An inmate already imprisoned for a separate conviction was indicted Tuesday for the June 1986 murder of Massachusetts college student Claire Gravel, marking a break in the 36-year-long cold case. John ...

According to an article published by the Boston Globe yesterday (Feb. 1), inmates in Massachusetts prisons may soon see lighter sentences — if they’re willing to give up their organs or bone marrow.

An inmate serving a life sentence for murder has been charged with using a heavy piece of weightlifting equipment to violently attack a Massachusetts prison guard who remains in the hospital more than ...

An inmate who was recently granted clemency from then-President Joe Biden has been charged in connection with smuggling K2-laced paper into federal prison. A state worker with the Massachusetts ...

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WJAR) — In 2023, Massachusetts passed the No Cost Communication law allowing inmates to make an unlimited amount of calls from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The law was passed with the hope to ...

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

BOSTON (AP) — Inmates in Massachusetts have filed a class action lawsuit challenging the state prison system’s solitary confinement policies. The three inmates at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole — ...

BOSTON - A proposed bill in Massachusetts would allow inmates to receive up to a year off of their prison sentences in exchange for donating their organs or bone marrow. Under HD.3822, called "Act to ...

DANNY AND ERICA, THE INMATE WHO PULLED THAT WEAPON, HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THAT HOUSING UNIT. BUT THE LOCAL CORRECTION OFFICER’S UNION SAYS THIS ATTACK SHOWS JUST HOW DANGEROUS THEIR JOB CAN BE. THE ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Inmates in the Massachusetts Department of Correction will no longer be able to get a week taken off their prison sentence by getting the coronavirus vaccine. Commissioner Carol Mici ...

As prison outbreaks rise, the state has moved inmates forward in the line to receive inoculations. By Roni Caryn Rabin Tens of thousands of prison inmates in Massachusetts will be among the first to ...