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Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux is working to prevent inmate suicides
In a place that, by design, is so hard to leave, a new effort is underway to ensure everyone walks out when their sentences are served. Since becoming sheriff of Bristol County, Massachusetts, last January, Paul Heroux has made suicide prevention a priority. “We want everybody to go out better than they arrived,” Heroux said. When Heroux became sheriff after…
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Bristol County sheriff working to prevent inmate suicides
Prison suicides have been on the rise across the country for years, and Paul Heroux says Bristol County Jail was seeing three times the national average before he took over as sheriff
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Five inmates charged in Bristol County jail uprising
Five inmates have been charged following an uprising at Massachusetts’ Bristol County House of Correction last April. The five men are charged under correctional institutions; injury to property for their role in the protest on April 21, which broke out when inmates refused to leave their housing unit for facility renovations, the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The incident...
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5 inmates charged in Bristol County jail uprising
Officials say the riot started when inmates refused to leave their units for facility upgrades. At the time, there were about 75 inmates in the area of the violence, but only five were captured on video, leading to the charges....
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Following Bristol County Jail Uprising, Sheriff Calls for Help Making Changes to Units
The April 21 uprising of inmates at Massachusetts’ Bristol County House of Correction brought to light issues that will the county’s sheriff says will take big money to change. Inmates caused extensive damage in the incident that shut down the jail in Dartmouth for hours, smashing windows, flipping beds, fashioning weapons, strewing trash around and more in protest over plans…
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New Photos Show Damage Done Inside Jail During Inmate Protest
Law enforcement have released new photos showing the aftermath of last week’s standoff at the Bristol County House of Correction.
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Photos Show Aftermath of Mass. Jail Protest That Caused Major Damage
Photos have been released of the extensive damage done in a protest that disrupted operations at Massachusetts’ Bristol County House of Correction on Friday. The images released by the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office showed equipment smashed, beds flipped over, weapons fashioned, trash strewn about the facility and more in the incident that shut down the jail in Dartmouth for...
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Inmates Removed After Standoff at Bristol County House of Correction
The sheriff’s office says more than a dozen inmates organized a standoff with law enforcement because they refused to be moved.
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Inmates at Mass. Jail Caused at Least $100K in Damage Protesting Attempts to Move Them
No one was hurt but there was significant destruction when a group of inmates decided to protest plans to move housing units at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, forcing correctional officers out of the unit and to call in backup. Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux said it all began when staff was trying to move inmates…
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This Mass. County Will Soon Clear Its 1,100 Rape Kit Backlog. The State Has a Long Way to Go
For nearly a decade, a murder in New Bedford could have been solved, prosecutors say. Hiding in plain sight was a rape kit that hadn’t been tested 14 years prior. Through a coincidental and meandering turn of events, the woman’s murder would help uncover an accumulation of rape kits that prosecutors say has led to criminals remaining free for...