Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents last spring, but they didn’t happen
Gov. Maura Healey said Friday the state will conduct full criminal background checks on all emergency shelter residents, explaining she requested more thorough vetting months ago but the checks never happened.
Gov. Healey confirms lack of widespread criminal background checks in state-run shelters
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration confirmed it was not conducting criminal background checks on residents in emergency shelters after months of the first-term Democrat telling the public that
As Republicans pounce, Mass. Gov. Maura Healey taps former BPD boss to review shelter system
Those revelations further came after last month’s arrest of an undocumented migrant who was living at a Revere shelter site and was charged with possession of an AR-15 and nearly 5,000 grams of “suspected fentanyl,” MassLive previously reported.
Gov. Healey orders more thorough background checks for Massachusetts shelter residents
A spokesperson for the Healey administration said that the state was already conducting limited background checks on residents of the emergency assistance shelters, the governor has now ordered that the checks include a check against the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information database. That process is often called a CORI check.
Healey administration acknowledges it hasn’t been conducting full background checks on state homeless shelter residents
The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity.
Gov. Maura Healey says background checks ordered at Massachusetts shelters didn't happen
Gov. Healey said she was recently informed that CORI checks at Massachusetts shelters weren't happening. WBZ-TV's Tiffany Chan reports.
‘Unacceptable’: Gov. Healey launches independent review of shelter system after criminal activity
Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis will oversee the investigation that will take a closer look at every shelter ...
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Gov. Healey interested in revisiting shelter law intent
Gov. Maura Healey on Friday discussed an interest in realigning the state’s right-to-shelter law “with its original intent,” ...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey downplays proliferation of crime in state-run shelters after documents reveal disturbing incidents
Gov. Maura Healey downplayed the proliferation of crime in state-run shelters housing migrants and local residents after her ...
Governor Healey gives update on shelter system, says intent original law needs to be looked at
Governor Maura Healey gave an update on the shelter system in Massachusetts and said that the intent of the original law ...
Healey says she ordered criminal background checks on all shelter residents ‘last spring,’ but they weren’t done
Whether it’s incompetence, intransigence, or negligence, changes must be made,” House Minority Leader Brad Jones said.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signs health care bills aimed at hospital oversight, reducing prescription drug costs
Gov. Maura Healey signed two major health care reform bills Wednesday — one that looks to increase hospital oversight in the ...
Gov. Healey orders CORI checks for Emergency Assistance applicants
A spokesperson with Healey’s office confirmed to Boston 25 News that the state has not been conducting CORI checks, however, ...