Deborah Becker is a reporter and host at WBUR, Boston's NPR News station. She specializes in covering mental health, substance use disorders, and the criminal legal system. With her work appearing in various outlets including NPR and New England Public Media, Deborah brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her reporting on local issues in Massachusetts and Boston.
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By: Deborah Becker
An unidentified correction officer remains hospitalized in stable condition after being stabbed 12 times in the general population unit of the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, according to the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union. Four other officers were treated at and later released from local hospitals for injuries related to the attack.
Advocates say they're not surprised that violence erupted at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center last week because they've been monitoring complaints about conditions inside the maximum security prison for months.
By: Amanda Beland, Deborah Becker, Darryl C. Murphy
Resume The Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center remains in lockdown after five correction officers were injured in an attack by inmates last week.
By: Lisa Creamer, Deborah Becker
De la Torre's resignation comes as proceedings continue in Steward's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which so far have resulted in the closure or transfer of seven Massachusetts hospitals.
By: Deborah Becker, Tiziana
Monday is set to be the last day Steward Health Care operates hospitals in Massachusetts.
Prosecutors are charging three prisoners in connection with an apparent attack on corrections officers at a maximum-security prison in Lancaster, the Massachusetts Department of Correction announced Sunday.
Departing Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre is fighting a criminal contempt of Congress charge against him for refusing to testify about the failure of his company.
By: Deborah Becker
Brendan Lusby, a surgical technician at Holy Family Hospital, is wearing a new T-shirt to work this week.
One year since the war in Gaza began, a Massachusetts man who escaped with his family said he's still coming to terms with the experience and his feelings of survivor's guilt.
By: Deborah Becker, Stephanie Brown, Darryl C. Murphy
WBUR's Senior Correspondent and host Deborah Becker joins Radio Boston to share more from her latest conversation with Abood Okal.
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