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JEAN TROUNSTINE

Dancing On Banana Peels: Life On Lifetime Parole In Massachusetts

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted May 17, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I am now in the same predicament as I was when I first got out of prison.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, criminal justice reform, Massachusetts, parole, Parole Board, prisons, Suffolk Superior

Unlocking Higher Education: Experts Make The Case For More College Behind Bars

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted March 31, 2023 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to incarcerate people. So why aren’t we educating more prisoners?

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: emerson college, higher education, parole, prison

As Mass Reconsiders Life Without Parole For 18 To 20-year-olds, Will Race Matter?

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted February 14, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Late adolescents are particularly likely to be sentenced based on systemic racism and implicit biases in policing, prosecution, and sentencing.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: features, Governor's Council, news, news to us, parole, prison

A New Beginning For Formerly Incarcerated Women

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted January 11, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Stepping into this house made me feel better … She has a way of transforming pain into passion.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: doc, feature, Massachusetts, news, prison, reentry

Exclusive: Cheryl Amirault LeFave On Reentry, Punitive Probation & Withdrawn Pardon

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted December 22, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Everything that I came across for 40 years has been a battle.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Charlie Baker, Governor's Council, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, pardon, parole, prison, probation

Judgment On the Chopping Block In Massachusetts

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted October 17, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Parole Board Chair Gloriann Moroney’s contentious hearing to become a judge

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baker, Beacon Hill, Governor's Council, parole

Book Review: “Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison”

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted September 23, 2022 Filed Under: A+E, Books

“This is a system that comes out of slavery and perpetuates slavery … We are swimming in the mythology that [it] is designed to get to the truth.”

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: arts, books, criminal justice, news, prison

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