“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.”
Book Review: “Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison”
criminal justice
Unruly, Argumentative Governor’s Council Inflames Parole Board Hearings
“[Their] words and actions send a clear message: don’t bother coming and don’t bother giving testimony.”
MASS SPECIAL COMMISSION ON STRUCTURAL RACISM IN PAROLE ISSUES REPORT
“People of color are more likely to serve longer sentences, even after accounting for criminal history, demographics, initial charge severity, court jurisdiction, and neighborhood characteristics.”
LAST PRISONER PROJECT HOLDING EVENT IN EASTIE ON FRIDAY
“We are committed to freeing every last prisoner of the unjust war on drugs, starting with the estimated 40,000 individuals imprisoned for cannabis.”
HIRED TO HELP END LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, SHOWING WHY SECOND CHANCES ARE NEEDED
“It’s important to have someone as a community organizer who has been affected by incarceration.”
SPECIAL VIDEO: INSIDE THE MASS DEPT OF CORRECTION DURING COVID
A documentary about the impact that a lack of effective pandemic protocol has had on the Bay State
COVID SURGES IN MASS PRISONS, STILL NO PLAN TO DECARCERATE
“The remedy is not working. Jail populations are actually higher now than the second week of April."
KOONCE MAKES “COMPELLING” CASE IN 5-PLUS HOUR COMMUTATION HEARING
No one serving a life without parole sentence has been granted a commutation since 1997
MASSACHUSETTS COVID-19 DECARCERATION BILL COULD PROTECT US ALL
“This call for releases is not the advocacy community trying to capitalize on an opportunity to decarcerate … Prison health care is already overstressed and a lack of response will absolutely kill people.”
AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS
Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.
