“It’s impossible to advocate for someone [in court] over the telephone. … Anything you say or your client says is heard by everyone.”
MASSACHUSETTS COVID-19 DECARCERATION BILL COULD PROTECT US ALL
“This call for releases is not the advocacy community trying to capitalize on an opportunity to decarcerate … Prison health care is already overstressed and a lack of response will absolutely kill people.”
THE QUIET ONE
40 years ago this month, Fred Clay was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. After 38 years behind bars, he’s telling his story and writing another chapter.
MORE DYSFUNCTION THAN DIVERSITY
“I get calls from lifers every week that feel they have not gotten a fair hearing by the parole board.”
FACING THE END ALONE
The second in a series profiling aging lifers seeking commutations from Mass prisons This is the second installment of Rolling Along as Long as It Lasts, a series of profiles and interviews from inside the Massachusetts Department of Correction. Published in coordination with the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, the series is written by Arnie King, who […]