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INSIDE THE FIGHT TO DOCUMENT THE HORRORS AT AMERICA’S OLDEST WOMEN’S PRISON

Written by SHELBY GREBBIN AND ISHA MARATHE Posted December 17, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The stories of the women of MCI-Framingham reveal a culture of neglect and abuse at America’s oldest women’s correctional institution.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Mass DOC, parole, Politics, prison

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE QUIET ONE

Written by SARA SELEVITCH 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

THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT PUBLIC RECORDS ACCESS UNDER NEW MASS LAW

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 29, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Department of Correction, FOIA, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, Maya Shaffer, Police, public records access, public records law, Shirley, State House, transgender inmates, William Galvin

SPECIAL FEATURE: FACING THE END ALONE

Written by ARNIE KING Posted May 23, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The second in a series profiling aging lifers seeking commutations from Mass prisons

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Arnie King, Bay State Correctional Center, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, criminal justice reform, George McGrath, George Whitham, Mass Department of Correction, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Department of Correction, MCI-Framingham, prison, prison justice, re-entry, Rolling Along as Long as It Lasts, Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, Walpole State Prison

SPECIAL FEATURE: JOEY’S ANGELS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 10, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Joe Donovan beat impossible odds in being paroled from a life sentence. With his release this month, he and his advocates recount the nightmare behind them and brace for a daunting road ahead.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Carol Hallisey, Joe Donovan, Joey's Angels, Life Without Parole, Marian Ryan, Mass DOC, Massachusetts Department of Correction, Middlesex DA's Office, Middlesex District Attorney, NECN, Prison Reform, The Joe Donovan Project

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