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111-705: By the 1970s, the campus of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater (MCIB) housed four separate facilities - the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, the Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous Persons, a center for alcoholics, and a minimum-security prison. In 1968, hearings were conducted after a study showed that 30 inmates were committed to the state hospital illegally. Most of

222-805: A Harvard graduate, was a buyer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation . His mother, Alice Elizabeth "Betty" (née Ghormley) (1932–2016), remained at home. Baker's father was a conservative Republican and his mother a liberal Democrat ; the family was often drawn into political arguments at the dinner table. In 1965 his father became vice president of Harbridge House, a Boston management consulting firm. Baker grew up with two younger brothers, Jonathan and Alex, in Needham, Massachusetts , before moving to Rockport . He grew up playing football, hockey, and baseball; he has described his childhood as "pretty all-American." In 1969,

333-451: A New England –based physicians' group. In May 1999, he was named president and CEO of Harvard Vanguard's parent company, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a non-profit health benefits organization. The company had lost $ 58 million in 1998, and it was predicted to lose over $ 90 million in 1999. Baker responded by cutting the workforce by 90 people, increasing premiums, establishing new contracts with Massachusetts physicians, reassessing

444-514: A plea bargain to lock in DeSalvo's guilt in exchange for excluding the death penalty as punishment. He also wanted to preserve the possibility of an eventual insanity verdict. Bailey was angered by the jury's decision to sentence DeSalvo to life without parole. He said, "My goal was to see the Strangler wind up in a hospital, where doctors could try to find out what made him kill. Society

555-551: A selectman of Swampscott and considered a run for Massachusetts governor in 2006 . He stepped down in July 2009 to run for governor on a platform of fiscal conservatism and cultural liberalism . He was unopposed in the Republican primary but lost the 2010 general election to Democratic incumbent Deval Patrick . In 2014 , Baker ran for governor again and narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Martha Coakley . In 2018 , he

666-540: A 200 megawatt-hour energy storage target in accordance with energy diversification legislation Baker signed into law in August 2016. In December 2017, Baker's administration announced that it was awarding $ 20 million in grants to 26 projects to develop the state's energy storage market, in accordance with the same energy diversification law and the administration's energy storage initiative begun in May 2015. In December 2018,

777-454: A 2007 blue-ribbon panel , the cost overruns of the Big Dig, combined with Baker's plan for financing them, ultimately left the state transportation system underfunded by $ 1 billion a year. Baker defended his plan as responsible, effective, and based on previous government officials' good-faith assurances that the Big Dig would be built on time and on budget. However, as he was developing

888-416: A 5-year period at an alarmingly high rate, in spite of the death of a patient in 2009 resulting from the use of such "four point restraints". The Department of Correction's own Internal Affairs Unit had formally found that in 2011, facility officers Howard and Raposo had violated a procedural policy that states that guards shall never put pressure on a restrained inmate's back. Surveillance video revealed that

999-463: A TV news special outlining mistreatment of the patients at Bridgewater State Hospital 1987 After eight patient deaths in a year, The New York Times did an exposé on Bridgewater State Hospital and its poor treatment of patients. Albert DeSalvo Albert Henry DeSalvo (September 3, 1931 – November 25, 1973) was an American murderer and rapist who was active in Boston, Massachusetts , in

1110-419: A bill that expanded a program to improve local street network safety and efficiency that was launched earlier that year, authorized $ 50 million in spending over the subsequent five years for repairs to small municipal bridges, and which included a $ 750 million authorization request for the federal aid highway program. In October 2016, Baker issued an executive order to create a regulatory framework for

1221-491: A common male ancestor carry the same y-DNA , investigators believed that this finding linked DeSalvo to the murder of Sullivan. The DNA match excluded 99.9% of the remaining population. Later that month authorities exhumed DeSalvo's corpse and found that his DNA was a match. DeSalvo was born on September 3, 1931, in Chelsea, Massachusetts , as the third of six children to Charlotte (née Roberts) and Frank DeSalvo. His father

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1332-484: A consulting group to study the feasibility of an east–west passenger rail line in the state from Boston to Springfield (or potentially Pittsfield ), announced a pilot passenger rail service in between Greenfield and Springfield, and also announced the launch of the Hartford Line commuter rail service from Springfield through Hartford, Connecticut , to New Haven . In July 2018, Baker line-item vetoed

1443-405: A debate that he would have signed the gun control bill as it was signed by Governor Patrick. After polls closed on election night, preliminary results showed that Baker had won the election. Later in the morning, Coakley conceded. The final election tally showed Baker with 48.5% of the vote to Coakley's 46.6%. Baker was inaugurated as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts on January 8, 2015, at

1554-620: A five-year, $ 918 million economic development bill that he would sign into law the following August. In September 2017, Baker, joined by Massachusetts U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey , Massachusetts U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch , as well as officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , the International Longshoremen's Association , the Massachusetts Port Authority , and other local elected officials, announced

