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The Bristol County Sheriff's Office is working with inmates at the House of Correction to better educate them about the dangers of opioid abuse and treatment services available. Sheriff Thomas Hodgson says all inmates will be provided information, including those inmates released on bail or those going back in the community...

Gov. Charlie Baker is launching a new public education campaign aimed at combatting opioid addiction by stripping away some of the stigma around talking about the problem. Baker said the campaign will try to drive home the point that addiction is an illness, not a moral failure...

(Associated Press) - Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a $328 million spending bill. The supplemental budget includes nearly $28 million for opioid treatment and prevention programs. It deposits $120 million into the state's rainy day fund and sets aside $113 million to help pay down the state debt...

A prisoners' rights group has sued the state prisons department, alleging it is withholding treatment for inmates with hepatitis C. Attorneys for the National Lawyers Guild and Prisoners' Legal Services filed suit in federal court last week on behalf of three prisoners...