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GLAD on the Kosilek Case

December 19, 2014 By massmarrier

The strange and unfortunate decision by the full Appeal Court of the First District in the Michelle Kosilek case gets not only my thoughts yesterday. The insightful legal view today came from Jennifer Levi, director of the Transgender … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: appeals-court, Eighth Amendment, glad, Kosilek, Levi, Mark Wolf, massachusetts, prison, sexual-reassignment, transgender

Juvenile Delinquency: If We Fail Our Children, We Fail Our Future

January 30, 2013 By PaulHeroux

I am very please the Gov Patrick has decided to push Massachusetts towards age appropriate juvenile justice reform. I am especially pleased because there is a trend in America that is leading us to be more punitive in how we address … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: crime, jail, juvenile-justice, life-in-prison, prison

Racism in the Criminal Justice System: #NN12 series, cont’d

June 10, 2012 By Ryan

Among all the keynote addresses given at Netroots Nation, the one that seemed the 'least sexy' (ie, I didn't know any of the speakers), was also what ended up being my favorite. The main exhibition room was kept so dark that it was hard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #nn12, criminal-justice, netroots-nation, prison, racism

Can Prison Planning Learn Something From the MBTA?

March 14, 2012 By PaulHeroux

The MBTA debacle should have been a foreseeable crisis and one that was avoided. I now ask: What is another crisis on the horizon? Prison overcrowding. PRISON OVERCROWDING At 140%+ capacity, we know from other state's experience that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, prison

MA Progressive Derides Monarchy

April 5, 2011 By massmarrier

Small's UMN has successfully attacked some of the most daunting issues for communities of color here. That includes high unemployment,CORI reform, prisons, and education in poor communities. Listen in as he talks about successes...and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: african-american, cori, horace-small, latino, legislature, massachusetts, prison, reform, umn, unions

CA prisons on brink of collapse – is Massachusetts next in line?

August 20, 2009 By AmberPaw

LA Times Reports Governor Schwarzenegger warned today that the entire California prison system is on the brink of collapse.  The governor and his corrections chief, Matt Cate, walked through the destruction at a housing unit for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: california, chino, cruel-and-unusual-punishment, incarceration, massachusetts, prison, racial-profiling, rate-of-incarceration

ANOTHER inmate suicide, yesterday, in Shirley MCI – with POLL!!

July 28, 2009 By AmberPaw

Here is the story:  http://www.boston.com/news/loc... Once again, history of suicide attempts.  History of mental health problems. Dead - and with over crowding, cuts in prison mental health, cuts in staffing, cuts in mental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: criminal-justice, mental-health, over-crowding, prison, prison-suicide, shawshank-redemption

The USA has 5% of the worlds population and 25% of the world’s prison inmates [WITH POLL]

March 29, 2009 By AmberPaw

Bibliography: School to Prison Pipeline - NAACP Legal Defense Fund http://www.naacpldf.org/conten... http://www.globalresearch.ca/i... The prison industry - new form of slavery?The Prison/Industrial Complex … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, prison, prison-industrial-complex, rate-of-incarceration

Shutting down the school to prison pipeline – what can we do?

May 28, 2008 By AmberPaw

Here is the bibliography:http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/05/28/problem_students_in_pipeline_to_prison/ School to prison pipeline:  http://www.naacpldf.org/conten... NAACP Legal Defense … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: crime, discrimination, disproportionate-impact, education, naacp, prison, racism, school, special-education, volunteerism

Seven Suicides in Massachusetts prisons this year – WHY??

December 9, 2007 By AmberPaw

My point, again, is that money spent on prisons and incarceration is money falling into a bottomless pit.  Human capitol is diminished and tax dollars generate no economic benefit.   A prison model based on retribution and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cost-benefit-analysis, don-hutto, incarceration, mental-health, prison, prison-industry

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Greatest President…. EVER!!!

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Oh give me a fucking break. You are one of the biggest crooks in Congress with your insider trading. And that drunk you’re married to should be in jail for all the DUI’s and wrecks he has caused. You’re not out of the woods yet, on your J6 scam, either. https://twitter.com/speakerpelosi/status/1637153439367962625

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Jackson, Mississippi is nearly 90% Black.
Very expensive to replace city water pipes.
But It would only cost a fraction of the money Democrats have given to Ukraine.
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This is what tap water looks like in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Jackson, Mississippi is nearly 90% Black.
Very expensive to replace city water pipes.
But It would only cost a fraction of the money Democrats have given to Ukraine.
#blacklivesmatter #bostonma #mapoli

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This is what tap water looks like in Jackson, Mississippi.

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