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Unruly, Argumentative Governor’s Council Inflames Parole Board Hearings

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted June 20, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“[Their] words and actions send a clear message: don’t bother coming and don’t bother giving testimony.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, criminal justice, Governor's Council, news, news to us, parole, Parole Board, prison

MASS SPECIAL COMMISSION ON STRUCTURAL RACISM IN PAROLE ISSUES REPORT

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted December 27, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“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.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: criminal justice, doc, news, news to us, parole, prisons

LAST PRISONER PROJECT HOLDING EVENT IN EASTIE ON FRIDAY

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 11, 2021 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

“We are committed to freeing every last prisoner of the unjust war on drugs, starting with the estimated 40,000 individuals imprisoned for cannabis.”

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, criminal justice, Talking Joints Memo

HIRED TO HELP END LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, SHOWING WHY SECOND CHANCES ARE NEEDED

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted July 12, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“It’s important to have someone as a community organizer who has been affected by incarceration.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: criminal justice, doc, features, Mass Department of Correction, Massachusetts, news, prison

SPECIAL VIDEO: INSIDE THE MASS DEPT OF CORRECTION DURING COVID

Written by JASON PUGATCH Posted June 22, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

A documentary about the impact that a lack of effective pandemic protocol has had on the Bay State

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: criminal justice, Department of Correction, doc, feature, features, news

COVID SURGES IN MASS PRISONS, STILL NO PLAN TO DECARCERATE

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted December 4, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The remedy is not working. Jail populations are actually higher now than the second week of April."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: criminal justice, doc, news, news to us, Prison Reform, prisons

KOONCE MAKES “COMPELLING” CASE IN 5-PLUS HOUR COMMUTATION HEARING

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted October 28, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

No one serving a life without parole sentence has been granted a commutation since 1997

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: criminal justice, news, Prison Reform

MASSACHUSETTS COVID-19 DECARCERATION BILL COULD PROTECT US ALL

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted March 21, 2020 Filed Under: News to Us

Massachusetts coronavirus

“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.”

Filed Under: News to Us Tagged With: coronavirus, criminal justice, features, news, news to us, slider

AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, attorney general, Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, Healey, LGBTQ, Massachusetts, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, Twitter, western Mass

I WAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CAN CONFIRM THAT EVERYTHING CHUCK TODD SAYS IS COMPLETELY STUPID

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 12, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

My point is to draw a comparison between the horse-race repetition and robotic uniformity of the kind of trash commercial bigs, from putrid right-wing radio to elitist broadsheets like the Post, reported out of New Hampshire this week, and the unique features that our squad produced.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2020 Election, Activism, ADA, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, AOC, Bernie Sanders, campaign finance, candidates, cannabis, caregiving, Citizens Agenda, Citizens United, criminal justice, death penalty, Deval Patrick, disability rights, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, firearms, gig economy, Granite State Organizing Project, Granny D, gun control, gun rights, guns, immigration, income inequality, Iowa, Joe Biden, law enforcement, Life Without Parole, local media, Londonderry, LWOP, MAGA, Manchester Divided, merch, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Moore, money in politics, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Interfaith Action Fund, New Hampshire Rebellion, ocasio-cortez, Pete Buttigieg, police brutality, Politics, primaries, Primary, rally, ranked choice voting, ranked-choice, religion, religious left, SCOTUS, Shaskeen Pub, socialism, Strokes, taxes, Tom Steyer, town halls, voter rights

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