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Embattled Mental Health Provider Faces New Fine From OSHA
The federal agency that monitors workplace dangers has issued a $207,000 fine against a private psychiatric hospital in Lowell for failing to protect its… -
Convicted at age 16, man freed 38 years later as innocent man
Thirty-eight years after being convicted for a murder based in part on witness testimony given under hypnosis, Frederick Clay walked out of Suffolk… -
Judge asks jurors in 1985 murder case about bias allegations
More than 30 years after a Plymouth County jury found 19-year-old Darrell Jones guilty of a Brockton murder, three jurors appeared in court Tuesday to… -
Bill would require Massachusetts to release restraint, abuse data from schools
A bill recently filed in the Massachusetts state house would provide more information to the public about physical restraints and incidents of assault and… -
Another Bristol County jail suicide sparks concern
Bristol County officials are investigating the apparent suicide of a 47-year-old inmate at the county jail in North Dartmouth, prompting renewed criticism… -
How Hampden County Is Working To Prevent Inmate Suicides
Amidst the ear-splitting sound of grinding metal, plumes of orange sparks fly around three inmates armed with blowtorches and sanders in the vocational… -
Why Is The Suicide Rate In Bristol County Jails So High?
With jail suicide numbers as high as Bristol County’s, you might think Sheriff Thomas Hodgson would have hit the panic button or declared a crisis.You’d… -
Behind the Wall: Suicides Mount in Massachusetts County Jails
Kevin O’Loughlin is wrestling with the Massachusetts attorney general’s office for compensation under a 2004 law that grants damages for the wrongly convicted. -
New report: Improve info sharing to lower risks at residential schools
In the wake of alleged abuses at private schools for children with mental disabilities, a new report by the state Office of the Child Advocate calls for… -
Mass AG settles with two who allegedly misled elderly in reverse mortgage hustle
Dolores Rush of Quincy wishes she never obtained a so-called reverse mortgage on her three-bedroom family home. She and her now-deceased husband had paid…
