“Even if they are providing the most rehabilitative programs available, it still wouldn’t be right to fund programs like that via the lowest income people.”
Department of Correction
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
A YEAR OF DISASTER AT OLD COLONY: SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, SELF-HARM, AND COVID
“People call saying, “I just can’t bear it.” “The walls are closing in on me; I can’t talk to my family; I’ve lost it.”
LAWMAKERS AND ADVOCATES PUSH FOR MORE COVID-19 DATA FROM PRISONS
"It's always helpful to have transparency in reporting data … Especially when we're dealing with people's health and safety, and when people are dying."
THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT PUBLIC RECORDS ACCESS UNDER NEW MASS LAW
I’ve recently run into back-to-back critical failures that threaten the ability of requesters, be they media or private citizens, to even obtain records at all, let alone obtain them in a timely manner.
GENDER CONFINEMENT: MASS DOC CONTENDS IT CAN DISCRIMINATE AGAINST TRANSGENDER INMATES
Why does the DOC believe it is allowed to house transgender people in the wrong gender facility?
MORE BOOS FOR BAKER
The other reason I generally avoid the subject is because I’m transgender, and I already get enough threats for my reporting.