College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to incarcerate people. So why aren’t we educating more prisoners?
Unlocking Higher Education: Experts Make The Case For More College Behind Bars
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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.”
A New Beginning For Formerly Incarcerated Women
“Stepping into this house made me feel better … She has a way of transforming pain into passion.”
Tainted Drug Evidence Victims Still Waiting For Settlement Payments
“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.”
Exclusive: Cheryl Amirault LeFave On Reentry, Punitive Probation & Withdrawn Pardon
“Everything that I came across for 40 years has been a battle.”
Book Review: “Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison”
“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.”
Feature Follow-Up: The Fight For No-Cost Prison Calls Continues
"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.”
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"
Inbox: Legislation To Protect Vote for Eligible Incarcerated Voters on Baker’s Desk
"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"
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.”
