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Boston Using Prison Labor to Shovel Out

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|Date: February 17, 2015
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Boston Using Prison Labor to Shovel Out

Paid pennies an hour to shovel in freezing conditions, prisoners have been a part of Boston's Snow Remova ...

Paid pennies an hour to shovel in freezing conditions, prisoners have been a part of Boston's Snow Removal Response since at lest 2011. ...

February 17, 2015
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Mass. correctional worker indicted for inmate sex

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|Date: July 17, 2011
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Mass. correctional worker indicted for inmate sex

Mass. correctional worker indicted for inmate sex By Associated Press | Saturday, July 16, 2011 | ht ...

Mass. correctional worker indicted for inmate sex By Associated Press | Saturday, July 16, 2011 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage LAWRENCE — A grand jury has indicted a former Essex ...

July 17, 2011
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Fire put out at prison building in Norfolk

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|Date: July 09, 2011
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Fire put out at prison building in Norfolk

Fire put out at prison building in Norfolk By Associated Press Thursday, July 7, 2011 NORFOLK -- Authorit ...

Fire put out at prison building in Norfolk By Associated Press Thursday, July 7, 2011 NORFOLK -- Authorities say a printer placed on a desk in a workstation most likely caused a two-alarm blaze that b ...

July 09, 2011
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Disturbance quelled at Western Mass. jail

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|Date: July 09, 2011
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Disturbance quelled at Western Mass. jail

Disturbance quelled at Western Mass. jail July 9, 2011 The Franklin County sheriff said yesterday that ab ...

Disturbance quelled at Western Mass. jail July 9, 2011 The Franklin County sheriff said yesterday that about a dozen jail inmates refused to enter their cells and started a disturbance that lasted sev ...

July 09, 2011
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Correction officer guilty of heroin plot

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|Date: June 29, 2011
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Correction officer guilty of heroin plot

Correction officer guilty of heroin plot Associated Press / June 29, 2011 A Massachusetts correctio ...

Correction officer guilty of heroin plot Associated Press / June 29, 2011 A Massachusetts correction officer has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle heroin to sell to inmates at a medium-sec ...

June 29, 2011
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Prison staff may be tied to threats – Overtime scheme could be a motive

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|Date: May 11, 2011
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Prison staff may be tied to threats – Overtime scheme could be a motive

Prison staff may be tied to threats Overtime scheme could be a motive By Maria Cramer and David Abel Glob ...

Prison staff may be tied to threats Overtime scheme could be a motive By Maria Cramer and David Abel Globe Staff / May 11, 2011 State Police and Hampden County authorities are investigating whether st ...

May 11, 2011
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Drug smuggling charge against Mass. jail officer

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|Date: April 19, 2011
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Drug smuggling charge against Mass. jail officer

Drug smuggling charge against Mass. jail officerBy Associated Press | Monday, April 18, 2011 ...

Drug smuggling charge against Mass. jail officerBy Associated Press | Monday, April 18, 2011 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local CoverageBOSTON - A Massachusetts ...

April 19, 2011
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Rape suspect ordered to stay away from children

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|Date: April 13, 2011
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Rape suspect ordered to stay away from children

Rape suspect ordered to stay away from childrenBy Laurel J. Sweet | Wednesday, April 13, 201 ...

Rape suspect ordered to stay away from childrenBy Laurel J. Sweet | Wednesday, April 13, 2011 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local CoverageA Dorchester man was he ...

April 13, 2011
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Expired food given to prisons Sent by state’s Education Dept.; follows outcry over student fare

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|Date: April 12, 2011
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Expired food given to prisons Sent by state’s Education Dept.; follows outcry over student fare

Expired food given to prisonsSent by state’s Education Dept.; follows outcry over student fareBy Andrew R ...

Expired food given to prisonsSent by state’s Education Dept.; follows outcry over student fareBy Andrew RyanGlobe Staff / April 12, 2011The state Department of Education recently donated thousands of ...

April 12, 2011
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Jail chaplain pleads not guilty to smuggling

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|Date: April 07, 2011
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Jail chaplain pleads not guilty to smuggling

Jail chaplain pleads not guilty to smugglingBy Associated Press | Thursday, April 7, 2011 ...

Jail chaplain pleads not guilty to smugglingBy Associated Press | Thursday, April 7, 2011 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local CoverageMEDFORD -- A Roman Catholic ...

April 07, 2011
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Boston Using Prison Labor to Shovel Out

Boston Using Prison Labor to Shovel Out

Mass. correctional worker indicted for inmate sex

Mass. correctional worker indicted for inmate sex

Fire put out at prison building in Norfolk

Fire put out at prison building in Norfolk

Disturbance quelled at Western Mass. jail

Disturbance quelled at Western Mass. jail

Correction officer guilty of heroin plot

Correction officer guilty of heroin plot

Prison staff may be tied to threats – Overtime scheme could be a motive

Prison staff may be tied to threats – Overtime scheme could be a motive

Drug smuggling charge against Mass. jail officer

Drug smuggling charge against Mass. jail officer

Rape suspect ordered to stay away from children

Rape suspect ordered to stay away from children

Expired food given to prisons Sent by state’s Education Dept.; follows outcry over student fare

Expired food given to prisons Sent by state’s Education Dept.; follows outcry over student fare

Jail chaplain pleads not guilty to smuggling

Jail chaplain pleads not guilty to smuggling