A new emergency shelter at a former prison in Norfolk, Massachusetts, is now open to more than two dozen families. The first 20 to 25 families, many of them migrants, moved into the shelter at the decommissioned Bay State Correctional Center Wednesday afternoon, Norfolk Select Board Chairman Jim Lehan told NBC10 Boston. The facility will house up to 140 families,…

The first 20-25 families arrived at a former Norfolk prison, where a new emergency shelter has opened.

A new emergency shelter is opening in Norfolk, Massachusetts, to house migrant families as the Bay State continues to deal with a strained and over-capacity shelter system, town officials said Monday. The Healey administration informed town leaders Friday of the plan, according to the town. The shelter will be located at the decommissioned Bay State Correctional Center. “This decision was…

Massachusetts prisons officials have for the first time moved a transgender inmate from a men’s prison to a women’s prison. Court filings show that the 54-year-old inmate, who has lived as a woman and received hormone therapy for decades, was transferred in September from MCI-Norfolk to the state women’s prison in Framingham.

Firefighters responded to a working fire at MCI-Norfolk prison in Norfolk, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning.