“I am now in the same predicament as I was when I first got out of prison.”
Dancing On Banana Peels: Life On Lifetime Parole In Massachusetts
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Unlocking Higher Education: Experts Make The Case For More College Behind Bars
College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to incarcerate people. So why aren’t we educating more prisoners?
As Mass Reconsiders Life Without Parole For 18 To 20-year-olds, Will Race Matter?
“Late adolescents are particularly likely to be sentenced based on systemic racism and implicit biases in policing, prosecution, and sentencing.”
Exclusive: Cheryl Amirault LeFave On Reentry, Punitive Probation & Withdrawn Pardon
“Everything that I came across for 40 years has been a battle.”
Judgment On the Chopping Block In Massachusetts
Parole Board Chair Gloriann Moroney’s contentious hearing to become a judge
Reader Responses: “Unruly, Argumentative Governor’s Council …”
"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"
Unruly, Argumentative Governor’s Council Inflames Parole Board Hearings
“[Their] words and actions send a clear message: don’t bother coming and don’t bother giving testimony.”
Morale Violation: Whistle-Blowers Report Culture Of “Retaliation,” “Nepotism” At Parole Agency
“We were stressed and unappreciated … left blinded.”
FROM PRISONER TO AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR: ‘THE STREETS LIED AND WE BELIEVED’
“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”
AFTER NEARLY 10-HR HEARING, GOV COUNCIL SIGNALS KOONCE WORTHY OF COMMUTATION
“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.”
