It is with great sadness that we share that PLS Board Member Ray Champagne passed away yesterday. Ray spent 45 years in prison after a wrongful conviction. He was a PLS client and then became a client-board member before his exoneration in 2020 after which he continued to serve on the Board. Ray served on […]
Senator James Eldridge calls for independent oversight to help reform the agency, currently facing two federal lawsuits alleging misconduct The Boston GlobeJanuary 11, 2022By Mark Arsenault Amid two federal lawsuits alleging excessive force by Massachusetts prison officials, a leading critic of the Department of Correction has filed a bill to establish independent civilian oversight of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON – January 12, 2022 – Fifty-three organizations submitted joint testimony calling for transparency, accountability, and oversight of $1.3 billion in spending on prisons and jails today to the Special Commission on Department of Correction and Sheriffs’ Department Funding, stating, “[We] believe the Commission can only advance the public interest if its […]
WBURJanuary 4, 2022By Chris Lisinski The incarcerated population in Massachusetts has been dropping steadily for close to a decade at the same time that spending on corrections has been growing, divergent trends that prompted reform advocates to call Tuesday for more transparent reporting from state government. As a panel of lawmakers, sheriffs, administration officials and […]
Beginning today, many Massachusetts businesses will be limited to 25% capacity to help curb an anticipated increase in new coronavirus cases after the holiday.
Prisoner advocates in Massachusetts are redoubling their legal efforts to release inmates from state prisons because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Massachusetts prisoner advocates have doubled their legal efforts to release prisoners from state prisons due to a coronavirus pandemic.
Prisoner advocates in Massachusetts are redoubling their legal efforts to release inmates from state prisons because of the coronavirus pandemic.
2020 has been a year like none other, forcing the local legal community to deal with unprecedented challenges.
Two lawsuits filed in the past week allege that Massachusetts correction officials are endangering prisoners and staff during the pandemic, refusing to take steps that would tamp down infections and protect communities outside the prison walls.
