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‘We don't feel safe': Attacks on correction officers in Mass. prisons are up, data shows
Correction officers inside our state prisons have been assaulted and doused with bodily fluids at an alarming rate in recent years. The NBC10 Investigators repeatedly requested data and records related to assaults on correction officers but the Massachusetts Department of Correction continuously told us the information didn’t exit. After almost one year, the department finally turned over the data...
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Massachusetts makes jail and prison calls free
Thousands of families across the commonwealth are celebrating massachusetts becoming the 5th state to make prison and jail calls, free.
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Police search huge London park for terrorism suspect who escaped from prison
British police are scouring scoured a huge London park on Friday for an ex-soldier who escaped from prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges.
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Another inmate dies at Georgia's Fulton County jail, 6th death in 6 weeks
A 24-year-old man died at an Atlanta hospital after being found unresponsive at a jail that is already being investigated by federal authorities for potential civil rights violations.
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Bill to ban solitary confinement in federal prisons introduced by House lawmakers
The End Solitary Confinement Act would prohibit the practice of isolating inmates and detainees with limited exceptions, while ensuring their due process rights.
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Former federal prison guard sentenced for violating civil rights of injured inmate
A former guard at a federal prison in Massachusetts who prosecutors say caused serious head injuries to a handcuffed inmate with severe mental health disorders has been sentenced to a year in prison. Seth Bourget, 42, of Woodstock, Connecticut, was also sentenced in federal court in Boston on Monday to two years of probation, according to a statement from the…
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Massachusetts County Lowers Hiring Age for Correctional Officers To Address Staffing Shortage
Younger correctional officers could soon be headed to jails in Essex County, Massachusetts. In order to address a critical staffing shortage, the sheriff there is lowering the minimum hiring age from 21 years old to 19 years old. The new minimum goes into effect Monday. To be eligible, applicants have to be 19 years old as of June 1. Essex County…
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Essex County Lowers Hiring Age for Correctional Officers
Right now correctional officers are pulling double shifts to keep the prison up and running. They hope lowering the hiring age will help fill vacancies.
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Savannah Chrisley Shares Update on Parents' Prison Life, Says They Are Doing ‘Okay'
It’s only been a few weeks since the “Growing Up Chrisley” star’s parents Todd and Julie Chrisley began serving their respective 12 and seven-year-long prison sentences on Jan. 17.
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Massachusetts Prisons Start Guard Body Cam Pilot Program
About 50 correctional officers at a Massachusetts prison are participating in a pilot program to evaluate the use of body cams in improving safety and transparency in state Department of Correction facilities, officials announced Monday. The program is taking place at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, a maximum security facility and the reception and diagnostic center for all newly…