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SING OUT STRONG: INCARCERATED VOICES

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted November 19, 2021 Filed Under: MUSIC

The concert features songs drawn from the stories of incarcerated people

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Art, Concert, incarceration, Music

STANDOUT FOR INCARCERATED MS. ANGIE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted October 16, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The event is intended to move District Attorney Rachael Rollins, who could support Angela Jefferson's motion for a new trial.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: incarceration, prison, Rachael Rollins, Women

NO NEW WOMEN’S PRISONS. WHAT’S THE POINT?

Written by BILL SHANER Posted September 13, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The state is considering spending $50 million to construct a new prison for these women, where they will continue to cost the state $13.5 million a year”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: abolition, incarceration, prison, Women

REPORT: ‘RAISE THE AGE’ LAW IN MA REDUCED YOUTH DETENTION

Written by LILY BOHLKE Posted July 9, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"We have our Black and Latino children much more likely to get deeper and deeper into the system than their white peers for similar behavior."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: detention, incarceration, law, racial equity, Youth

PRISON HORRORS BY THE NUMBERS

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted January 18, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass respondents shed light on COVID atrocities in new national survey.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Brigham and Women's Hospital, corovanvirus, Harvard University Medical School, incarceration, prisons

AYANNA PRESSLEY CALLS FOR RELEASE OF PRISONERS FOLLOWING COVID SPIKE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted November 12, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Unsanitary conditions put incarcerated at risk.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Ayanna Pressley, Charlie Baker, coronavirus, incarceration

CALLS FOR JUSTICE: THE SMALL THING MASS CAN DO DURING THE WAIT FOR REAL PRISON REFORM

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 22, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The very least that Mass can do is make it easier for families to connect with loved ones who are locked up at this frantic moment.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: incarceration, Mass Department of Correction, phone calls, Prison Reform

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE QUIET ONE

Written by Posted November 26, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

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.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Boston Police, Boston Police Department, BPD, corrections, criminal justice, Dan Conley, doc, Fred Clay, hypnosis, incarceration, jail, Jon Kater, law enforcement, lawyers, LWOP, Mass DOC, parole, Police, prison, prosecutorial corruption, Sean Ellis, Suffolk County District Attorney

SPECIAL FEATURE: MORE DYSFUNCTION THAN DIVERSITY

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted July 3, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Who oversees parole in Mass? What motivates decisions? Does the outcome help the Commonwealth? Will the addition of another career prosecutor tilt the Mass parole board away from second chances?   

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, advocacy, Beacon Hill, Charlie Baker, criminal justice, Elizabeth Matos, feature, features, Governor's Council, incarceration, Mass DOC, Mass Parole Board, Massachusetts, parole, Patricia Garin, prison, Prisoners Legal Services, Right on Crime

HARD DRUG TRUTHS: END MANDATORY MINIMUM DRUG SENTENCES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 10, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Street sales of Oxy and the resulting spike in heroin sales led to a whole new wave of nonviolent offenders sent to prison for years with mandatory minimum sentences.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, drug sentences, Heroin, incarceration, Massachusetts, Oxycontin, politicians, prison, Purdue Pharma

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