Attorney General Martha Coakley has named a special prosecutor to conduct a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the 2009 death of a patient at Bridgewater State Hospital.The ...

A special prosecutor's efforts to hold three ex-prison guards criminally responsible for the death of a mentally ill state hospital patient eight years ago has failed. A Superior Court judge on Monday ...

BOSTON (AP) - The parents of a mental health patient who died at Bridgewater State Hospital five years ago will receive $3 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging that prison guards were ...

Joshua K. Messier, 23, of Charlton, a kind, gentle and loved young man, passed away Monday, May 4th, 2009 unexpectedly. Joshua is survived by his mother, Lisa (Brown) Jaskulka-Messier with whom he ...

BOSTON (AP) — A prisoner rights organization is criticizing the state prisons department for failing to complete an investigation into the death of a mental health patient in a department facility ...

Three former Massachusetts prison guards were indicted Thursday on involuntary manslaughter and civil rights charges in connection with the restraint death of a mentally ill inmate in 2009. The ...

BRIDGEWATER (AP) – Massachusetts officials have fired three correctional officers in connection with an inmate’s death at Bridgewater State Hospital in 2009. The guards were fired Thursday after an ...

Gov. Deval Patrick announced he reprimanded Correction Commissioner Luis S. Spencer for inaction in the wake of Joshua Messier's death, which was ruled a homicide. BOSTON — Massachusetts Department of ...