Coronavirus Plummets In Massachusetts Prisons And Jails, But Experts Urge Caution FRAMINGHAM, MA - MAY 3: An arial view of MCI Framingham, a women's prison hit hard by the coronavirus with 71 confirmed cases on May 3, 2020 in Framingham, MA. (Photo by Blake Nissen for The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Boston Globe via Getty Images / Boston Globe Share Jenifer McKim on BPR | March 10, 2021 The number of prisoners in Massachusetts with active coronavirus cases has dropped to 13 from a high of 540 in December, according to data released this week. The number includes five inmates housed in state prisons run by the Department of Correction and eight held in county jails, according to a tracker run by American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.