Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center News

The prison system in the state is overtaxed, and MCI-Cedar Junction is no different despite a recent security switch.

The top administrator at a maximum security prison in Massachusetts was struck by an inmate during a routine meeting with prisoners.

Vermont commuter bus rams 3 vehicles; 6 injured MIDDLESEX, Vt. - A commuter bus approaching a traffic slowdown yesterday morning rammed three other vehicles, flipping one onto the roof of the bus and injuring six people, authorities said.

Inmate advocate groups will be able to review the state Department of Correction's policies of classifying inmates at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, a maximum-security prison that has come under much scrutiny since it started double-bunking inmates in January.

Selectman Jack Sonia brought the expansion of the maximum security prison population at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center to the attention of the board Monday night.

The state Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed Joseph L. Druce's first-degree murder conviction in the 2003 prison slaying of defrocked pedophile priest John J. Geoghan.

A lawsuit is demanding answers about Massachusetts inmates doubled up in cells originally used for one person in a maximum-security prison.

A Charlestown man serving a 15-year prison sentence for drug trafficking was sentenced to a consecutive term of 7 to 9 years yesterday after pleading guilty to charges of attacking another inmate at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center on the Lancaster-Shirley line.

By June, most of the state's most dangerous criminals will be housed at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley.

A prison inmate accused of waging a letter-writing campaign in an effort to intimidate witnesses in a pending shooting case is asking a judge to bar prosecutors from using the letters in question as evidence ...

Worcester, Fitchburg declare parking bans In anticipation of the expected snowstorm, Worcester Commissioner of Public Works and Parks Robert L. Moylan Jr.

Missing man found in Worcester GRAFTON -- Donald R. Beausoleil Jr., the 54-year-old man who had been missing since Sunday afternoon when he left Crescent Manor for a routine walk, was located in good condition ...

Prison officials and an inmate advocacy group are investigating the circumstances leading up to a convicted murderer's suicide on Monday at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.

A man spending life in prison for killing a man outside the AMVETS hall on Primrose Street has committed suicide.

Inmate found dead in Shirley prison cell Suicide believed to be the cause By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff January 27, 2009 A state prison inmate was found dead in his cell yesterday morning in an apparent ...

My inspiration in these troubled times, my guide to the possibilities of peace on the inside, is my friend Joe Labriola.

By FRED CONTRADA fcontrada@repub.com NORTHAMPTON - A judge ordered Tuesday that Paul L. Fickling be transferred from state prison to the Hampden County House of Correction while the court determines whether he ...

Prisoners and prison guards are not the only ones who will be affected when the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center begins double-bunking inmates and moving some 400 additional inmates into the maximum ...