custody and may support notification registration, but it does not replace the criminal docket. MassCourts and the relevant clerk's office remain the better path for formal case events, sentence entries, warrants, probation matters, and later court filings.

Pondville's pre-release role makes transfer checks especially important. A person may be moved for classification, programming, court, medical reasons, or another operational need. A name search that correctly finds a person in DOC custody may still need a same-day phone check before a visitor drives to Norfolk. For weekend visits, verify both the prisoner's current facility and the last-name schedule block.

If a record is not available through VINELink or the Mass.gov location page, use DOC records channels rather than treating a missing online result as proof that no record exists. Provide the person's full name, commitment number if known, date range, and the specific record type. Release may be limited by safety, privacy, medical, investigatory, or sealed-record rules.

About Pondville Correctional Center

Pondville is one of the Massachusetts DOC facilities located in Norfolk County, along with MCI-Norfolk. Its minimum and pre-release classification gives it a different role from MCI-Norfolk's medium-security function and a much different role from the sheriff-operated county jail in Dedham. Mass.gov lists Pondville as transit friendly and wheelchair accessible.

Parking rules are more specific here than in many facility summaries. Vehicles on state property can be searched, unattended vehicles must be locked, and handicapped parking is available with placards. Those details make it important to check the current Mass.gov page and call the facility before traveling, especially when a visit depends on last-name scheduling.