
Who oversees parole in Mass? What motivates decisions? Does the outcome help the Commonwealth? Will the addition of another career prosecutor tilt the Mass parole board away from second chances?
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Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
Who oversees parole in Mass? What motivates decisions? Does the outcome help the Commonwealth? Will the addition of another career prosecutor tilt the Mass parole board away from second chances?
Written by SETH KERSHNER Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent
Written by ARNIE KING Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
The second in a series profiling aging lifers seeking commutations from Mass prisons
Written by ARNIE KING Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials
The first in a series profiling aging lifers seeking commutations from Mass prisons
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
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.
Written by MAYA SHAFFER Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
The other reason I generally avoid the subject is because I’m transgender, and I already get enough threats for my reporting.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
"Keeping people behind bars for longer and longer periods of time does not help."
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Cash bail a debtors’ prison in the Commonwealth
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical
It seems like the bad news never ceases at the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families.