From USA Today:
NORFOLK, Mass. — Massachusetts officials are planning to open an emergency shelter site at a former prison in June for families experiencing homelessness due to an influx of newly arrived migrants in the state.
The Bay State Correctional Center in Norfolk, Massachusetts, was decommissioned in 2015 amid a decrease in nearly half of the state's prison population in less than a decade, according to state officials. The facility will help house about 140 families, or up to 450 people, many of whom have been staying at Boston Logan International Airport, state Emergency Assistance Director Scott Rice said in a statement over the weekend.
State officials said the temporary shelter is scheduled to open in mid-June and is expected to operate from six months to a year. Massachusetts' right-to-shelter law guarantees housing to homeless families with children and pregnant women who are eligible for emergency shelter. Continue reading >>>
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