The three inmates accused of ambushing correction officers in a “vicious attack,” including stabbing one guard 12 times, faced a “sea of blue” of officers during their arraignment on Thursday. That ...

Numerous officers of the Massachusetts Department of Correction filled rows of a Worcester courtroom on Thursday to witness ...

As correction officers and the Massachusetts Department of Correction look at the alarming rate of officer suicides, 5 Investigates examines a critical decision made by the state that one family ...

Russell Holmes and Sen. Nick Collins. Learning behind bars: The Massachusetts Department of Corrections is hoping a new job skills program will reduce prison recidivism in the state. Last week ...

Carol Higgins O’Brien was appointed Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction on September 10, 2014 by the Secretary of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) ...

A new program is teaching a small group of incarcerated men the tools of a new trade — coding and web design — in the hopes that it can help the men succeed when they are released.

The Department of Correction can change this by changing ... Federal and state grants, along with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute's efforts, provide a clear pathway for the DOC to secure ...

Franklin County is a rural community in Western Massachusetts - 26 communities, roughly 70,000 people. Our House of Correction houses, roughly, just under 200 incarcerated people at any given time ...

They’re accused of attacking the correction officers with homemade “shiv” weapons at the max-security prison on Sept. 18. At around 6:20 p.m. that day, the Massachusetts Department of ...