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Tag: Department of Public Health

Health and safety audits find hundreds of violations at Western Massachusetts county jails

By Shira Schoenberg MassLive January 20, 2016 The most recent Department of Public Health audits of county jails in Worcester, Hampden, Franklin, Hampshire and Berkshire counties found hundreds of health and safety violations. The number of repeat violations ranged from a low of 90 in Hampshire County, a jail with 234 inmates the day of […]