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News  The Massachusetts Probation Service (MPS) is in the Second Chance business

Read about the innovative, restorative, and community-focused work the state’s Probation Service is doing in communities across the Commonwealth in this week’s Dorchester Reporter.
11/06/2026
  • Massachusetts Probation Service

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Coria Holland, Communications Director

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Call Coria Holland, Communications Director at (617) 624-9319, CP: (617) 429-5629

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Email Coria Holland, Communications Director at coria.holland@jud.state.ma.us
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State's probation chief: ‘We are in the second-chance business’ - Dorchester Reporter

Media Contact

Phone

Call Coria Holland, Communications Director at (617) 624-9319, CP: (617) 429-5629

Online

Email Coria Holland, Communications Director at coria.holland@jud.state.ma.us

  • Massachusetts Probation Service

    MPS's main goal is to keep communities safe and to provide people on probation with the rehabilitative tools they need to live a productive and law-abiding life.

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