The Massachusetts Department of Correction announced it has hired an independent expert to review a half dozen suicides or ...

Advocates for prisoners say the recent deaths "raise fundamental questions about whether the DOC can fulfill its most basic ...

Another incarcerated person has died in the Massachusetts prison system — now, the fourth reported death in a month.

Three recent deaths at a Massachusetts prison are under investigation, the Department of Correction confirmed.

MILFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — The Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) has lowered the minimum age required to become a correction officer from 21 to 19 years old in an effort to boost recruitment.

The Department of Correction told GBH News it is hiring an independent expert to review the six suspected and confirmed ...

A federal judge has approved a $6.75 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over violence against inmates at a ...

(WJAR) — Massachusetts Department of Correction announced the launch of a new pilot program involving beekeeping. According to officials, the hands-on curriculum will teach beekeeping to incarcerated ...

A federal judge has approved a final $6.75 million settlement in a class action lawsuit involving violence against prisoners ...