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COVID SURGES IN MASS PRISONS, STILL NO PLAN TO DECARCERATE

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted December 4, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The remedy is not working. Jail populations are actually higher now than the second week of April."

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

KOONCE MAKES “COMPELLING” CASE IN 5-PLUS HOUR COMMUTATION HEARING

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted October 28, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

No one serving a life without parole sentence has been granted a commutation since 1997

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: criminal justice, news, Prison Reform

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

STATE OF THE POLICE STATE: FROM THE BPD TO THE ACA, IT’S A JAILER’S WORLD—WE JUST SQUIRM IN IT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 9, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The government should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to go on. We need to get real, we need to tell the truth.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACA, American Correctional Association, Black and Pink, Boston, Boston Police Department, BPD, BPPA, mainstream media, mayor Marty Walsh, police unions, Prison Reform, racism

SPECIAL AUTHOR INTERVIEW: THIS BOY’S KNIFE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 19, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

"Keeping people behind bars for longer and longer periods of time does not help."

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Book, Boy With A Knife, Dartmouth, Jean Trounstine, Karter Reed, Massachusetts, New Bedford, Porter Square Books, prison, Prison Reform, youth incarceration

PAST INCARCERATION: REMEMBERING CHARLESTOWN’S FORGOTTEN PRISON

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted April 5, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

“The observant citizen outside the walls has long been forced to the conclusion that the grim institution does not perform its primary purpose"

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Charlestown Prison, Emily Hopkins, Massachusetts History, Prison Reform

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

APPARENT HORIZON: MASS BAIL REFORM NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 9, 2015 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Cash bail a debtors’ prison in the Commonwealth

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bail, Barnstable County, Beacon Hill, Commonwealth, detention, Massachusetts, pretrial, prison, Prison Reform

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