Even as the pandemic rages in prisons, vaccines and masks are seen as “a sign of weakness”
WHY ARE HALF OF MASS CORRECTION OFFICERS REFUSING THE COVID VACCINE?
prisons
THE COMMITMENTS: ADDICTION TREATMENT BEHIND BARS IN MASSACHUSETTS
Some who are civilly committed for addiction in Mass face abusive prison conditions. Still, some families say it’s better than the alternative
MASS KEEPS TRYING TO BUILD A NEW WOMEN’S PRISON OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC VIEW
"When you talk about building new prisons, you are putting out the message that those of us that live in these communities that you are intending future generations to be in those beds”
DOC CAN BARELY RUN ZOOM MEETING, BUT WANTS TO SCAN ALL PRISONER MAIL
Department in denial that officers smuggle in drugs. Prisoner advocates cry foul.
PRISON HORRORS BY THE NUMBERS
Mass respondents shed light on COVID atrocities in new national survey.
THIS MONTH IN COURT ACTION FROM ZOOM HEARINGS TO COVID DENIERS
While whiny anti-maskers clutch their pearls over civil liberties and pandemic precautions, John Vasquez Diaz is sitting in Nashua Street Jail.
COVID SURGES IN MASS PRISONS, STILL NO PLAN TO DECARCERATE
“The remedy is not working. Jail populations are actually higher now than the second week of April."
MA MOVE TO SURVEIL PRISON VISITORS RAISES FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES
"People shouldn't have to worry that DOC is creating a list of everybody that participates in protests protected by the First Amendment."
SPECIAL FEATURE: HAMPDEN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER’S PEPPER SPRAY PROBLEM
Use of force reports from the Hampden County Correctional Center reveal disproportionate use of chemical force against prisoners with psychiatric disabilities
THINGS WHITE PEOPLE CAN THINK ABOUT NEXT TIME THEY’RE STUCK ON I-93
And suggested alternative scapegoats, like Tom Cruise.
