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The Board of Pardons and Paroles granted its first commutation in two years on Friday morning, creating a path to freedom for a man who has spent three decades in prison for murder and assault.
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Addiction specialists and lawmakers testified Monday on a Massachusetts bill that would end many cases of involuntary drug treatment in jail.Massachusetts…
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With the Massachusetts Senate on the verge of voting to make balloting by mail permanent, and same-day registration a part of the electoral process,…
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The former U.S. attorney for Massachusetts says he believes there should be a federal investigation into reports of violence against prisoners at the state's maximum security prison.
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Last week, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed an executive order mandating COVID-19 vaccination for some 42,000 state employees. The order says…
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The state auditor concluded that a western Massachusetts educational collaborative failed to ensure some teachers who worked for it were properly…
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont is closing the Northern Correctional Institution in Somers three weeks earlier than planned.
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Public interest lawyers are asking the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to force all jails in the state to regularly test inmates and staff for…
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The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has alerted state officials to an act of anti-Islamic hate speech at the Cheshire…
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A lawyer who works with people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement said some of them are not happy after they were transferred from a facility…