Bristol County House of Correction

A total of nine county inmates, 18 staffers and one ICE detainee have tested positive at the North Dartmouth correctional campus.

The judge ruled Sheriff Thomas Hodgson showed "deliberate indifference" toward the health of immigrant detainees at the North Dartmouth facility.

Immigrant detainees and Sheriff Thomas Hodgson tell different stories about what happened May 1 at the the Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center.

Atty. Ira Alkalay says the Bristol County Sheriff precipitated the chaotic conflict that left the North Dartmouth ICE lockup with $25,000 worth of damage.

Sheriff Thomas Hodgson said he was hit by a chair during a melee prompted by a disagreement about COVID-19 testing.

Three ICE detainees were transported to the hospital Friday night.

Sheriff Thomas Hodgson says that no inmate has tested positive and that eight symptomatic prisoners have tested negative.

The Office of Sheriff Thomas Hodgson confirmed that Stacey Merkman did not die of COVID-19.

A federal judge ordered the release of 49 immigrant detainees in response to a lawsuit claiming crowded conditions could spark an outbreak of COVID-19.

Sheriff Thomas Hodgson denied that his prisoners are at heightened risk of contracting the coronavirus, and said he would not release any detainees.