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The Massachusetts Parole Board has a Transparency Problem

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Please read and share my newest article on DigBoston: The Massachusetts Parole Board has a Transparency Problem. “From secret hiring practices to a revolving door of political appointees, the Mass Parole Board is a “black hole,” and “lives are at risk.” More.

 

It’s A Crime: Using Technical Violations to Reincarcerate

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REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT: HERE
 
For more info on this event and the people participating: https://charleshamiltonhouston.org/events/its-a-crime/
 
For more info on the MONTH LONG national list of September activities demanding decarceration and honoring the anniversary of the Attica uprising 49 years later:  https://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AtticaUprising49-Calendar-of-Events.pdf
 

THE DYSFUNCTIONAL MASS PAROLE BOARD’S INEVITABLE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

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Massachusetts Parole Coronavirus

Please read and share my newest article on DIGBoston which begins:

“With coronavirus spreading throughout Commonwealth prisons, lawsuits filed last week denounced the Massachusetts Parole Board, calling it both “deliberately indifferent” and part of the mechanism currently violating the rights of prisoners. 

The third week of April was a milestone in many ways for those concerned with the state’s lack of response in its prisons and jails. As of April 20, 319 prisoners and staff had tested positive for COVID-19, while five prisoners had died.”

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