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The Roderick Ireland Courthouse was the second stop on the Signature Court Site tour for Cultural Appreciation Week 2022 

10/26/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

The rain did not stop the large outdoor celebration for the Sixth Annual Cultural Appreciation Week 2022 on the plaza at the Roderick L. Ireland Courthouse in Springfield on Monday, October 24th, where court and community leaders addressed the audience.

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Thirty-one took an oath to become new American citizens today 

10/26/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

Thirty-one Middlesex County residents took an Oath of Allegiance to become American citizens as their family and friends looked on during a brief ceremony at the Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn earlier today.

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Bristol Superior Court will host its Sixth Annual Naturalization Ceremony 

10/19/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

Bristol Superior Court will host its 6th Annual Naturalization Ceremony at the Fall River Justice Center, 186 South Main Street, on Friday, October 28, at 2 pm where 22 men and women are scheduled to take an Oath of Allegiance to become American Citizens.

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Springfield Court Complex is chosen as "signature court event" where the public is invited to celebrate Cultural Appreciation Week 

10/19/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

Next week, the Roderick L. Ireland Courthouse, 50 State Street in Springfield, will be one of nine "Signature Court" sites that will host a Sixth Annual Trial Court Cultural Appreciation Week event.

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Middlesex Superior Court will host a Naturalization Ceremony today 

10/19/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

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Trial Court Awarded Federal Grant to Improve Probationer Reentry and Employment 

10/18/2022 Executive Office of the Trial Court

Three-year federal grant totals $900,000

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School is back in session and Juvenile Probation Officers are in schools and communities across the state assisting court-involved children 

10/18/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

School has been back in session for more than a month and Juvenile Probation Officers, whose job includes going into the schools, are in classrooms, hallways, and offices of schools across the state.

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Southern Berkshire District Court launches annual food drive 

10/18/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

The Southern Berkshire District Court launched its annual food drive on Monday, October 17th, in the parking lot of the court located at 9 Gilmore Avenue in Great Barrington.

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A Grand Re-Opening of the Bristol Community Justice Support Centers brings much needed services to the area 

9/21/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

The grand re-opening of the Bristol Community Justice Support Center in Taunton will take place on Wednesday, September 21, 11 am, at the center, located at 5 Cohannet Street, the former site of the Taunton Daily Gazette Newspaper.

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Massachusetts is one of three states in the country to eliminate Probation fees 

9/21/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

Massachusetts is now one of only three states across the country that have eliminated probation fees which criminal justice experts say will help reduce recidivism while also lessening the burden on individuals struggling with financial insecurity.

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Probation Supervision Fees have been eliminated lessening the burden on those who are already struggling financially 

9/14/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

Massachusetts is one of the first states in the country to eliminate probation fees, according to EXiT (Executives Transforming Probation and Parole) of which Massachusetts Probation Commissioner Edward Dolan is a member.

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MPS employees were among key presenters at the American Probation and Parole Association Conference 

9/13/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

Six Massachusetts Probation Service staff members were key presenters before a national audience at the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) Conference in Chicago recently.

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Lights, Camera, Action! MPS to be featured in Harvard video 

7/14/2022 Massachusetts Probation Service

Massachusetts Probation Service employees and members of the Executive Team--Probation Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners--will be featured in a video case study produced by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government (HKS).