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State cuts razor wire from MCI-Acton

As redevelopment talks continue, state crews have been removing razor wire that once topped MCI-Acton’s walls.

The walls and watchtowers remain, but MCI-Acton has increasingly shed the razor wire that long lined its perimeter in recent months. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Acton Bridge
The walls and watchtowers remain, but MCI-Acton has increasingly shed the razor wire that long lined its perimeter in recent months. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Acton Bridge

As redevelopment talks continue, state crews have been removing razor wire that once topped MCI-Acton’s walls.

Large metal spools remained in place facing the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail and Commonwealth Avenue at least into January, according to Acton Bridge aerial photographs.

A few sections of wire remain as reminders of MCI-Acton’s penitentiary history. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Acton Bridge
A few sections of wire remain as reminders of MCI-Acton’s penitentiary history. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Acton Bridge

By last week, much of the wire was gone.

Workers have removed some wire to “repurpose it for other facilities or store it for future needs,” state Department of Correction spokesperson Lindsay Corcoran confirmed to The Bridge. 

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