
College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to incarcerate people. So why aren’t we educating more prisoners?
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Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to incarcerate people. So why aren’t we educating more prisoners?
Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE 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.”
Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“Stepping into this house made me feel better … She has a way of transforming pain into passion.”
Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“We’ve got a system in place where it’s just, grab this money from mostly poor people, but don’t have mechanisms in place to really account for what’s taken.”
Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“Everything that I came across for 40 years has been a battle.”
Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Filed Under: A+E, Books
“This is a system that comes out of slavery and perpetuates slavery … We are swimming in the mythology that [it] is designed to get to the truth.”
Written by ASHLEY PETTUS Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"We want to lift the floor so that everyone can have the same access to their loved ones, not just those who can afford it.”
Written by CHRIS FARAONE 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"
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"The VOTES Act’s jail-based voting provisions will require sheriffs, DOC, and Secretary of Commonwealth facilitate voting for the 7-9,000 incarcerated eligible voters in Mass"
Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE 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.”