Massachusetts correction officers say ‘more needs to be done’ to stop drug smuggling, as DOC reports contraband busts ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts corrections officials say they’re making progress curbing the amount of illegal drugs being smuggled into the state’s prisons.

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.

As two new residents trot into MCI-Framingham, they won’t be focused on serving time — they’ll learn to sit, stay and how to change lives. The two service dogs in training, named Hawkeye and Helia, ...

The state Department of Correction is lowering the minimum age requirement to become an officer from 21 to 19 in hopes of expanding recruitment while the workforce continues to confront dangerous ...

The Massachusetts Department of Correction agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit related to events that occurred in early 2020 at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.Souza-Baranowski is the ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Department of Corrections announced a change in its hiring policy on Thursday. The department is lowering the minimum age requirement to become a Correction ...

A fifth person incarcerated in the Massachusetts prison system has died of another “medical emergency” in just over the past month. The death happened on Tuesday at 4:15 a.m. at the Souza-Baranowski ...

The age requirement for being a correction officer in Massachusetts has been lowered "The adjustment is part of a broader effort to expand recruitment, attract younger candidates, and establish a new ...

The Massachusetts Department of Correction announced it has hired an independent expert to review a half-dozen suicides or suspected suicides among incarcerated men this year. The sixth and most ...

Authorities are investigating the death of a Suffolk County House of Correction inmate who was found unresponsive at the Boston detention center Sunday night, according to the Suffolk County District ...