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How Hampden County Is Working To Prevent Inmate Suicides
Amidst the ear-splitting sound of grinding metal, plumes of orange sparks fly around three inmates armed with blowtorches and sanders in the vocational… -
Why Is The Suicide Rate In Bristol County Jails So High?
With jail suicide numbers as high as Bristol County’s, you might think Sheriff Thomas Hodgson would have hit the panic button or declared a crisis.You’d… -
Behind the Wall: Suicides Mount in Massachusetts County Jails
Kevin O’Loughlin is wrestling with the Massachusetts attorney general’s office for compensation under a 2004 law that grants damages for the wrongly convicted. -
New report: Improve info sharing to lower risks at residential schools
In the wake of alleged abuses at private schools for children with mental disabilities, a new report by the state Office of the Child Advocate calls for… -
Mass AG settles with two who allegedly misled elderly in reverse mortgage hustle
Dolores Rush of Quincy wishes she never obtained a so-called reverse mortgage on her three-bedroom family home. She and her now-deceased husband had paid… -
Scant discipline follows prosecutors’ impropriety in Massachusetts
In 2012, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found “egregious prosecutorial misconduct” after an assistant district attorney withheld evidence a… -
At an old munitions site, hikers get no warning of newfound dangers
A 130-acre tract of conservation land south of Boston remains largely open to public use without posted warnings despite new risks of unexploded munitions… -
New bill would end payment cap for wrongful conviction in Massachusetts
The proposed legislation would eliminate a cap on damages and provide immediate funds for those likely to win their claim against the state. -
Pembroke Hospital cuts psychiatric beds after staffing criticism
A for-profit psychiatric hospital that’s faced repeated criticism has reduced its patient capacity by more than a third. -
Renovation boom revives a deadly demon for Massachusetts workers
Thousands of workers are routinely exposed to danger asbestos without adequate safety protections. The gap between regulation and on-the-ground conditions at job sites can lead to incurable cancer.