1665-628: A full bill in November 2019. In February 2019, the UMass Board of Trustees unanimously approved a 99-year final lease agreement for the Bayside Expo Center with Accordia Partners for up to $ 235 million. In May 2015, Baker's administration announced a $ 10 million energy storage initiative. In February 2016, Baker launched a $ 15 million initiative creating an inter-secretariat working group between state agencies to write

1776-535: A historical prison model and toward a more clinical approach to the treatment of the mentally ill. According to the plan, every inmate will receive an individualized plan of treatment within 10 days of admission to the facility. Inmates who are on psychiatric medications would be seen by a psychiatrist on a timely basis and the facility would move to electronic health records . Pursuant to the Supreme Judicial Court’s April 3, 2020 Opinion and Order in

1887-478: A human rights advocacy firm in Boston, sued Bridgewater State Hospital over illegally restraining a patient. 2007 A patient committed suicide by hanging himself in the showers while there on a 30-day court evaluation when BSH staff failed to prevent it. 2004 The family of murdered inmate William Mosher planned to sue the state and BSH for $ 150 million for failing to protect their son. 2004 William Mosher Jr.,

1998-642: A motorist with car trouble and attempted to enter a home in Bridgewater, Massachusetts . The owner of the home, Richard Sproules (a future Police Chief of Brockton ), became suspicious. He ultimately fired a shotgun at DeSalvo. Under arrest for his role in the "Green Man" rapes, DeSalvo was initially not suspected of being involved with the murders. He had confessed to fellow inmate George Nassar , who notified his attorney, F. Lee Bailey . Bailey took DeSalvo's case as defense counselor. Though there were some inconsistencies in his account, DeSalvo cited details of

2109-485: A patient who suffered from bipolar disorder, was murdered in his room by a fellow inmate when the facility failed to protect him by keeping his enemy away. 1999 Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services served and won a successful lawsuit against Bridgewater for an officer throwing acid in a patient's face. Until the lawsuit, the DOC and BSH had dropped the investigation midway through. 1989 ABC news Nightline broadcast

2220-435: A pay increase for pre-kindergarten teachers. The following month, Massachusetts students ranked first in the nation on their average ACT scores. In November 2016, Baker campaigned on behalf of a ballot initiative to raise the state cap on new charter schools which failed to pass, and in the same month, Baker's administration expanded a STEM internship program allowing high school students to work at related companies in

2331-419: A pilot program for road congestion pricing , while the state legislature rejected an amendment to the state budget Baker proposed for a congestion study as an alternative to the pilot program. In November 2019, Baker signed into law a bill banning the use of handheld electronic devices while driving. In October 2015, Baker filed legislation to increase the state cap on the number of new charter schools in

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2442-632: A previous appeal, because he was in federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas , in the 1980s and therefore did not have access to Massachusetts legal resources. The court noted that Nassar had returned to Massachusetts in 1983, yet he did not plead his case for more than two decades. Nassar also filed a motion for a new trial in Essex County , which was denied, as was his 2011 petition to the United States Supreme Court for

2553-480: A proposed insurance policy by USAA to provide additional coverage to current policyholders who are employed as transportation network company drivers. Having proposing similar legislation the previous year, in August 2016, Baker signed into law a bill regulating transportation network companies by implementing a 20-cent per ride company surcharge, mandating vehicle insurance requirements, and background checks for company drivers. In August 2016, Baker signed into law

2664-522: A report identifying better means of allocating funding to low- and middle-income residents to access clean energy . In September 2016, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy ranked Massachusetts first in energy efficiency for the sixth straight year. In April 2017, the inter-secretariat working group formed by Baker in February 2016 issued its final report and Baker announced

2775-441: A review board to explain that he did not need to be at Bridgewater because the treatment he was receiving was not proper for his well-being. His complaints were disregarded and the board suggested stronger doses of tranquilizers. His case was not rare at Bridgewater. Throughout the film, the viewer can see the mistreatment inmates received from the guards and staff. In one instance, the guards were harassing an inmate because his cell

2886-466: A second $ 250 million public-private partnership with the Manufacturing USA network to form a robotics manufacturing institute in the state. In February 2017, Baker's administration announced $ 35 million in capital grants for life science facilities at 14 colleges, graduate schools, and research institutes in the state, and the following month, Baker's administration announced

2997-540: A slow economy and high unemployment, which he used to his advantage during the campaign. Patrick, facing low approval ratings, criticized Baker for his role in the Big Dig financing plan, and for raising health premiums while head of Harvard Pilgrim. Despite an anti-incumbent mood among voters, Baker lost the November 2 general election with 42% of the vote to Patrick's 48%. "We fought the good fight," said Baker in his concession speech. "We have no cause to hang our heads and will be stronger for having fought this one." After

3108-606: A standard by which a person is considered criminally insane. In 1967, a legislative committee investigated allegations of "cruel, inhuman, and barbarous treatment". Witnesses were able to describe problems with the water and sewage systems, and insufficient medical, kitchen, and recreational facilities. As a result, in 1972, John Boone, the Massachusetts Commissioner of Corrections, closed the segregation unit at Bridgewater State Hospital because it required maintenance. Bridgewater's facilities were not suitable for

