WBSMOpinion

Massachusetts May Hang Up on Current Free Inmate Call Program

Massachusetts passed the No Cost Communication law in 2023, allowing inmates to make unlimited phone calls from 9 a.m. to 9 p ...
The Daily Free Press

Forty percent released from Massachusetts’ prisons without supervision during parole or probation

Following a Jan. 12 review of Massachusetts’ criminal justice system, The Council of State Governments confirmed that two in five people released from the Commonwealth’s prisons are freed without the ...
MassLive

$9M worth of K2 seized as Mass. prisons battle synthetic drug surge amid spike in deaths

At the Shirley branch of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution this August, staff noticed a woman in the visiting room with her cheeks bulging. When they stopped the visit, a balloon was found in ...
Black Enterprise

Massachusetts To Pay $6.75M Settlement For Weeks-Long Prisoner Abuse

Massachusetts will pay $6.75 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over inmate abuse by corrections officers at Souza Baranowski Correctional Center. A federal judge has approved a $6.75 million ...