The following is a statement from Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux.
“Will the state finally give the Bristol County jail the money it needs to make the jail safer for staff and inmates?
The OIG report states on page 10 and 95-96 (OIG findings 42 & 43) what I have been saying for over three years – we need to put locks on inmate cell doors to make the Dartmouth jail safer, and if we do that, I can close the Ash Street jail in New Bedford and save the state money.…