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"The VOTES Act’s jail-based voting provisions will require sheriffs, DOC, and Secretary of Commonwealth facilitate voting for the 7-9,000 incarcerated eligible voters in Mass"
150-plus Advocates testify about “broken” Mass criminal legal system
Creating community and value for people who society has otherwise denied the opportunity
A follow-up to our feature about suicide attempts, self-harm, and COVID at the Bridgewater state prison
Even as the pandemic rages in prisons, vaccines and masks are seen as “a sign of weakness”
"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”
While members of the public can listen in on this hearing for Thomas Koonce without seeing it, they are unable to record the hearing
The epidemic of reincarceration for technical parole violations in the age of COVID
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.”
Dear Reader,
In the process of editing this week’s cover feature by Jean Trounstine, a collaboration with the ...
