BOSTON — Obstacles that prevent transgender inmates from accessing care, “hollowed out” programming and education options, and excessive use of...
The Massachusetts state prison population has decreased more than 40% during the last decade, but experts say the state should continue exploring...
SPRINGFIELD — A Holyoke man has been sentenced to five years in prison for distributing fentanyl.According to the U.S. attorney’s office, Carlos...
Back in the early 1980s, Phyllis Kornfeld, after teaching art for a while in public schools and other settings and not really enjoying the...
BOSTON – People incarcerated in state prisons or county houses of correction will be eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday, but Gov....
BOSTON – The state's highest court flagged concerns Tuesday that lockdown conditions at many Massachusetts correctional facilities are at risk of...
Two weeks after his family kicked him out for his criminal activity and substance use, Louis Pittman was out of cocaine with no cash to buy more...
AMHERST — When Amherst-Pelham Regional High School English teacher Sara Barber-Just woke up at 5:30 a.m. Friday morning, she saw a story about her...
NORTHAMPTON – A city man was sentenced Wednesday to three years in state prison for intimidating and physically assaulting a disabled man.Hampshire...
GREENFIELD — Four inmates sit silently in the library of the Franklin County House of Correction one summer morning. But these men aren’t here to...
Back in the early 1990s, just a few years after she graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Debra Jo Immergut published a collection of short...
WASHINGTON — One of the country’s largest private prison companies is spending record amounts on lobbying amid efforts by the Trump administration...