Bradley Murdoch, serving a life sentence for killing a British backpacker in 2001, has died in prison at the age of 67.

The state is backing out of its 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, but the new contractor has its own troubling track record in other states.

The escaped prisoner "took advantage of the liberation of his fellow inmate to hide himself in his luggage and get out," the prison service said.

Gregory Rodriguez, 57, was convicted in January of sexually assaulting nine inmates at the women’s prison in Chowchilla.

A former Massachusetts state employee and a man already incarcerated in federal prison were charged in connection with the possession and distribution of a synthetic drug.

Alexander Torres insisted he was innocent, and key evidence proving that someone else committed the killing led to his release from prison in 2021 -- after he had already served 20 years behind bars.

A Japanese business person has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison in China on espionage charges

A Boston man allegedly smashed his way into a Fenway brewery just weeks after being released from prison for a string of similar break-ins. Michael Dias, 46, has been charged in connection with breaking into Trillium Brewery at 401 Park Drive.