Thomas Hodgson

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson spoke out against the Biden administration for its decision to close an ICE detention center he oversees.

In a contentious press conference Friday, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson slammed the Biden administration for its decision to cancel the contract for Hodgson to hold immigrant detainees at the jail in Dartmouth. The decision came as federal authorities said the facility housed civil detainees in “unacceptable” conditions. “How dare they demonize my staff, how dare they?!” Hodgson said Friday….

A familiar if controversial face from Massachusetts law enforcement was at the White House Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s ceremonial signing of an executive order on policing. Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson stood nearby as Trump signed the order on police reform that would establish a database to track excessive use-of-force complaints against police officers and incentivize departments adopting...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on police reform, but, in Mass., a reform advocate says the move scratches the surface of what needs to change.

All immigrant detainees and staff in Bristol County Jail must get tested for the coronavirus, a federal judge ruled, just days after an altercation over testing in the facility. U.S. District Court Judge William Young found that the Bristol County Sheriff and ICE “likely have acted unconstitutionally and shown deliberate indifference to the substantial risk of serious harm,” posed...

All immigrant detainees and staff at Bristol County Jail must get tested for the coronavirus, a federal judge ruled, just days after an altercation broke out over testing in the facility.

Massachusetts’ attorney general and a state Senate committee will investigate an incident at the Bristol County House of Correction that took place over the weekend, while Gov. Charlie Baker cautioned against “drawing conclusions” about the violent altercation. Attorney General Maura Healey’s office has asked the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office for surveillance footage of the incident, which Sheriff Thomas Hodgson...

Congressman Joe Kennedy III called for an investigation into what happened in light of reports that detainees at the C. Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center were assaulted by Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson and some of his officers.

A group of about 10 federal immigration detainees who refused to be tested for the virus that causes COVID-19 caused extensive damage to the center in Dartmouth where they are being held, the sheriff’s office said in a Friday night news release. But Congressman Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., on Saturday morning called for an investigation into what happened in light of…

Two protesters were arrested at a forum Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson held with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

Two protesters were arrested Wednesday during a public forum with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and an outspoken Massachusetts sheriff. The office of Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson confirmed that deputies arrested two people they said caused a disturbance at a public forum. They were charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, Hodgson’s office said; the protesters’ names...

Demonstrators have gathered outside the home of a Massachusetts sheriff to protest arrests his department has made to assist federal immigration authorities. About 20 protesters rallied in frigid temperatures Thursday morning outside the Dartmouth residence of Bristol Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, a Republican known for his hardline stances on immigration.

Civil rights attorneys have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Bristol County (MA) Sheriff of unlawfully detaining an immigrant for nearly three weeks.

A lawsuit filed against officials at a Massachusetts county jail alleges that mentally ill inmates are often held in solitary confinement with little treatment, but the sheriff dismisses the accusations as lies from disgruntled inmates.

A Massachusetts sheriff who proposed sending county jail inmates to help President Donald Trump build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is offering to send inmates to Texas to help clean up damage from Hurricane Harvey.

In a major setback for ICE agents, Massachusetts authorities were ordered to not arrest or detain people based solely on a federal immigration detainer, the state’s highest court ruled Monday.

Outspoken Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson met with President Donald Trump and families of victims of violent crimes by undocumented immigrants.

Should Massachusetts become a “sanctuary” state? Sen. James Eldridge, (D-Acton), a proponent of Sanctuary State legislation, and Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, who opposes that status, join Sue O’Connell to debate.

Problems behind bars were at the center of a debate in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday as the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons told lawmakers they’re battling their very own war on drugs in prisons across the country.

A week after exchanging barbs over their stances on undocumented immigration, Somerville’s mayor and Bristol County’s sheriff faced off during a panel on Thursday.