News and Announcements

The April 22 Earth Day statewide cleaning and beautification effort by Community Service is the first since the Pandemic.

Employees of the Massachusetts Probation Service’s Pretrial Services Division recently earned certification to enroll clients in MassHealth.

Officer Deveau has been busy helping prepare disabled athletes to train and set up for the 26-mile event.

Eli Vaillancourt, a client at the Greenfield Community Justice Support Center (CJSC), opened up a pop-up business venture in downtown Greenfield where he will sell high-end sneakers.

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.

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.

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.

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.