Bristol County House of Correction

Michael Viruet lifted a pipe from a bathroom and attacked correctional officers from his hospital room, prosecutors say.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday took aim at statements made by Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson where he blasted the AG's explosive 60-page report that wrapped up her office's six-month investigation into what happened during a violent May 1 altercation at…

Inmates are incarcerated to pay for their crimes against society. They also have a right to be protected from the COVID-19 virus just like everyone else.

Forty-seven inmates have tested positive since the pandemic began, and most have recovered, the Bristol County Sheriff's Office said.

A New Bedford man with a lengthy criminal history was arrested Tuesday morning in Providence, Rhode Island apparently in connection with Monday night's riots and looting in that city.
Bruno Lopes, 24, of 24 Griffin St. in New Bedford, was among more than 60 people taken into custody in Providence eit…

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.