As state legislators consider a sweeping criminal justice bill, Boston city councilors too are considering the needs of inmates and providers who work with them.
The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday that they produced a video in order to stimulate discussion about how the community can rethink incarceration and reduce the number of people...
The Boston City Council Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice held a hearing Monday afternoon to review and consider funding for the Community Resources for Justice’s Overcoming the Odds...
Yolanda Smith, the superintendent of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, has wanted to work in criminal justice since she was a teenager.
Smith, who was born in Savannah, Georgia and moved...
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh partnered with Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins to provide an expansion of recovery services for Suffolk County inmates during incarceration and after release, according...
The four women currently serving on the Boston City Council spoke about their jobs and goals to improve the city at a forum hosted Tuesday by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department.
City Councilors...
A man named Anthony Whyte has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department for underpaying the employees who work at the Suffolk County Jail. Whyte said he, along with...
