NEW BOSTON POST
By Evan Lips
BOSTON — Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson fired back at Beacon Hill Democrats on Wednesday night, labeling them and specifically the sponsor of a leadership-backed bill passed along party lines hours before — one which bans corrections inmates from working across state lines — as “ignorant.”
“That’s the thing about Representative Cabral — he couldn’t answer the questions, and he basically filed a bill out of ignorance, not knowing anything, and that usually happens — especially in this case — because he wanted to fit a political agenda,” Hodgson said about state Rep. Antonio Cabral (D-New Bedford), whose legislation soared through the House along party lines despite a bevy of questions from GOP members regarding its urgency.
Hodgson made headlines in January when he offered to send inmates serving time at his Bristol County House of Correction to the Mexican border in order to assist with the construction of President Donald Trump’s proposed controversial border wall. Wednesday’s House vote, however, dealt with universal legislation aimed at prohibiting prisoners from voluntarily participating in any work detail assignments outside the commonwealth — let alone the southwestern U.S. border.