3219-422: A writ of certiorari . Ames Robey, a former prison psychiatrist who analyzed both DeSalvo and Nassar, has called Nassar a misogynistic , psychopathic killer and a far more likely suspect in the Strangler murders than DeSalvo. Several followers of the case have also declared Nassar to be the real Strangler, claiming that he fed details of the murders to DeSalvo. DeSalvo, they speculated, knew that he would spend

3330-464: A young woman's home in East Cambridge posing as a detective. He tied his victim to her bed, sexually assaulted her, and left after undoing her restraints, saying "I'm sorry" as he departed. The woman's description led police to identify the assailant as DeSalvo. When his photo was published, many women identified him as the man who had assaulted them. Earlier on October 27, DeSalvo had posed as

3441-434: Is deprived of a study that might help deter other mass killers who lived among us, waiting for the trigger to go off inside them." DeSalvo was sentenced to life in prison in 1967. In February of that year, he escaped with two fellow inmates from Bridgewater State Hospital , triggering a full-scale manhunt. A note was found on his bunk addressed to the superintendent. In it, DeSalvo stated he had escaped to focus attention on

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3552-589: Is the fourth generation in the family to bear the forename Charles. His great-grandfather Charles D. Baker (1846–1934) was an assistant United States attorney in New York, who served several years in the New York State Assembly . His grandfather Charles D. Baker Jr. (c. 1890–1971) was a prominent politician in Newburyport, Massachusetts . His father, Charles Duane Baker (born 1928),

3663-482: The 2014 ballot measure that repealed indexing the state gas tax to inflation. On his first day in office, Baker directed the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to release $ 100 million in aid to local governments to fund upgrades to transportation infrastructure. In February 2015, Baker directed the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities to issue a public notice clarifying

3774-665: The Massachusetts State House in Boston. He was inaugurated for his second term on January 3, 2019. He is considered a liberal or moderate Republican and has been a frequent critic of former President Donald Trump . He supported the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump that began in September 2019. After the January 6 United States Capitol attack , Baker called for Trump to be removed from office. On January 3, 2023, Baker delivered his farewell address from

3885-400: The Massachusetts State House . Heading into the 2018 election, Baker had been consistently rated as one of the most popular governors in the country. Baker was challenged in the Republican primary by Scott Lively , an evangelical pastor, who received enough votes at the state convention to qualify for ballot access. However, Baker easily fended off this challenge, receiving nearly 70% of

3996-525: The U.S. Army . He was honorably discharged after his first tour of duty. He re-enlisted and, despite being tried in a court-martial , DeSalvo was again honorably discharged. DeSalvo served as a Military Police sergeant with the 2nd Squadron, 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment. At the time of the Boston Strangler murders, DeSalvo lived at 11 Florence Street Park in Malden, Massachusetts , across

4107-515: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Reagan Administration under U.S. Representative Margaret Heckler . The Bakers returned to Needham in 1971, where Baker attended Needham High School . He served on the student council , played basketball, and joined DeMolay International , a youth fraternity organization. In a Bay State Conference championship basketball game, a ball he inbounded with two seconds left on

4218-481: The 2010 election, Baker was named an executive in residence at General Catalyst Partners and a member of the board of directors at the Tremont Credit Union. On September 4, 2013, Baker announced that he would run for governor again in 2014 when incumbent governor Deval Patrick retired. On November 25, 2013, Mark Fisher, a businessman and Tea Party member announced that he would run against Baker in

4329-563: The 72nd governor of Massachusetts from 2015 to 2023, and held two cabinet positions under two previous governors of Massachusetts. He also served for ten years as the CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care . Baker grew up in Needham, Massachusetts , earned a BA from Harvard University in 1979, and later obtained an MBA from Northwestern University 's Kellogg School of Management . In 1991, he became Massachusetts Undersecretary of Health and Human Services under Governor Bill Weld . In 1992, he

4440-628: The Associated Industries of Massachusetts released its business confidence index showing that employer confidence in the state had hit a 17-year high, and Baker filed a $ 610 million economic development bill. In April 2018, Baker submitted a request to the U.S. Treasury Department that 138 census tracts in Massachusetts be designated as " opportunity zones " under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 . The following month,

4551-548: The Bakers moved to Washington, D.C. , where the elder Baker was named deputy undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the Nixon Administration , becoming the department's assistant secretary for policy and international affairs the next year, and in both capacities serving under Secretary of Transportation and former Massachusetts Governor John Volpe . His father also served as undersecretary of

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4662-728: The Committee for Public Counsel Services v. Chief Justice of the Trial Court, SJC-12926 matter, as amended on April 10, April 28 and June 23, 2020 (the “Order”), the Special Master posts weekly reports which are located on the SJC website here for COVID testing and cases for each of the correctional facilities administered by the Department of Correction and each of the county Sheriffs’ offices. The SJC Special master link above has

