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AIDS and prisoner rights

Description: Inmates with AIDS segregated for medical reasons are denied certain rights due general prison population. Exterior Shattuck Hospital.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1989

Bar Association on drug problem

Description: Boston Bar Association reports on the drug problem and the burden it places on court system and prisons. They propose changing sentencing. Drug use and arrest b-roll.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/23/1989

Chief Justice Paul Liacos

Description: Judge Paul Liacos is nominated Chief Justice of state Supreme Judicial Court. He is applauded for attention to overcrowded jails and decrepit courthouses. Robert Rufo.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/14/1989

Dedham prisoners released

Description: 20 prisoners are released early from Norfolk County jail in Dedham because of court order to alleviate overcrowding. Prison exterior. Guard loads gun. Inmate being escorted to police car.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/24/1989

Drugs in inmate histories

Description: Bridgewater inmates tell their histories of using and selling drugs, landing them in prison and in treatment program. Old Colony prison exterior.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/05/1989

Dukakis visits MCI Concord

Description: Michael Dukakis visits MCI Concord to mark opening of new prison wing. New cell and occupied cell.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/19/1989

Expediting jail construction

Description: Michael Dukakis would expedite jail construction by bypassing Ward Commission safeguards intended to prevent corruption in state contracts. Frank Bellotti, Lewis Weinstein, Joseph Barresi. MCI Concord grounds.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/27/1989

Law and order lobby

Description: Corrections officers go to legislature to ask for increased prison capacity and anti-crime initiatives in state budget. Law and order lobby. Michael Dukakis.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/08/1989

Lifers consider death penalty

Description: Lifers at Norfolk jail say life imprisonment is preferable to capital punishment. They did not consider consequences when they committed murder. Death penalty.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/15/1989

MCI Framingham groundbreaking

Description: Visit to MCI Framingham prison for women where cells are still overcrowded one year after promise of alleviation. Politicians break ground for new building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/07/1989