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March 14, 2019 By SETH KERSHNER

RIGHTS, CAMERAS, EXTRACTIONS

Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: BINJ, Commonwealth, CORI, county jails, criminal justice, Hampshire County, Hampshire County jail, jail, Massachusetts, Northampton, prison, sheriff, The Shoestring, violence

May 23, 2017 By ARNIE KING

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 […]

Filed Under: Engagement, Features Tagged With: Arnie King, Bay State Correctional Center, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, criminal justice reform, George McGrath, George Whitham, Mass Department of Correction, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Department of Correction, MCI-Framingham, prison, prison justice, re-entry, Rolling Along as Long as It Lasts, Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, Walpole State Prison

April 10, 2017 By ARNIE KING

GEORGE IS READY

The first installment of Rolling Along as Long as It Lasts, a series of profiles and interviews from inside the Massachusetts Department of Correction.  George McGrath has been inside Massachusetts prisons for a very long time, due to his being convicted as the getaway driver in a Jamaica Plain drugstore robbery. Unfortunately, during the robbery […]

Filed Under: Engagement, Features Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, criminal justice reform, George McGrath, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Department of Correction, MCI-Framingham, prison, prison justice, re-entry, Walpole State Prison

March 6, 2016 By CHRIS FARAONE

JOEY’S ANGELS

Joe Donovan beat impossible odds in being paroled from a life sentence. With his release this month, he and his advocates recount the nightmare behind them and brace for a daunting road ahead. No one ever accused Joe Donovan of killing anyone, but he was convicted of murder nonetheless. The story of his trial is legend in […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bridgewater Correctional, doc, felony murder, incarceration, Joe Donovan, Massachusetts, prison

November 9, 2015 By JASON PRAMAS

MASS BAIL REFORM NOW

November 9, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Lots of innocent people are spending time in jail in Massachusetts. And unsurprisingly many of those people are poor and a disproportionate number are people of color. But they are not convicted criminals. They are people who are charged with a crime—often a minor infraction—and can’t afford to […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Bail Reform, Boston, criminal justice, criticism, Jason Pramas, justice, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, police, politics, prison, prisons, US

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