Results tagged “jail”

Former Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner was sentenced to three years in jail for his November conviction in a federal corruption probe. Turner accepted a $1,000 bribe and was found guilty of attempted extortion and making false statements to the FBI. [Boston Globe], [WCVB] more ›

-- A brother and sister were shot and killed during an apparent home invasion in Brockton yesterday. The sister had two children. [Globe] more ›

After the Sensodyne defense didn't work and he was sentenced to jail, State Senator Anthony Galluccio has resigned. "My decision today is not out of hopelessness but rather one of hope and opportunity," Galluccio said in his resignation letter. In response to the resignation, Senate President Therese Murray declared, "Senator Galluccio has made the right decision today for himself, his family, the Senate and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." The resignation pre-empted a possible censure or expulsion by the Senate. If you're inclined to support the man for some reason, here's a list of what you can't send to jail. Care packages with toiletries are not allowed, so we guess Sensodyne is out of the question. more ›

--The Blotter usually focuses on how people get to jail, but not what happens to people when they get there. The Globe has launched a series about an outbreak of prison suicides, and the authors conclude that the suicides may be the result of "careless errors and dangerous decisions by correction officials and staff at UMass Correctional Health." Why is it important to think about what happens to criminals' mental health in prison? Because most... more ›