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Hodgson Testifies in Favor of Charging Inmates Daily Incarceration Fee
Hodgson Testifies in Favor of Charging Inmates Daily Incarceration Fee
BOSTON - A practice that has been dormant in the Bristol County House of Correction for over a decade could return under a bill under review by the legislature's Joint Committee on the Judiciary. The bill, an Act Authorizing Sheriffs to Impose Fees, would allow correctional facilities in the state to charge inmates a daily fee for as long as they're imprisoned to offset incarceration costs... Read
Sheriff Hodgson Fires Back at Rep. Cabral
Sheriff Hodgson Fires Back at Rep. Cabral
DARTMOUTH - With State Representative Tony Cabral filing legislation to block proposals by Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, the Sheriff has a few words of his own to say. Cabral's bills filed in the House would limit inmates to performing off-site community service to in-state projects only, meaning Hodgson's inmates would not be able to volunteer to build a wall along the U...