Lancaster

Massachusetts’ corrections chief said this week that the safety of correctional officers is “a priority we cannot compromise” and detailed the steps taken in the wake of last week’s assaults at the state’s maximum-security prison, but the union representing officer said the state’s response has been “inadequate.” Two correction officers were “assaulted by incarcerated individuals” and stabbed at the...

WARNING: The above video is graphic, and some people may find it hard to watch. Surveillance video was released Friday showing the violent attack inside the maximum-security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, that sent five correction officers to the hospital earlier in the week. The Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union (MCOFU) said the video of Wednesday’s assault in...