As the Sheriff of Suffolk County, my primary responsibility is the care, custody and control of inmates (those already sentenced) and detainees (those awaiting trial) who are held within our facilities – the Suffolk County House of Correction and the Suffolk County Jail. The Sheriff's Office is mandated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to maintain custody – or guardianship – of inmates and detainees while providing a set standard of care, which encompasses the overall health and well-being, personal safety, tranquility and calm within our institutions for our population and our officer cadre.

In recent years, the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office has become the primary health care practitioner, mental health provider, and addiction recovery service for the people remanded to our care. We work with many external partners to help our population, as people transition out of our custody, to ensure that when they leave, there will be established relationships through which they can transition into care, reducing the anxiety of having to start from scratch at such a critical juncture in their reentry. The sheriff's office also works with partners to secure housing, health care, education, and employment for returning citizens so that they have a fighting chance when they leave us.