Department in denial that officers smuggle in drugs. Prisoner advocates cry foul.
DOC CAN BARELY RUN ZOOM MEETING, BUT WANTS TO SCAN ALL PRISONER MAIL
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THIS MONTH IN COURT ACTION FROM ZOOM HEARINGS TO COVID DENIERS
While whiny anti-maskers clutch their pearls over civil liberties and pandemic precautions, John Vasquez Diaz is sitting in Nashua Street Jail.
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."
MA MOVE TO SURVEIL PRISON VISITORS RAISES FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES
"People shouldn't have to worry that DOC is creating a list of everybody that participates in protests protected by the First Amendment."
SPECIAL FEATURE: REVOCATION NATION
The epidemic of reincarceration for technical parole violations in the age of COVID
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."
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 ...
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE QUIET ONE
40 years ago this month, Fred Clay was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. After 38 years behind bars, he’s telling his story and writing another chapter.
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?
