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November 26, 2019 By SARA SELEVITCH

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.

Filed Under: Features, Reporting, Reports Tagged With: Boston, Boston Police, Boston Police Department, BPD, corrections, criminal justice, Dan Conley, doc, Fred Clay, hypnosis, incarceration, jail, Jon Kater, law enforcement, lawyers, LWOP, Mass DOC, parole, police, prison, prosecutorial corruption, Sean Ellis, Suffolk County District Attorney

October 30, 2019 By DIEGO MARCANO

RETHINKING REENTRY

In a state that sets up former inmates for failure, this program offers hope through education and more 

Filed Under: Education, Features, Reporting Tagged With: Ashmont, College Bound Dorchester, criminal justice, Dorchester, engagement, jail, parole, prison, reentry, Roxbury

October 23, 2019 By BINJ ONLINE

BINJ SELECTED FOR SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK ‘RENEWING DEMOCRACY’ GRANT, EXPANDS SCOPE OF PRISON & PAROLE REPORTING

BINJ is examining how grassroots campaigns in Massachusetts and elsewhere are challenging policies related to parole, fighting to reduce the number of people sentenced to life without parole, and in many cases, having success and creating real change.

Filed Under: Engagement, Events Tagged With: Atlanta, Black Women Unmuted, Carolina Public Press, City Limits, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, criminal justice, engagement, Hartford Guardian, Hartford Independent, Jean Trounstine, LWOP, Ohio Valley Resource, parole, prison, Ronan Valley Journal, SJN, Solutions Journalism, Solutions Journalism Network, Texas Tribune, the “How Do We Fix It” podcast, the Christian Science Monitor, Underscore, Unidad Media Group, WABE, Washington Monthly

June 25, 2019 By JEAN TROUNSTINE

MORE DYSFUNCTION THAN DIVERSITY

“I get calls from lifers every week that feel they have not gotten a fair hearing by the parole board.”

Filed Under: Reporting, Reports Tagged With: advocacy, Beacon Hill, Charlie Baker, criminal justice, Elizabeth Matos, feature, features, Governor's Council, incarceration, mapoli, Mass DOC, Mass Parole Board, Massachusetts, parole, Patricia Garin, prison, Prisoners Legal Services, Right on Crime

May 28, 2019 By BINJ ONLINE

BINJ REPORTING HIGHLIGHTED NATIONALLY

While we can use all the local push that we can get, we are thrilled that The Appeal and The Marshall Project—both leading sources of news and information regarding criminal justice and prisons—picked up the latest from BINJ and reporter Jean Trounstine.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: An Act to Reduce Mass Incarceration, criminal justice, death in slow motion, first-degree murder, harsh sentencing, juvenile lifers, Life Without Parole, LWOP, mapoli, Massachusetts, murder, other death penalty, other death sentence, parole, parole eligibility, prison, Prison Legal News, punishment, Slattery, victims

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