States Alter System to Comply With Youthful Inmate Standard
Massachusetts and Illinois are altering their juvenile justice and adult corrections departments in order to comply with the Youthful Inmate Standard of the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
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ACA Honors Massachusetts Jail
PITTSFIELD, Ma. — The American Correctional Association (ACA) has awarded its highest score to the Berkshire County Jail and House of Corrections. The facility was awarded a score of 100 percent by the ACA report, according to Sheriff Thomas Bowler.
Massachusetts Gov. Seeks to Build Facilities for Elderly Inmates
BOSTON — Prison is a place designed to keep law-breaking citizens behind bars, but Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick wants to build special facilities for elderly offenders to serve their final years away from the general population.
Mass. Correctional Project To Bid Soon
CHICOPEE, Boston — The Division of Capital Asset Management will seek bids to expand the MA Regional Women’s Correctional Center in Chicopee.
The tentative bid date on a new housing unit on the center’s grounds is scheduled for mid- to-late July.
San Diego-based Kleinfelder SEA is serving as the architect and Daniel O’Connell & Sons, which has two offices in Mass. and one in Conn., is serving as the construction manager on the $9 million, CM managed project.
Clarke to Lead Virginia DOC
RICHMOND, Va. — Harold Clarke has been named as director of the Virginia Department of Corrections. 
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell appointed Clarke, who has served as a commissioner with Massachusetts’ corrections system since 2007. Clarke will oversee a system with 32,000 inmates in 44 prisons and more than 11,500 employees. Clarke succeeds Virginia DOC director Gene Johnson.
Clarke to Lead Virginia DOC
RICHMOND, Va. — Harold Clarke has been named as director of the Virginia Department of Corrections.
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell appointed Clarke, who has served as a commissioner with Massachusetts’ corrections system since 2007. Clarke will oversee a system with 32,000 inmates in 44 prisons and more than 11,500 employees. Clarke succeeds Virginia DOC director Gene Johnson.