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Proposed changes to prison system could free up beds
The prison system in the state is overtaxed, and MCI-Cedar Junction is no different despite a recent security switch.
Top Mass. prison official struck by inmate
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.
Prison expansion causing concern
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.
SJC affirms pedophile priest's killer's conviction
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.
ACLU files suit for double bunking
A lawsuit is demanding answers about Massachusetts inmates doubled up in cells originally used for one person in a maximum-security prison.
Inmate's sentence lengthened for assault
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.
Prisoner's letters are focus of pretrial issue
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 ...
Inmate suicide followed possible brutality charge
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.
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Man convicted in Haverhill slaying commits suicide
A man spending life in prison for killing a man outside the AMVETS hall on Primrose Street has committed suicide.
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MA: Another suicide at Souza-Baranowski
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 ...
Bob Kerr: Sorting out what matters with Joe
My inspiration in these troubled times, my guide to the possibilities of peace on the inside, is my friend Joe Labriola.
Man convicted of murder of Springfield woman and daughter to be...
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 ...
Prison calls tie up town ambulance
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 ...