Jan 22, 2021
MassLive
By Melissa Hanson
Looking to bring order to unruly encounters
The Telegram & Gazette November 13, 2018 By Prithvi Tikhe BOSTON – The lack of uniform standardized procedures across the state to remove prisoners from cells may contribute to incidents of excessive use of force at a number of Massachusetts prisons and houses of correction, according to a state lawmaker who has called for the […]
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 […]