The Massachusetts Sheriff’s discuss the current initiatives of their association. Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral, Essex County, Sheriff Frank G Cousins, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson, Hampden County Sheriff Michael J. Ashe, Berkshire County Sheriff Carmen C Massimiano, and Hampshire County Sheriff Robert J. Garvey talk about the importance of re-entry programming. The cost savings and increased productivity of Sheriff departments establishing regional lock-ups to free local police departments and precincts from the responsibility of caring for detainees. The employment of Juvenile Resource Centers to decrease truancy and potential criminal tendencies of the states youth.
