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April 15, 2004

HIRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IS JOB ONE

As Sheriff of Suffolk County, I am responsible for staffing the largest Sheriff’s Department in the Commonwealth. With an average attrition rate of 15 employees per month and consecutive decreases in fiscal appropriations for the last three years, we are consistently challenged to maintain adequate staffing levels.
January 4, 2004

SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL SEES SHARP RISE IN NUMBER OF MENTALLY ILL PRE–TRIAL DETAINEES

Thousands of men and women are committed to the Suffolk County Jail each year, and each receives the best possible medical care available. The Jail, located at 200 Nashua St. in Boston, processed more than 13,000 pre–trial detainees—men and women arrested—in 2003.