4773-585: The Republican primary. In December 2013, Baker chose as his running mate Karyn Polito , a former opponent of same-sex marriage who had come to support marriage equality. Baker again received the Republican Party's nomination, winning its primary. In July 2014, Democrats criticized Baker for refusing to say whether he supported a provision in the new gun control law that gave police chiefs discretion to deny firearms identification cards, which are required to purchase shotguns and rifles. He later said in

4884-592: The U.S. Treasury Department approved all 138 opportunity zone designations Baker requested the previous month. In January 2016, General Electric announced that it was moving its corporate headquarters to the South Boston Seaport District following $ 120 million in grants and other programs offered by Baker's administration and $ 25 million in property tax relief offered by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh . In January 2017, Baker's administration announced that Massachusetts would enter

4995-510: The beginning of a $ 350 million dredging project to expand Boston Harbor to accommodate larger ships. Also in February 2018, Baker welcomed an announcement by the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company that it was going to add 1,500 jobs to its Springfield headquarters and build a second $ 300 million location with 500 jobs in the South Boston Seaport District . In March 2018,

5106-463: The big stars among the secretariats and the agencies." Baker was promoted to secretary of health and human services in November 1992, and was later made secretary of administration and finance , a position he continued to hold after Weld resigned in 1997 and Paul Cellucci took over as acting governor. In mid-1998, Cellucci offered him the lieutenant governor spot on the ticket , but Baker declined. As secretary of administration and finance, Baker

5217-548: The brand" and wrote, "With a few exceptions... those four years are ones I would rather forget." While at Harvard, Baker played on the JV basketball team. He then attended Northwestern University 's Kellogg School of Management , where he received an MBA . After graduating, Baker served as corporate communications director for the Massachusetts High Technology Council. In the late 1980s, Baker

5328-485: The case for the DeSalvo family. On July 11, 2013, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley stated that DNA testing had revealed a "familial match" between DeSalvo and forensic evidence in the Sullivan killing, leading authorities to request the exhumation of DeSalvo's body in order to provide a definitive forensic link of DeSalvo to the murder of Mary Sullivan. Nine days later, investigators announced that

5439-420: The case that had not been made public. But, the police had not found physical evidence to substantiate his confession. Only after DeSalvo was charged with rape did he give a detailed confession of his activities as the Boston Strangler. This took place on two occasions: under hypnosis induced by William Joseph Bryan and without hypnosis during interviews with Assistant Attorney General John Bottomly. DeSalvo

5550-475: The clock was tipped away by a player from Dedham High School , causing Needham to lose by one point. Baker graduated from Needham High School in 1975, alongside future Governor of New Jersey , Phil Murphy . Baker attended Harvard College and graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in English, where, by his own admission, he was a C-student-turned-B-student. He later said he went to Harvard "because of

5661-502: The company's financial structure, and outsourcing its information technology. During his tenure as CEO, the company had 24 profitable quarters in a row and earned recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance as its choice for America's Best Health Plan for five consecutive years. In mid-2007, Baker was invited to join the board of trustees of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center . Because of his role in

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5772-661: The comparison of crime scene evidence and DeSalvo's DNA "leaves no doubt that Albert DeSalvo was responsible for the brutal murder of Mary Sullivan". George Nassar , the inmate DeSalvo reportedly confessed to, is among the suspects in the case. In 1967 he was given a life sentence for the shooting death of an Andover, Massachusetts , gas station attendant. In 2008 and again in 2009, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied Nassar's appeals of his 1967 conviction. In 2006, Nassar argued in court filings that he had been unable to make his case in

5883-463: The conditions in the hospital and his own situation. Three days after the escape he called his lawyer to turn himself in. His lawyer then sent the police to re-arrest him in Lynn, Massachusetts . Following the escape, he was transferred to the maximum security prison known at the time as Walpole , where he later recanted his Strangler confessions. On November 25, 1973, he was found stabbed to death in

5994-400: The death of the same inmate. In addition, when the inmates were in their cells, they did not have any clothing. Massachusetts attempted to block release of the film; much legal action followed. It ended up partially prohibited in the state of Massachusetts (only). 2017 A major reform initiative by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker replaced management of the hospital and four-fifths of

6105-428: The development and preservation of affordable and workforce housing over the subsequent five years in the state's capital budget, and Baker also started a $ 100 million fund for creating workforce housing through MassHousing. In August 2016, Baker announced $ 90 million in subsidies and tax credits to 26 affordable housing development projects in the state. Before his tenure as governor, Baker supported

6216-405: The early 1960s. He is known to have confessed to being the " Boston Strangler ", a serial killer who murdered thirteen women in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964. Lack of physical evidence supported his confession, and he was only prosecuted in 1967 for a series of unrelated rapes, for which he was convicted and imprisoned until his death in 1973. His confessing to having murdered multiple women

