Since media is a relatively hot topic these days, I was not surprised to have a crush of people contact me on social media and via email in response to the feature I wrote for this month’s issue of Boston Magazine. Titled “No News Is Bad … [Read more...]
HAMPDEN COUNTY’S PEPPER SPRAY PROBLEM
Use of force reports from the Hampden County Correctional Center reveal disproportionate use of chemical force against prisoners with psychiatric disabilities In a video posted on Masslive last year, Sgt. Joseph Celetti, a Hampden … [Read more...]
RIGHTS, CAMERAS, EXTRACTIONS
Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent At the county lockup in Northampton, corrections officers have been involved in a number of violent altercations with inmates over the past two … [Read more...]