Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent
SPECIAL FEATURE: FACING THE END ALONE
The second in a series profiling aging lifers seeking commutations from Mass prisons
SPECIAL FEATURE: GEORGE STRAIGHT
The first in a series profiling aging lifers seeking commutations from Mass prisons
HARD DRUG TRUTHS: END MANDATORY MINIMUM DRUG SENTENCES
Street sales of Oxy and the resulting spike in heroin sales led to a whole new wave of nonviolent offenders sent to prison for years with mandatory minimum sentences.
MORE BOOS FOR BAKER
The other reason I generally avoid the subject is because I’m transgender, and I already get enough threats for my reporting.
SPECIAL AUTHOR INTERVIEW: THIS BOY’S KNIFE
“Keeping people behind bars for longer and longer periods of time does not help.”
APPARENT HORIZON: MASS BAIL REFORM NOW
Cash bail a debtors’ prison in the Commonwealth
VIOLENCE DOESN’T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM
It seems like the bad news never ceases at the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families.