6327-407: The families of DeSalvo and of Mary A. Sullivan, a 19-year-old who was among the Strangler's final victims in 1964. A former print journalist, Sharp obtained court approval to exhume both Sullivan and DeSalvo for DNA testing , filed several court actions to obtain information and physical evidence from the government, and worked with various film producers to create documentaries so as to better educate

6438-615: The files of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ' "Strangler Bureau", argued in her book that the murders were the work of several killers, rather than that of a single individual. Another author, former FBI profiler Robert Ressler , has said, "You're putting together so many different patterns [regarding the Boston Strangler murders] that it's inconceivable behaviorally that all these could fit one individual." In 2000, Elaine Whitfield Sharp, an attorney specializing in forensic cases from Marblehead, Massachusetts , began representing

6549-562: The following month, Baker proposed increasing the state's charter school reimbursement formula to school districts by $ 20.5 million. In March 2016, Baker opposed a proposed overhaul to the state's charter school system being debated in the Massachusetts Senate at the time, and the following month, the Massachusetts Senate rejected Baker's proposed charter school cap increase. In July 2016, Baker vetoed

6660-733: The formation of a new broadband internet access grant making program that would award $ 20 million in grants to over 40 towns in Western and Central Massachusetts . In April 2017, Baker's administration announced a $ 5 million grant to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute to help launch a digital healthcare development center. In October 2015, Baker announced a strategy to leverage unused or underutilized state land for economic development and market-rate or affordable housing . In May 2016, Baker announced that his administration would devote $ 1.1 billion to

6771-409: The harsh treatment the inmates received from the correctional officers, and how doctors were not aware of the proper treatment the inmates needed. This was apparent with one inmate who was classified as a paranoid schizophrenic. He came to Bridgewater for medical testing, but ended up being a resident there. He received powerful medication that made his mental state worsen as time progressed. He went to

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6882-602: The idea "serious consideration", in August 2005 he announced that he would not run, citing the burden it would be on his family and the difficulty of campaigning against Healey. In late 2006, Baker was named to a Budget and Finance working group for incoming Governor Deval Patrick 's transition committee. In 2008, he joined the Public Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) at Saint Anselm College . In 2009 Baker

6993-432: The inmates were there long after their sentences were complete. In 1968, over 250 cases of forgotten men at Bridgewater were reviewed. Some inmates were at Bridgewater over 25 years. Some inmates were transferred to Bridgewater from other jails and prison facilities and kept at Bridgewater for much longer than their sentences required. In September 2016, Governor Charlie Baker announced the hospital will be moving away from

7104-580: The insurance business, the appointment caused controversy, but he and the hospital's CEO, Paul F. Levy , denied any conflict of interest . Baker ran for the board of selectmen of Swampscott, Massachusetts , in 2004, and won by a "landslide." While on the board, he was noted for a businesslike approach to local issues; his fellow selectmen described him as "low-key" and budget-oriented. After serving three years, he chose not to run for reelection in 2007. In mid-2005, there were indications that Governor Mitt Romney would not seek reelection in 2006 . Baker

7215-622: The last Republicans to hold statewide office in Massachusetts. On December 15, 2022, Baker was named as Mark Emmert 's successor as president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . He assumed the role on March 1, 2023. Baker was born on November 13, 1956, in Elmira, New York . Of English ancestry, his family has been in what is now the northeastern United States since the Colonial era. He

7326-414: The launch of an early college program at Lawrence High School allowing students to take courses at Merrimack College or Northern Essex Community College . In November 2017, Baker signed into law a bill expanding options for schools in fulfilling English as a second language requirements for their immigrant students. In April 2016, Baker announced a college affordability and completion plan for

7437-540: The law. In November 1943, the 12-year-old DeSalvo was first arrested for battery and robbery. In December of the same year, he was sent to the Lyman School for Boys . In October 1944, he was paroled and started working as a delivery boy. In August 1946, nearly 15 years old, he was returned to the Lyman School after being convicted of stealing an automobile. After completing his second sentence, DeSalvo joined

7548-562: The members of the Bailey family, and gifts sent to the Baileys of jewelry and leatherwork crafted by DeSalvo while in prison. On July 11, 2013, Boston law enforcement officials announced that DNA evidence had linked DeSalvo to the rape and murder of 19-year-old Mary Sullivan. DeSalvo's remains were exhumed, and DNA test results proved DeSalvo was the source of seminal fluid recovered at the scene of Sullivan's 1964 murder. Though DeSalvo

7659-410: The most up to date information reported by the correctional agencies and is posted for the public to view. Titicut Follies is a documentary film that highlights cases of patient mistreatment at Bridgewater in 1967. The film's title is taken directly from a name originally given to an annual talent show performed by the patients. Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman observed the hospital for 29 days, filming

7770-543: The murders, said Susan Kelly. Finally, James Starrs, professor of forensic science at George Washington University , told a news conference that a semen-like substance on her body did not match DeSalvo's DNA and could not associate him with her murder. The victim's nephew, Casey Sherman, wrote a book, A Rose for Mary (2003), in which he expanded upon the evidence—and leads from Kelly's book—to conclude that DeSalvo could not be responsible for her death, and to try to determine her killer's identity. Sharp continues to work on

