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Mass Is Still Gouging Prisoners On Phone Fees. Will Lawmakers Finally Change That?

Written by ASHLEY PETTUS Posted April 11, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“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.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Department of Correction, feature, features, jail, Mass DOC, news, prison

OPINION: WALKING THE WALK FOR A MORATORIUM ON PRISON AND JAIL CONSTRUCTION

Written by CLAIRE GOSSELIN Posted October 5, 2021 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Image courtesy of Massachusetts Peace Action

Freeze all new prison and jail construction in Massachusetts for five years

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: construction, jail, legislation, Mass Peace Action, Massachusetts, opinion, prison, Women

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: RETHINKING REENTRY

Written by DIEGO MARCANO Posted October 30, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

In a state that sets up former inmates for failure, this program offers hope through education and more 

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Ashmont, College Bound Dorchester, criminal justice, Dorchester, engagement, jail, parole, prison, reentry, Roxbury

RIGHTS, CAMERAS, EXTRACTIONS

Written by SETH KERSHNER Posted March 14, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: BINJ, Commonwealth, CORI, county jails, Hampshire County, Hampshire County jail, jail, Massachusetts, northampton, prison, sheriff, The Shoestring, violence

SPEK OF GENIUS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 31, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

A Mass graffiti martyr resurrects for his debut solo show

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Adam Brandt, Boston, Boston Police, CAYPE, graffiti, jail, Mass graf, Salem, spek

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