Senator sounds alarm on Shacoby Kenny death, other fatalities in Mass. jails and prisons

In a letter this week to Gov. Maura Healey and her public safety secretary, a state senator described a “potential homicide” at a Boston jail as part of a larger troubling trend of deaths occurring inside the state’s correctional facilities.

Sen. Liz Miranda, D-5th Suffolk, wrote with concern about the Dec. 8 chaotic death of 32-year-old Shacoby “Coby” Kenny, who was incarcerated at the Suffolk County House of Correction at 20 Bradston St. in Boston, often referred to as South Bay.

Kenny’s death, Miranda said, and a rash of deaths within the state prison system between September and November, underscore “the urgent need for correctional oversight,” specifically outside overnight. In Massachusetts, prisons are overseen by the Department of Correction, while jails are under the control of county sheriffs. They largely govern themselves.

Read more at: Masslive.com.