A documentary about the impact that a lack of effective pandemic protocol has had on the Bay State
SPECIAL VIDEO: INSIDE THE MASS DEPT OF CORRECTION DURING COVID
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WOMEN’S INCARCERATION AT MCI-FRAMINGHAM BREAKS APART FAMILIES, WEAKENS COMMUNITIES
Stories of long separation from loved ones, along with forced isolation and inhumane treatment of pregnant women, are part of a broader story of abuse and neglect at MCI-Framingham
FOLLOW-UP: MASS IS STILL IGNORING PUBLIC INPUT AND TRYING TO BUILD A NEW WOMEN’S PRISON
“It’s sad, it shows the DOC’s only intent is to build a new women’s prison, they don’t want to listen to alternatives.”
DOC CAN BARELY RUN ZOOM MEETING, BUT WANTS TO SCAN ALL PRISONER MAIL
Department in denial that officers smuggle in drugs. Prisoner advocates cry foul.
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.”
