After homicide ruling, Boston councilor wants officers involved in South Bay jail death placed on leave

The proposal adds to growing calls from elected officials for greater transparency and independent oversight of deaths at the South Bay House of Correction.

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A Boston city councilor is renewing his call for the correctional officers involved in the in-custody death of a man being held at the South Bay House of Correction to be placed on administrative leave.

Councilor Miniard Culpepper sent a letter Wednesday to the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department following the state medical examiner’s recent ruling that the death of Shacoby Kenny, 32, of Springfield, was a homicide…

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