7881-517: The murders, saying that the speculation had destroyed his chances for parole. "I had nothing to do with it", he said, "I'm convicted under the table, behind the scenes." In 1971, the Texas legislature unanimously passed a resolution honoring DeSalvo for his work in "population control"—after the vote, Waco Representative Tom Moore Jr. admitted that he had submitted the legislation as an April Fool's Day joke against his colleagues—his declared intent

7992-412: The number of inmates at Bridgewater was found to have grown to 500. Many felt that society was not doing its job in distinguishing men who needed regular prison rehabilitation and psychiatric help. Changes were needed in what constitutes a person to be sent to a mental hospital. Also among the changes that needed to be implemented were the confidentially between the inmates and the doctors, as well as having

8103-487: The plan, Baker had also had to take into account that Governor Cellucci was dead-set against any new taxes or fees. Former state transportation secretary James J. Kerasiotes , the public face of the Big Dig, praised Baker's work on the financing and said, "We were caught in a confluence of events," adding that "Charlie had a job to do, and he did his job and he did it well." In September 1998, Baker left state government and became CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates ,

8214-611: The previous August. In November 2017, Baker called for the state legislature to pass legislation banning handheld cellphone use while driving (as well as other handheld electronic devices), with exceptions for hands-free technology usage and emergency situations. In January 2018 Baker signed an executive order that created a commission study the state's transportation needs. At Springfield Union Station in June 2018, Baker, along with Massachusetts U.S. Representative Richard Neal and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno , issued an RFP for

8325-707: The prison infirmary. Robert Wilson, who was associated with the Winter Hill Gang , was tried for DeSalvo's murder, but the trial ended in a hung jury . Bailey later stated that DeSalvo was killed for selling amphetamines in the prison for less than the inmate-enforced syndicate price. DeSalvo's papers are housed in the Lloyd Sealy Library Special Collections at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. His papers include his correspondence, mainly with

8436-405: The prisoners stayed at Bridgewater because they did not have the legal skills or money available to help their claims. Many of the prisoners' terms had long expired. An example of this was a patient named Charles who was sentenced to Bridgewater in 1910 for breaking and entering. The maximum time for this felony was two years, and he still remained in the prison after 1967. Furthermore, in later news,

8547-526: The proximity of Mount Ida's campus to the Boston campus and UMass Boston's budget deficit caused by extensive campus repairs and expansion (ultimately necessitated by the negligent construction of the UMass Boston campus in the 1970s ) that have led to cutbacks in academic spending and offerings of courses required for graduation. Despite controversy, the sale of the Mount Ida campus to UMass Amherst

8658-428: The public. Through these efforts, Sharp was able to identify several inconsistencies between DeSalvo's confessions and the crime scene evidence. For example, DeSalvo did not, as he claimed, strangle Sullivan with his bare hands; instead, she was strangled by ligature . Forensic pathologist Michael Baden noted that DeSalvo incorrectly stated the time of the victim's death—a detail that DeSalvo got wrong in several of

8769-513: The release of $ 10 million in grants to increase access for low-income Massachusetts residents to energy efficiency projects, such as solar panels, as the final component of the same initiative. Also in April 2017, the Union of Concerned Scientists ranked Massachusetts first in energy efficiency standards and third in overall clean energy progress. In June 2017, Baker's administration announced

8880-453: The rest of his life in jail for the "Green Man" attacks, and "confessed" so that Nassar could collect reward money that they would split—thus providing support to DeSalvo's wife and two children. Another motive was his tremendous need for notoriety. DeSalvo hoped that the case would make him world-famous; Robey testified that "Albert so badly wanted to be the Strangler". In a 1999 interview with The Boston Globe , Nassar denied involvement in

8991-420: The staff, granted a significant amount of turnaround funding, removed uniformed guards, and closed the "intensive treatment" unit where forced restraints and solitary confinement were used. After about five months with a new system of conflict prevention and resolution, a visiting The Boston Globe reporter said that the institution felt more like a hospital than a prison after the reform. 2014 A Civil lawsuit

9102-627: The standard means of health and living. Also, 90-year-old cell blocks did not have any toilets. Boone closed the Departmental Segregation Unit at Bridgewater to hold hearings for the 16 inmates who had been transferred out of Norfolk. Albert DeSalvo , who confessed to being the Boston Strangler , was an inmate at Bridgewater in 1967. He briefly escaped and was transferred to the maximum-security prison at Walpole . At one time at Bridgewater State Hospital, many of

9213-637: The state Republican Convention on April 17, 2010, Baker won the Republican nomination over former Independent candidate Christy Mihos with 89% of the delegate vote, thus avoiding a primary fight with Mihos. Baker ran as a social liberal (in favor of gay marriage and abortion rights ) and a fiscal conservative , stressing job creation as his primary focus. He reinforced his socially liberal position by selecting as his running mate Richard Tisei , an openly gay Republican who had supported same-sex marriage legalization efforts in Massachusetts. Baker ran against Patrick in an atmosphere of voter discontent, with

