A follow-up to our feature about suicide attempts, self-harm, and COVID at the Bridgewater state prison
A STATE REP GOES TO SPEAK WITH MEN INCARCERATED AT OLD COLONY
criminal justice reform
WHY ARE HALF OF MASS CORRECTION OFFICERS REFUSING THE COVID VACCINE?
Even as the pandemic rages in prisons, vaccines and masks are seen as “a sign of weakness”
MASS KEEPS TRYING TO BUILD A NEW WOMEN’S PRISON OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC VIEW
"When you talk about building new prisons, you are putting out the message that those of us that live in these communities that you are intending future generations to be in those beds”
MASS TO HOLD FIRST COMMUTATION HEARING IN 10 YEARS, BUT PRESS AND PUBLIC CAN’T WATCH
While members of the public can listen in on this hearing for Thomas Koonce without seeing it, they are unable to record the hearing
SPECIAL FEATURE: REVOCATION NATION
The epidemic of reincarceration for technical parole violations in the age of COVID
CHANGING PERCEPTION, CHANGING THE LAW
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.”
IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS FOR A BROKEN PAROLE SYSTEM
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In the process of editing this week’s cover feature by Jean Trounstine, a collaboration with the ...
STATE WIRE: MASS CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL AIMS TO PROTECT IN-PERSON JAIL VISITS
The visitation provision is part of a much larger criminal justice reform bill. According to Lucius Couloute, policy analyst with the Prison Policy Initiative, some sheriffs' departments around the country have eliminated in-person visiting in favor of video systems that can turn a profit, and that makes provisions like this necessary.
MASS PROSECUTORS GET REFORM SCHOOLED
Criminal justice reformers respond to Neanderthal district attorneys
SPECIAL FEATURE: FACING THE END ALONE
The second in a series profiling aging lifers seeking commutations from Mass prisons
