The Oregon Department of Corrections is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly denying religious accommodations for three ...

When police picked up Jose Pellot this spring, he was confused. The Southbridge man hadn’t committed a crime, and he wasn’t accused of one. But his doctor had recently filed a petition for his ...

The DOJ found no cases of “restrictive housing” being used as means of inmate care, according to the statement. “The Department of Correction continues to work closely with DOJ and has already begun ...

Those who sign up for the job will go to the Department of Correction's recruit academy To be a corrections officer in Massachusetts, the new minimum age requirement in 19. Previously, it was set ...

The Massachusetts Department of Correction said officers under the age of 21 won’t be assigned to posts or duties that require a firearm, but “any individuals hired for the position must ...

Roxsandra Wright, a former correction officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Shirley, was arrested on Sunday following a joint investigation by the Department of Correction and ...

Lawmakers say they've got the Department of Correction's ear after 66 representatives and senators wrote to Gov. Maura T. Healey asking for immediate action to improve prison safety in the wake of ...

The lawsuit targets Massachusetts Department of Correction Commissioner Carol Mici, some of her chief administrators during the time period the violence is alleged to have occurred as well as ...

After Massachusetts correction officers were seriously injured and attacked by inmates, new data from the Department of Correction sheds light on the "violence and brutality" inside state prisons.

The Massachusetts Department of Correction announced Thursday that the assault at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley – a town north of Worcester – happened around 6:20 p.m ...