• Massachusetts-based union seeking to represent Connecticut prison guards

    Massachusetts-based union seeking to represent Connecticut prison guards By Associated Press  |   Friday, July 22, 2011  |  http://www.bostonherald.com |  Local Coverage HARTFORD, Conn. — A Massachusetts-based union is trying to force a vote that would allow it to represent prison guards in Connecticut,...

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  • Fire put out at prison building in Norfolk

    Fire put out at prison building in Norfolk By Associated Press Thursday, July 7, 2011 NORFOLK — Authorities say a printer placed on a desk in a workstation most likely caused a two-alarm blaze that briefly forced the evacuation of...

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  • Disturbance quelled at Western Mass. jail

    Disturbance quelled at Western Mass. jail July 9, 2011 The Franklin County sheriff said yesterday that about a dozen jail inmates refused to enter their cells and started a disturbance that lasted several hours. Sheriff Christopher Donelan said the...

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  • Correction officer guilty of heroin plot

    Correction officer guilty of heroin plot  Associated Press / June 29, 2011 A Massachusetts correction officer has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle heroin to sell to inmates at a medium-security prison. Ronald McGinn Jr., 40, of Bridgewater entered the plea...

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  • Prison staff may be tied to threats – Overtime scheme could be a motive

    Prison staff may be tied to threats Overtime scheme could be a motive By Maria Cramer and David Abel Globe Staff / May 11, 2011 State Police and Hampden County authorities are investigating whether state prison employees made anonymous phone calls,...

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  • Drug smuggling charge against Mass. jail officer

    Drug smuggling charge against Mass. jail officer By Associated Press  |   Monday, April 18, 2011  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage BOSTON – A Massachusetts corrections officer has been arrested on allegations that he attempted to smuggle heroin to...

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  • Rape suspect ordered to stay away from children

    Rape suspect ordered to stay away from children By Laurel J. Sweet  |   Wednesday, April 13, 2011  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage A Dorchester man was held on $10,000 cash bail yesterday and ordered to stay away from...

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  • Jail chaplain pleads not guilty to smuggling

    Jail chaplain pleads not guilty to smuggling By Associated Press  |   Thursday, April 7, 2011  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage MEDFORD — A Roman Catholic deacon and chaplain at a jail accused of smuggling drugs and other contraband...

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  • Jury finds former guard, superintendent violated female prisoner's rights

    Jury finds former guard, superintendent violated female prisoner’s rights Posted by Milton Valencia April 6, 2011 05:36 PMBy Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff A federal jury today found a former state correction officer violated a former inmate’s civil rights...

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  • Trial opens for former correction officer

    Trial opens for former correction officerBy Milton J. ValenciaGlobe Staff / March 23, 2011 Moises Ballista, a former correction officer at the South Middlesex Correctional Center in Framingham, routinely had sexual relations with female inmates at the minimum-security,...

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