9324-419: The state by 12 per year, and later in the same month, testified in favor of the legislation before the state legislature. In January 2016, Baker announced $ 83.5 million in funding for vocational education in the state, as well as a $ 72.1 million increase in the state's Chapter 70 local education funding and a $ 42 million increase in unrestricted local aid for education for fiscal year 2017, and

9435-523: The state providing funding to "best practice" programs in communities. At the end of Walsh's governorship, Sean Cronin (deputy commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Local Services) claimed that his Community Compact Cabinet had distributed 1,400 grants amounting to $ 65 million. In August 2016, Baker signed into a municipal finance modernization bill that he had first proposed the previous December. In January 2016, Baker proposed

9546-641: The state's public universities and colleges. In September 2016, Baker's administration announced their intention to work with the state's Department of Higher Education and the University of Massachusetts system to develop a pilot program to support the MicroMasters programs developed by the massive open online course provider edX . In February 2017, Baker's administration announced $ 35 million in capital grants for life science facilities at 14 colleges, graduate schools, and research institutes in

9657-433: The state. In March 2017, Baker proposed a six percent pay increase for pre-kindergarten teachers. In May 2017, Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced a pilot program making college tuition and mandatory fees free to qualifying low-income Boston public high school graduates attending Bunker Hill Community College , Roxbury Community College , or Massachusetts Bay Community College . In October 2017, Baker attended

9768-562: The state. Baker was reelected in a landslide with 67% of the vote and the highest vote total in the history of Massachusetts gubernatorial elections. This was also the best performance by a Massachusetts Republican governor since Bill Weld 's reelection in 1994 . At the start of his governorship, Baker's launched the Community Compact Program run by the Community Compact Cabinet. The program saw

9879-560: The state. In April 2017, Baker's administration announced $ 78 million in capital funding towards repairs of the University of Massachusetts Boston underground parking garage. In April 2018, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Mount Ida College administrators announced that the former school would acquire the latter's campus in Newton after the latter college's closure. The acquisition received public opposition from University of Massachusetts Boston faculty and students, due to

9990-409: The status of transportation network companies (such as Uber and Lyft ) while his administration developed a regulatory framework for the industry. In the wake of the 2014–15 winter , Baker started a $ 30 million pothole repair fund. In June 2015, Baker submitted a $ 2.13 billion capital budget for fiscal year 2016. In October 2015, Baker and the state's Division of Insurance approved

10101-462: The street from the junction of Florence and Clement streets. Between June 14, 1962, and January 4, 1964, thirteen single women between the ages of 19 and 85 were murdered in the Boston area; their deaths were eventually tied to the Boston Strangler. Most of the women were sexually assaulted in their apartments, before being strangled with articles of clothing. The oldest victim died of a heart attack . Two others were stabbed to death, one of whom

10212-507: The testing of driverless cars in Massachusetts, and in the same month, oversaw the opening of the state's electronic tolling system along the Massachusetts Turnpike . In April 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities released data showing that more than 8,000 of the 70,000 drivers for transportation network companies who applied failed to pass the state background check requirement signed into law by Baker

10323-456: The two guards pushed down on a handcuffed patient's back with force, forcing his chest toward his knees, a maneuver sometimes called “suitcasing.” According to the article: 2012 Fox News Boston released the security camera footage of officers strapping down a patient whose death had been ruled a homicide in 2009. The tape's footage is controversial because officer Derek Howard could be seen using an illegal restraint practice. 2009 A patient

10434-465: The use of forced restraint, that precipitated the death of a patient in 2009. Then superintendent Karin Bergeron was exposed in internal e-mails as having attempted to cover up reports of the murdered patient's death after it was ruled a homicide. 2014 The Boston Globe published an exposé on how the use of forced restraints – in which patients are bound to a table by hands and legs –increased over

10545-418: The vote in the Republican primary on September 4, 2018. In the general election, Baker faced Jay Gonzalez , a private health insurance executive who also served under Governor Deval Patrick as the state's secretary of administration and finance. Gonzalez suffered from low name recognition throughout the campaign and polls indicated that Baker would receive a majority of the vote from registered Democrats in

10656-526: Was a main architect of the Big Dig financing plan. In 1997 the federal government was planning to cut funding for the Big Dig by $ 300 million per year. The state set up a trust and sold Grant Anticipation Notes (GANs) to investors. The notes were secured by promising future federal highway funds. As federal highway dollars are awarded to Massachusetts, the money is used to pay off the GANs. According to

10767-450: Was a violent alcoholic who abused his wife. In one of the many times he attacked her in front of the children, he knocked out all her teeth and bent her fingers back until they broke. He would also bring home prostitutes and engage in sexual acts with them in front of his wife and young children. The young DeSalvo began torturing animals as a child. In early adolescence, he started shoplifting and stealing, frequently crossing paths with

