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Correctional Officer, inmates, among five charged in scheme to smuggle drugs into facility
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility correctional officer, two detainees, a defendant released from the Wyatt due…
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Lawyers seek depopulation of Massachusetts prisons due to COVID-19 spike
(Boston, MA) Thursday, Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts filed papers seeking a preliminary injunction asking the Department of Correction to…
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Pressley, Rollins push to reduce prison populations amid a surge in COVID-19 cases
By Chris Lisinski Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins joined a chorus of advocates calling for…
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Supreme Court: Some inmates seeking release due to COVID-19 will be allowed to receive hearing
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today issued its ruling on an emergency petition filed by the Committee for Public Counsel…
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Suffolk County District Attorney working to release low risk prisoners who are vulnerable to COVID-19
District Attorney Rollins is working to make sure that individuals held in custody who are vulnerable because of their health,…
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