Franklin County

The Detention Center

Franklin County House of Correction (320 bed)

• Operated byFranklin County Sheriff's Office
• Office address160 Elm Street, Greenfield, MA 01301
• Phone(413) 774-4014

Source: Franklin County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-09-20

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ―Beds and daily population — not scored, the county names a page for this that could not be read
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ―PREA audits — not scored, the county names a page for this that could not be read
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✗How to post bond — not published
• ―Phone, video and commissary rates — not scored, the county names a page for this that could not be read

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Franklin County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-20. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byState appropriation through the Legislature
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Lori M. Streeter (Interim)

• Runs the jailYes — the sheriff has custody and control of the jail and house of correction (MGL ch. 126 § 16)
• How the office is filledAppointed Interim Sheriff by the Governor in January 2025; sheriffs are otherwise elected to six-year terms (MGL ch. 37 § 1)
• County governmentAbolished. The sheriff and the house of correction are managed by the state Executive Office of Public Safety. There is no county board.

Source: Franklin County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-09-20

The Judges

Not found

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-20

The Legislature, and in six counties a county board

The state pays for the jail. The elected sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe appropriation. Massachusetts abolished county government in eight of the fourteen counties — Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Suffolk and Worcester — and their sheriffs and houses of correction are managed by the state Executive Office of Public Safety and funded by the Legislature. Six counties still function as governmental units: Barnstable (as Cape Cod Regional Government), Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk and Plymouth.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected to a six-year term (MGL ch. 37 § 1) and has custody and control of the jail, the prisoners and the staff (MGL ch. 126 § 16). The Department of Public Health inspects the facilities and publishes the reports.
• NoteMassachusetts abolished this county's government. There is no county board. The Legislature appropriates the jail's money and the state Executive Office of Public Safety manages the office.
• The boardNo county government
• Where the jail money is decidedNot found