10878-702: Was again rumored to be a contender for the Massachusetts gubernatorial election. Former governor Bill Weld strongly encouraged him to run, calling him "the heart and soul of the Weld–Cellucci administration." On July 8, 2009, Baker announced his candidacy, and on July 17 he stepped down from his position at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. His campaign formally began on January 30, 2010. His opponents were Democratic incumbent Deval Patrick , Green-Rainbow candidate Jill Stein , and an independent, state treasurer and Receiver General Tim Cahill . For his running mate, Baker chose Senate minority leader Richard R. Tisei . At

10989-407: Was also badly beaten. Without signs of forced entry into their dwellings, the women were assumed to have either known their killer or voluntarily allowed him into their homes. In late 1964, in addition to the Strangler murders, the Boston police were trying to solve a series of rapes committed by a man who had been dubbed the "Measuring Man" or the "Green Man". On October 27, 1964, a stranger entered

11100-411: Was appointed secretary of health and human services of Massachusetts . He later served as Secretary of Administration and Finance under Weld and his successor, Paul Cellucci . After working in government for eight years, Baker left to become CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and later Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a nonprofit health benefits company. During this time he served three years as

11211-409: Was approved by Attorney General Maura Healey 's office in May 2018. In July 2018, Baker included an amendment to a $ 583 million supplemental appropriations bill requiring public and private colleges and universities to report any financial liabilities or risks to the long-term financial viability of the institution to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education , which Baker signed into law as

11322-514: Was conclusively linked to Mary Sullivan's murder, doubts remain as to whether he committed all of the Boston Strangler homicides — and whether another killer could still be at large. When he confessed, people who knew him personally did not believe him capable of the crimes. It was also noted that the women allegedly killed by "The Strangler" were of widely varying ages, social status and ethnicities, and that their deaths involved inconsistent modi operandi . Susan Kelly, an author who has had access to

11433-444: Was disputed, and debates continued regarding which crimes he truly had committed. By the early 21st century, techniques for DNA capture and analysis could allow for the re-investigation of some criminal cases. In July 2013, an analysis of semen found around the body of Mary Sullivan, who was raped and murdered and is the last of the Strangler's victims, was matched to DNA obtained from DeSalvo's nephew. Because men who are descended from

11544-572: Was hired as codirector of the newly founded Pioneer Institute , a Boston-based libertarian think tank . Lovett C. "Pete" Peters , the institute's founder, later recommended him to Bill Weld , the incoming Republican governor of Massachusetts . Weld took office in January 1991 and hired him as undersecretary of health and human services. In cutting back state programs and social services, Baker caused controversy from early on. However, some government officials called him an "innovator" and "one of

11655-422: Was killed when improperly restrained. The man's family was awarded $ 3 million in damages to settle a lawsuit. At that time Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick called for an investigation into the practices at Bridgewater. 2008 George A. Billadeau, a police Sergeant at the facility, was the subject of a formal complaint that accused him of making a racial slur to a patient 2007 , The Disability Law Center ,

11766-420: Was not clean. He was obviously mentally ill and frustrated by the repeated questions the guards asked him about his cell but he could not do much. Furthermore, one inmate was not eating, so he was force fed by one of the doctors at the facility. While force feeding him with a tube, the doctor smokes a cigarette, whose ashes mix with the water and other liquids he is giving the inmate. The documentary then flashed to

11877-418: Was prosecuted for earlier, unrelated crimes of robbery and sexual offenses. Bailey brought up the confession to the murders as part of his client's history at the trial as part of an insanity defense , but the judge ruled it to be inadmissible. For his 1967 trial, DeSalvo was evaluated by Harry Kozol , a neurologist who had established the first sex offender treatment center in Massachusetts. Bailey arranged

11988-408: Was reelected handily over Democratic challenger Jay Gonzalez with 67% of the vote, the largest vote share in a Massachusetts gubernatorial election since 1994 . Nonpartisan polls consistently found him to be among the nation's most popular governors. In December 2021, Baker and his Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito both announced that they would not seek reelection in 2022 . Baker and Polito are

12099-400: Was settled out of court regarding a patient's declining health from abuse, namely, being excessively restrained and secluded. The particular patient had spent over 6000 hours in isolation, despite never having had been convicted of a crime. 2014 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick formally reprimanded Administration officials regarding their attempts to cover up procedural mishaps, including

12210-480: Was to prove that they pass legislation with no due diligence given to researching the issues beforehand. Having made his point, he withdrew the resolution. Charlie Baker [REDACTED] Charles Duane Baker Jr. (born November 13, 1956) is an American politician who is the current president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . A member of the Republican Party , he served as

12321-473: Was widely considered a top contender for the Republican nomination. Analysts wrote that he was unlikely to defeat Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey , who had already announced her candidacy. Healey was the 2–1 favorite among Republican voters in a Boston Globe poll and had much stronger financial backing. Furthermore, ethics guidelines at Harvard Pilgrim prevented Baker from carrying out any political fundraising while he held an executive position. After giving

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