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Experts say Massachusetts should explore ways to further decarceration, including releasing those convicted of violent crimes.

The Massachusetts state prison population has decreased more than 40% during the last decade, but experts say the state should continue exploring ways to further decarceration, including using the juvenile justice system as a guide and releasing those...

Malik Koval was found guilty Friday in the July 2018 shooting of then-Falmouth police officers Donald DeMiranda and Ryan Moore.

Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson spoke with Marcus Ferro about his campaign for re-election and a poll ranking him the best-known sheriff in Massachusetts.

State officials plan to wind down operations at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole, one of the state's oldest correctional facilities. The Department of Correction on April 7 announced a two-year, phased plan to "suspend housing operations" at the maximum-security prison, which is currently operating at 68 percent capacity with about 525 inmates. The agency cited "decreased ...

State officials plan to wind down operations at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole, one of the state's oldest correctional facilities.

Citing the state's historic low prison population and the prisons' "exorbitant maintenance costs," officials plan to gradually end the use of the prison.

The Massachusetts Department of Correction announced Thursday it is closing down MC-Cedar Junction, the maximum-security prison in Walpole.

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The Department of Correction on Thursday announced a two-year, phased plan to "suspend housing operations" at the maximum-security prison.