News and Announcements

The Massachusetts Trial Court Community Service Program starts spring clean-up.

Erin Beech, a Victim Services Coordinator in the Victim Services Unit (VSU) of the Massachusetts Probation Service, will be honored by MOVA (Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance) for her 20 years of service in the field of victim advocacy.

Each year during Women’s History Month, the Massachusetts Probation Service celebrates its longest tenured female employees in 4 employment categories: Chief Probation Officer, Assistant Chief Probation Officer, Administrative Staff & Probation Officer.

State Representative Chynah Tyler and representatives from Prophetic Resistance-Boston recently visited the Records Unit to witness first-hand how the sealing and expungement of records process works.

Suffolk County Probation Officers and an Assistant Chief Probation Officer are part of a community outreach effort to assist homeless individuals who reside on and or congregate along Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue in Boston.

For the past three years during Women’s History Month, John Walsh— Core Competency Training Manager in the Training Division — has written and published “Herstory,” an acknowledgement and celebration of accomplished women in the MPS.

Gloria Steinem will serve as the featured guest speaker at the third annual Women’s History Month celebration hosted by the Trial Court's Women's History Month Planning Committee.

Wareham District Court Chief Probation Officer Linda Almeida holds the distinction of being both the longest tenured African-American woman Chief Probation Officer and the longest serving female Chief Probation Officer in the state.

Northern Berkshire Probation Officer II's Nora Sacco and Samuel Banks were on an unannounced home visit to a probationer to remind him of an upcoming meeting when they heard a woman screaming in agony and asking for help.

Throughout Black History Month, the Massachusetts Probation Service will share various departmental milestones and highlights of interest.

Members of the Massachusetts Probation Service’s Legal and Records units joined together to witness the historic unveiling of the Embrace statue which celebrates the love story of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King.

Probation Officers work hard to help their clients turn their lives around. Often times it is a long journey filled with starts and stops along the way.

Dee's Closet, a clothing and supply closet at the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court, hosted its 3rd Annual Holiday Table at the courthouse during the holiday season.