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Following Bristol County Jail Uprising, Sheriff Calls for Help Making Changes to Units
The April 21 uprising of inmates at Massachusetts’ Bristol County House of Correction brought to light issues that will the county’s sheriff says will take big money to change. Inmates caused extensive damage in the incident that shut down the jail in Dartmouth for hours, smashing windows, flipping beds, fashioning weapons, strewing trash around and more in protest over plans…
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Photos Show Aftermath of Mass. Jail Protest That Caused Major Damage
Photos have been released of the extensive damage done in a protest that disrupted operations at Massachusetts’ Bristol County House of Correction on Friday. The images released by the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office showed equipment smashed, beds flipped over, weapons fashioned, trash strewn about the facility and more in the incident that shut down the jail in Dartmouth for...
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Inmates at Mass. Jail Caused at Least $100K in Damage Protesting Attempts to Move Them
No one was hurt but there was significant destruction when a group of inmates decided to protest plans to move housing units at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, forcing correctional officers out of the unit and to call in backup. Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux said it all began when staff was trying to move inmates…
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This Mass. County Will Soon Clear Its 1,100 Rape Kit Backlog. The State Has a Long Way to Go
For nearly a decade, a murder in New Bedford could have been solved, prosecutors say. Hiding in plain sight was a rape kit that hadn’t been tested 14 years prior. Through a coincidental and meandering turn of events, the woman’s murder would help uncover an accumulation of rape kits that prosecutors say has led to criminals remaining free for...