How Distance Affects Incarcerated Women In Western Massachusetts

Connecticut Public Radio

Published February 21, 2019 at 4:15 PM EST

A woman at the Western Massachusetts Regional Womens Correctional Center.

A new series from the Berkshire Eagle looks at the consequences of women being jailed outside of their home county.

The Berkshire County Jail and House of Corrections in Pittsfield, Massachusetts used to include sections for both men and women. But in 2014, a new unit was built at the Western Regional Women’s Correctional Center in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Here to discuss how women and men are treated differently by the justice system in Western Massachusetts is Heather Bellow, she’s an investigative reporter for the Berkshire Eagle.

Read the whole “Sent Away” series here.

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