Five men who died “unexpectedly” while incarcerated at two Massachusetts state prisons in just over a month have been identified. Meanwhile, the Department of Correction has announced a sixth death — ...

The Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, in Shirley, Mass., in a 2017 file photo. A local nonprofit serving current and formerly incarcerated prisoners says the state Department of Correction’s moves ...

The Massachusetts Department of Correction announced it has hired an independent expert to review a half-dozen suicides or suspected suicides among incarcerated men this year. The sixth and most ...