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Feature Follow-Up: The Fight For No-Cost Prison Calls Continues

Written by ASHLEY PETTUS Posted July 19, 2022 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.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, doc, Massachusetts, prison

Reader Responses: “Unruly, Argumentative Governor’s Council …”

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 22, 2022 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"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Charlie Baker, Massachusetts, parole, prison

Inbox: Legislation To Protect Vote for Eligible Incarcerated Voters on Baker’s Desk

Written by DIG STAFF Posted June 22, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"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"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Charlie Baker, criminal justice reform, Massachusetts, prison

Unruly, Argumentative Governor’s Council Inflames Parole Board Hearings

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted June 20, 2022 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.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, criminal justice, Governor's Council, news, news to us, parole, Parole Board, prison

Mass One Step Closer To New-Prison Moratorium, But Not There Yet

Written by DIG STAFF Posted May 23, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

An update on the fight over whether to replace MCI-Framingham, the oldest Women's prison in America

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: correction, doc, MCI-Framingham, prison

Mass Supreme Court Sides With Asshole Sheriff In Prison Phone Fee Decision

Written by DIG STAFF Posted May 18, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The SJC ruling makes clear that it's up to the Legislature to prevent the Sheriff from charging families exorbitant telephone fees to fund the costs of running the Jail."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Bristol County, jails, news, prison

Mass Is Still Gouging Prisoners On Phone Fees. Will Lawmakers Finally Change That?

Written by ASHLEY PETTUS Posted April 11, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Even if they are providing the most rehabilitative programs available, it still wouldn’t be right to fund programs like that via the lowest income people.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Department of Correction, feature, features, jail, Mass DOC, news, prison

FROM PRISONER TO AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR: ‘THE STREETS LIED AND WE BELIEVED’

Written by CORALYS SIMPSON ALVAREZ Posted February 16, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“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”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: news, parole, prison, reentry

PILOT PROGRAM: CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TO WEAR BODY CAMERAS

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted January 28, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Departments claim it will "increase overall safety and advance transparency and accountability"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: camera, Massachusetts Department of Correction, officer, prison, surveillance

AFTER NEARLY 10-HR HEARING, GOV COUNCIL SIGNALS KOONCE WORTHY OF COMMUTATION

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted January 27, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“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.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Massachusetts, news, news to us, parole, prison

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