Criminal Justice Reform NewsIn 'historic' moment, MCI-Framingham prisoners testify live at moratorium hearing — GBH News (June 27, 2023 by Sarah Betancourt) Life after prison: Mass. leaves thousands of prisoners awaiting education that would help their re-entry — GBH News (June 20, 2023 by Chris Burrell and Paul Singer) Healey Recommends Seven Pardons for Decades Old Crimes Relating from Drug Possession to Arson — Boston Globe (June 15, 2023 by Matt Stout)Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Enhanced State ID Program for Returning Citizens — Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (March 24, 2023 by Elaine Driscoll) Activists Push Healey on Prison Moratorium — Bay State Banner (February 15th, 2023 by Isaiah Thompson) Healey spent her career working in law. But questions remain as to how she’ll navigate criminal justice issues on Beacon Hill - Boston Globe (February 5, 2023 by Samantha Gross and Matt Stout)Mass criminal justice reform advocates push old argument on new Legislature - MetroWest Daily News (February 3, 2023, By Gabriella Aponte)State Commission Calls for Dismantling Structural Racism in Mass. Prisons, Jails — GBH News (January 4, 2023 by Chris Burrell) Safety secretary, advocates disagree on prison reforms - Daily Hampshire Gazette (December 26, 2022, By Chris Lisinski)Baker officials slammed for criminal justice reform compliance - Commonwealth Magazine (December 20, 2022, By Shira Schoenberg)Education becomes the catch-22 of prison life - Boston Globe (November 23, 2022, By The Editorial Board)Legal advocates urge Legislature to override Baker’s prison moratorium veto- MetroWest Daily News (November 9, 2022, By Melissa Ellin)‘Solitary by Another Name’: How Efforts to Reform Solitary Confinement Are Being Derailed by Corrections Departments - The Progressive Magazine (July 21, 2021, By Stephanie Wykstra)Sen. Jamie Eldridge pushes mental health - Pressreader (July 17, 2021, By Jacob Vitali)DOC criticized for solitary confinement changes - The Bay State Banner (July 15, 2021, By Morgan C. Mullings)The First Step For Mass. Commission On Parole And Racism? Figuring Out The Right Questions To Ask - GBH News (July 15, 2021, By Craig LeMoult)‘My concern is precedent’: mixed responses to DOC promise to end solitary confinement - The Boston Globe (July 6, 2021, By Ivy Scott)Mass. DOC Moves To End Solitary Confinement - wbur (June 30, 2021, By Deborah Becker)Prisoner advocates seek overhaul of inmate mental health treatment - (June 28, 2021, By Shira Schoenberg)
