Crime
Photos: Charges coming in the wake of incident at Bristol County House of Correction
Charges are coming and so are extensive repairs after an incident that took place with inmates at the Bristol County House of Correction.
On Friday morning, the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office was taking steps to make the facility in Dartmouth more suicide-resistent which included moving inmates to different housing units. Some inmates in one of the housing units did not want to move, leading to an incident.
At 2:17 p.m., officials announced that all staff were accounted for and there were no staff hostages. It was also believed that inmates had not taken other inmates as hostage.
At 4:11 p.m., it was announced that one of the two units involved was under control and there were no injuries in the operation.
At 5:19 p.m., it was revealed that both units were calm, and officials were finalizing inmate movement to conclude today’s incident response.
A source stated that damage was done to two of the units and inmates were attempting to take them over earlier in the day. Damage was reported to be in the $100,000-$200,000 range.
Sheriff Heroux stated that the incident in the first unit involved 75-80 inmates with 17 ringleaders that issued a list of demands. Once the unit was under control, the ringleaders were relocated throughout the state. He didn’t characterize the incident as a riot and stated that use of force was minimal.
The second unit had 63 inmates in it and that incident was much milder and Heroux stated that later inmates were cleaning up after themselves.
According to the BCSO Office, the next steps are documenting all the broken items and damage, bringing charges against the inmates, and having their facilities team start planning repairs.
Heroux announced recently that all inmate suicides involved bunk beds in the facility. The information came to light after Lindsay Hayes, who headed the U.S. Justice Department’s only nationwide reviews of correctional suicides, conducted a review.
According to Heroux, in the future, video of the incident will be released.
Barack Warren
April 24, 2023 at 5:21 pm
What needs to happen is a committee made up of inmates and administrators from the BCSO should be formed to raise awareness of the needs of inmates.
This destruction is not an evil act. It is simply a reaction to the systemic racism practiced historically by the BCSO. The residents of Bristol County and their law enforcement agencies need to be held accountable for the conditions in the jail.
Let’s come together so that we can begin to heal the wrongs perpetrated on these inmates.
Fed Up
April 24, 2023 at 7:54 pm
” This destruction was not an evil act ” Stop apologizing for poor behavior. There are legal avenues to correct perceived grievances and destruction of tax payer property is NOT it. And let’s heal the wrong perpetrated on these inmates? What about the healing of the people they’ve wronged to be placed incarceration in the first place? No mention of them.
dr david
April 25, 2023 at 12:02 am
I thought the new woke leftist Sherriff was gonna work things out with all the fellas in the jail. but they still be wilding !
I Hate Ignorant Fascist MAGAt's
April 25, 2023 at 8:15 am
At least people that are woke are not ignorant and have empathy unlike you.
“Nearly 300 inmates rioted in the courtyard of the medium-security housing unit Sunday. Eight correctional officers were injured and upward of $1 million in damage was caused to the jail.
One correctional officer who was briefly taken hostage during the violence remained hospitalized yesterday.”
https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2001/04/20/charges-in-riot-could-come/50372793007/
I Hate Stupid Democrats
April 25, 2023 at 9:39 am
Nice article from 22 years ago. Woke people are not ignorant? Woke people ” men can give birth and women have penises ” And empathy? I have NO empathy for people who decide on a life of crime instead of being productive members of society.
I hate ignorant fascist MAGAt's
April 25, 2023 at 2:41 pm
Yes 22 years ago and how much is a million dollars in today’s dollars? Maybe being a hardcore a****** doesn’t work after all because that’s why it happened. Have you ever seen the show The Nanny? It’s amazing how respect works. I’d like to see you as sheriff there would probably be a riot every week!
No all you have is hate and fear. I’m talking about empathy in general. Fascist like you don’t have any. Just a lot of ignorance that leads to fascist authoritarian idiots like Trump.
Another dem run facility
April 25, 2023 at 4:00 pm
I miss sheriff hodgson