The lawsuit says “nearly everyone” at the county jail facilities are denied direct-acting antiviral drugs as part of practices by Wellpath, a privately-contracted health care provider.

Massachusetts is closing another correctional facility, in the latest change to the state’s prison system amid its declining population. The Massachusetts Department of Correction announced ...

Undoubtedly influenced by an incident that hospitalized one of its prison guards in July of last year, the Massachusetts Department of Corrections has enacted an enhanced policy to address ...

In March of last year, the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) released a multiyear study illustrating the positive impact of substance-abuse and education programming on recidivism.

Keeping prisoners within one of its Department of Correction facilities accounts for a large chunk of the money spent per prisoner in Massachusetts — covering everything from housing ...

As noted at the outset, Arizona and Massachusetts prohibited such use of dogs in 2006. The Iowa Department of Corrections began using dogs for cell extractions in 1994. The idea came from an ...