Massachusetts small town residents take to the streets in protest as first migrant families arrive at new shelter in a converted jail

The first of 400 migrants to be housed in a converted prison have been greeted by protesters unhappy they are moving into their small town. Bay State Correctional Center in Norfolk, Massachusetts, closed in 2015 and has been repurposed as a migrant shelter. The jail was a minimum-security facility and used dorm-style accommodation that doesn't look like a traditional prison, and was heavily modified for the migrants. Norfolk Select Board chairman Jim Lehan said 21 families, totaling about 70 people, moved in on Wednesday afternoon with more to come soon.
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