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| Patrick pledges ‘full accounting’ in Bridgewater Facility homicide |
| By bostonglobe.com- Michael Rezendes |
| Published: 02/21/2014 |
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Governor Deval Patrick said Thursday that he asked the Department of Correction for a complete accounting of official actions taken in the aftermath of a 2009 homicide at Bridgewater State Hospital, and pledged to curtail the use of the type of restraints linked to the mental health patient’s death. Patrick, who made his remarks during a speech outlining proposed changes to the criminal justice system, vowed to release the results of the review within days. “Unless it can be said with certainty that the inmate poses a serious and immediate physical danger to himself or his fellow inmates, he should not be tied down, limb-by-limb, in the 21st century here in Massachusetts,” Patrick said, drawing applause during his speech to hundreds of correction officials at the UMass Boston campus. Read More. |
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