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As Mass Reconsiders Life Without Parole For 18 To 20-year-olds, Will Race Matter?

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted February 14, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Late adolescents are particularly likely to be sentenced based on systemic racism and implicit biases in policing, prosecution, and sentencing.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: features, Governor's Council, news, news to us, parole, prison

Exclusive: Cheryl Amirault LeFave On Reentry, Punitive Probation & Withdrawn Pardon

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted December 22, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Everything that I came across for 40 years has been a battle.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Charlie Baker, Governor's Council, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, pardon, parole, prison, probation

Judgment On the Chopping Block In Massachusetts

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted October 17, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Parole Board Chair Gloriann Moroney’s contentious hearing to become a judge

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baker, Beacon Hill, Governor's Council, parole

Reader Responses: “Unruly, Argumentative Governor’s Council …”

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 22, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Not only was I stunned by the way some of the councilors conducted themselves, but I was also disheartened by the lack of probing questions"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Charlie Baker, Massachusetts, parole, prison

Unruly, Argumentative Governor’s Council Inflames Parole Board Hearings

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted June 20, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“[Their] words and actions send a clear message: don’t bother coming and don’t bother giving testimony.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, criminal justice, Governor's Council, news, news to us, parole, Parole Board, prison

Morale Violation: Whistle-Blowers Report Culture Of “Retaliation,” “Nepotism” At Parole Agency

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted May 23, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“We were stressed and unappreciated … left blinded.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: features, Massachusetts, news, parole, prisons

FROM PRISONER TO AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR: ‘THE STREETS LIED AND WE BELIEVED’

Written by CORALYS SIMPSON ALVAREZ Posted February 16, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I wanted help, but I didn’t know how to ask for it. So I asked in the wrong way, and I took somebody’s life”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: news, parole, prison, reentry

AFTER NEARLY 10-HR HEARING, GOV COUNCIL SIGNALS KOONCE WORTHY OF COMMUTATION

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted January 27, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Of particular significance is that his rehabilitative efforts were done while he believed he was going to spend the rest of his life in prison.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Massachusetts, news, news to us, parole, prison

CORRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 26, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“We are bringing this lawsuit to expose the inhumane way the DOC treats the people they incarcerate.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: doc, news, parole, prisons

MASS SPECIAL COMMISSION ON STRUCTURAL RACISM IN PAROLE ISSUES REPORT

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted December 27, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“People of color are more likely to serve longer sentences, even after accounting for criminal history, demographics, initial charge severity, court jurisdiction, and neighborhood characteristics.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: criminal justice, doc, news, news to us, parole, prisons

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