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DAY-LONG HEARING ON CORRECTIONS SEES PLEAS FOR FREE CALLS AND AN END TO LIFE W/OUT PAROLE

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted October 7, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

150-plus Advocates testify about “broken” Mass criminal legal system

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, corrections, criminal justice reform, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, news, news to us, parole, Politics, prison

CHANGING PERCEPTION, CHANGING THE LAW

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted March 3, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES

What Mass lawmakers can learn about parole from the battle to end death by incarceration across the country. “To see the transformation of those who have caused harm is important for those who have been harmed.”

Filed Under: FEATURES Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, California, corrections, criminal justice reform, doc, Jean Trounstine, LWOP, Massachusetts, New York, parole, prison, RAPP, Solutions Journalism Network, The Sentencing Project, Vermont

IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS FOR A BROKEN PAROLE SYSTEM

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 3, 2020 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Dear Reader,

In the process of editing this week’s cover feature by Jean Trounstine, a collaboration with the  ...  read more

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, California, corrections, criminal justice reform, doc, Jean Trounstine, LWOP, Massachusetts, New York, parole, prison, RAPP, Solutions Journalism Network, The Sentencing Project, Vermont

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE QUIET ONE

Written by Posted November 26, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

40 years ago this month, Fred Clay was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. After 38 years behind bars, he’s telling his story and writing another chapter.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Boston Police, Boston Police Department, BPD, corrections, criminal justice, Dan Conley, doc, Fred Clay, hypnosis, incarceration, jail, Jon Kater, law enforcement, lawyers, LWOP, Mass DOC, parole, Police, prison, prosecutorial corruption, Sean Ellis, Suffolk County District Attorney

SPECIAL FEATURE: HAMPDEN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER’S PEPPER SPRAY PROBLEM

Written by SETH KERSHNER Posted July 3, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Use of force reports from the Hampden County Correctional Center reveal disproportionate use of chemical force against prisoners with psychiatric disabilities

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Bristol County, corrections, criminal justice, feature, features, Hampden County, Human Rights Watch, incarcerations, longform, Massachusetts, pepper spray, Police, prisons, Springfield, The Shoestring, western Mass

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