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Charles Street jail

Description: Charles Street jail interiors. Four tiers of cell blocks seen through chain link fence. Zoom into guards on ground level. Guard patrols upper walkway. Cell behind bars with toilet and cot. Interview with Suffolk County Sheriff Robert Rufo about delay in transferring inmates to state prisons after sentencing. Charles Street is supposed to serve only as pretrial detention center but prison system is so overcrowded that inmates stay there much longer than intended in inappropriate incarceration, without rehabilitation support and furlough programs. They shoot cutaways. Howard Husock does several takes of reporter standup in front of the jail.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/03/1980

Charles Street jail overcrowding

Description: Now that SJC has forbidden the mattresses on the floor arrangement, Suffolk County sheriff Robert Rufo must solve overcrowding at Charles Street Jail by transferring some prisoners to other facilities.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/09/1988

Controversial death at Deer Island

Description: Controversial death of an inmate at Deer Island calls into question degree of force used by guards. Past deaths may have resulted from indifference on the part of prison personnel.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/05/1991

Convicts earn masters

Description: Three inmates earn masters degrees through Boston University's higher education program for prisoners.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/17/1988

DEER ISLAND

Description: DEER ISLAND RENOVATION, GUARDS, CELLS, INMATES, PAINTING, FOOD, BEDS, SINKS, SHOWERS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/12/1984

DEER ISLAND

Description: DEER ISLAND PRISON INTERIORS, DINING, INMATES, BARRED WINDOWS, FENCE, GUARDHOUSE, SKYLINE
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/11/1984

De Mau Mau commutation

Description: GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL COMMUTES 3 LIFE SENTENCES IN DE MAU MAU MURDER
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/25/1987

De Mau Mau commutation

Description: Governor's Council considers commuting life sentences of 3 men convicted of murder. De Mau Mau.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/04/1987

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

Deer Island

Description: Interiors of Deer Island House of Corrections. Shots of occupied and unoccupied cells. Shots of cell block. Guard walks down cell block. Graffiti on cell walls. Prisoner walks through cafeteria. Exteriors of Deer Island House of Corrections. Camera operator and reporter discuss composition of shots throughout.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/27/1977