300 page report of the Independent Counsel on the MA probation department.

A court-ordered independent counsel who investigated the state Probation Department found “systemic abuse and corruption” in its hiring and promotions practices, according to a new report which prompted the state’s top judges to demand swift removal of senior probation officials, announce a new task force, and refer the findings to state and federal prosecutors “for such action as any of them may deep appropriate.”

Such abuse and corruption are intolerable and are a betrayal of the just expectations of the public and of employees in the judicial branch, including those in the Probation Department,” the justices of the Supreme Judicial Court said in a statement accompanying the report. “Corrective measures must now be taken to repair the damage wrought by the conduct laid bare ... and to restore the integrity of all aspects of the Probation Department.”

Links:
http://bostonherald.com/news/document.bg?f=misc/probationreport.pdf&h=Probation%20Department:%20Report%20of%20Independent%20Counsel&p=&k=bh

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20101118mass_court_orders_shake-up_of_probation_dept/srvc=home&position=1