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Read the Spotlight Team's past reporting on Steward Health Care here.
Inside Steward Health Care: A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report
A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Read the Spotlight Team's past reporting on Steward Health Care here.
To hear more about the secretive world of confidential informants, listen to our investigative podcast, "Snitch City." link.chtbl.com/tTLbVzKf?sid...
Spotlight: Snitch City
Spotlight: Snitch City brings listeners inside the clandestine world of police informants through the story of one police department. Investigative reporter Dugan Arnett uncovers rampant misconduct an...
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May 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
To hear more about the secretive world of confidential informants, listen to our investigative podcast, "Snitch City." link.chtbl.com/tTLbVzKf?sid...
We also included steps for how to submit your own records request.
If you have a question about this data or want to provide a response from your agency, email [email protected].
We believe the public has a right to this information.
If you have a question about this data or want to provide a response from your agency, email [email protected].
We believe the public has a right to this information.
Snitch City: Explore the data
Dozens of agencies, including the police department in Brockton, one of the state’s largest cities, currently have no policy governing the use of informants.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We also included steps for how to submit your own records request.
If you have a question about this data or want to provide a response from your agency, email [email protected].
We believe the public has a right to this information.
If you have a question about this data or want to provide a response from your agency, email [email protected].
We believe the public has a right to this information.
After the Spotlight Team requested data from each of the state’s more than 400 law enforcement agencies, we built a searchable tool with all the data.
Now you can see how your police department uses confidential informants. trib.al/muBNAez
Now you can see how your police department uses confidential informants. trib.al/muBNAez
May 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
After the Spotlight Team requested data from each of the state’s more than 400 law enforcement agencies, we built a searchable tool with all the data.
Now you can see how your police department uses confidential informants. trib.al/muBNAez
Now you can see how your police department uses confidential informants. trib.al/muBNAez
These are the police departments the lawsuits were lodged against:
• Boston
• Worcester
• Springfield
• New Bedford
• Massachusetts State Police
The Globe’s suit against the Boston Police Department is the broadest.
• Boston
• Worcester
• Springfield
• New Bedford
• Massachusetts State Police
The Globe’s suit against the Boston Police Department is the broadest.
Globe sues 5 Mass. police departments in effort to shine light on shadowy world of confidential informants - The Boston Globe
The newspaper sought information from each of Massachusetts' 400-plus police departments about how they handle confidential informants.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
These are the police departments the lawsuits were lodged against:
• Boston
• Worcester
• Springfield
• New Bedford
• Massachusetts State Police
The Globe’s suit against the Boston Police Department is the broadest.
• Boston
• Worcester
• Springfield
• New Bedford
• Massachusetts State Police
The Globe’s suit against the Boston Police Department is the broadest.
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"Like other outstanding podcasts that home in on local injustices, it raises our awareness of a wider systemic problem," the @newyorker.com critic wrote.
If you have haven't downloaded our podcast series, you're missing out: apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/invest...
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Listen to the Snitch City podcast
Spotlight: Snitch City brings listeners inside the clandestine world of police informants through the story of one police department.
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May 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Like other outstanding podcasts that home in on local injustices, it raises our awareness of a wider systemic problem," the @newyorker.com critic wrote.
If you have haven't downloaded our podcast series, you're missing out: apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/invest...
If you have haven't downloaded our podcast series, you're missing out: apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/invest...
This episode is part of a larger podcast and series detailing the secretive world of confidential informants within one city.
Dive into all of our reporting here.
Dive into all of our reporting here.
Spotlight | Snitch City: Investigation into police misuse of confidential informants
In a nation addicted to drugs, police are addicted to informants.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This episode is part of a larger podcast and series detailing the secretive world of confidential informants within one city.
Dive into all of our reporting here.
Dive into all of our reporting here.
Read through all of our reporting on the Steward Health Care crisis in Massachusetts and beyond.
Inside Steward Health Care: A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report
A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.
apps.bostonglobe.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Read through all of our reporting on the Steward Health Care crisis in Massachusetts and beyond.
That story led to dozens more.
Our reporting on Steward Health Care's explosive growth — and ultimate collapse — spanned months.
These stories exposed the deadly consequences of the hospital chain's financial neglect and mismanagement.
Our reporting on Steward Health Care's explosive growth — and ultimate collapse — spanned months.
These stories exposed the deadly consequences of the hospital chain's financial neglect and mismanagement.
Steward Health News: Practice of neglect led to indignity, death
On the whole, Steward’s more than 30 hospitals have been among the worst, the most troubled in the country over the last five years, according to several measures.
apps.bostonglobe.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
That story led to dozens more.
Our reporting on Steward Health Care's explosive growth — and ultimate collapse — spanned months.
These stories exposed the deadly consequences of the hospital chain's financial neglect and mismanagement.
Our reporting on Steward Health Care's explosive growth — and ultimate collapse — spanned months.
These stories exposed the deadly consequences of the hospital chain's financial neglect and mismanagement.
This was one of our first investigations.
Barely a day after Sungida Rashid gave birth at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, she was bleeding to death. The device doctors could have used to help her wasn't available. Steward Health Care hadn't paid the bill.
Barely a day after Sungida Rashid gave birth at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, she was bleeding to death. The device doctors could have used to help her wasn't available. Steward Health Care hadn't paid the bill.
Steward’s medical devices were repossessed. Weeks later, a new mother died. - The Boston Globe
Some patients of the nine-hospital system say they have struggled to access care, with doctors blaming Steward's financial problems as the cause.
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May 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This was one of our first investigations.
Barely a day after Sungida Rashid gave birth at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, she was bleeding to death. The device doctors could have used to help her wasn't available. Steward Health Care hadn't paid the bill.
Barely a day after Sungida Rashid gave birth at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, she was bleeding to death. The device doctors could have used to help her wasn't available. Steward Health Care hadn't paid the bill.
Subscribe here to listen to “Snitch City” from the Globe Spotlight Team. link.chtbl.com/tTLbVzKf?sid...
Explore the full project below.
Explore the full project below.
Spotlight | Snitch City: Investigation into police misuse of confidential informants
In a nation addicted to drugs, police are addicted to informants.
apps.bostonglobe.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Subscribe here to listen to “Snitch City” from the Globe Spotlight Team. link.chtbl.com/tTLbVzKf?sid...
Explore the full project below.
Explore the full project below.