Past Events
- March 4, 2026: Screening of “Titicut Follies”
- December 2, 2025: Building Justice: PLS Annual Gala
- May 24, 2025: REICI Screening of “Behind the Wall”
- April 30, 2025: REICI Community Conversation
- April 15, 2025: PLS Lobby Day
- March 29, 2025: Legislative Advocacy Skills, Strategies, and Solidary: Building Collective Power to Change the Law
- Mar. 12, 2025: Legislative Advocacy for Decarceration and Human Rights
- Jan. 22, 2025: REICI Lobby Day
- Dec. 18, 2024: REICI Coalition Meeting
- Nov. 21, 2024: Building Justice: PLS Annual Gala
- Oct. 30, 2024: REICI Presents: Community Conversations – The Need for Meaningful Oversight and the Collection of Substantive Race Data in MA Corrections
- Mar. 21, 2024: REICI Presents: A Virtual Community Conversation on Race Equity in Corrections
- Mar. 20, 2024: Medical Parole Pro Bono Training Hosted by Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts
- Feb. 16th, 2024: REICI Coalition Meeting
- Jan. 26, 2024: Springfield Community Conversation on Race Equity in Corrections and Supporting Legislation
- Jan. 24, 2024: Race Data & Oversight Bill Briefing
- Jan. 23, 2024: Worcester Community Conversation on Race Equity in Corrections and Supporting Legislation
- Nov. 30, 2023: Building Justice: PLS Annual Gala
- Nov. 18, 2023: REICI Presents: A Community Conversation on Race Equity in Corrections
- Oct. 24, 2023: BBA Webinar: Pro Bono Opportunities with Prisoners’ Legal Services
- Oct. 16, 2023: A Symposium On Deconstructing Mass Incarceration
- Sep. 30, 2023: REICI Presents: A Community Conversation on Race Equity in Corrections
- June 1, 2023: Legislative Briefing on Access to Addiction Services Briefing
- Nov. 29, 2022: Building Justice: PLS Annual Gala, Celebrating 50 Years of Advocacy
- Oct. 7. 2022: A Different Way Forward Debrief Panel
- Jan. 19, 2022: Virtual Legislative Briefing on no-cost calls legislation
- Nov. 17, 2021: Building Justice: PLS Annual Virtual Gala
- Oct. 14, 2021: Legislative Briefing – Two-Part Legislative Briefing on Parole, Part 2: Ending Life Without Parole
- Oct. 6, 2021: Legislative Hearing – Virtual Legislative Hearing – The Joint Committee on Election Laws held a virtual public hearing on Wednesday, October 6th. PLS submitted testimony in support of H.836 and S.474, An Act to protect the voting rights of eligible incarcerated people.
- Oct. 5, 2021: Legislative Hearing – Virtual Legislative Hearing on Correctional Services & Spending – The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a virtual public hearing on several important bills related to correctional services and spending on Tuesday, October 5th. Important bills included An Act to Reduce Mass Incarceration, An Act to reform parole supervision in the interest of justice, An Act Relative to Inmate Telephone Calls (No-Cost Calls), An Act establishing a jail and prison construction moratorium, and An Act regarding decarceration and COVID-19.
- Sep. 22, 2021: Two-Part Legislative Briefing on Parole, Part 1: Parole Access and Medical Parole
- Nov. 12, 2020: Second Chances Annual Gala
- Nov 14, 2019: Taking the “CRIMINAL” Out of “CRIMINAL JUSTICE” – Staff Attorney Bonnie Tenneriello spoke at MHLAC’s conference about implementation of the CJRA and solitary confinement oversight.
- Oct 28, 2019: Unlock Democracy – Restoring Voting Rights to Incarcerated People – Executive Director Elizabeth Matos spoke about the movement to restore voting rights to incarcerated people in Massachusetts.
- Oct 4, 2019: 20th Annual Criminal Law Conference 2019 – Litigation Director Jim Pingeon spoke about Medication Assisted Treatment in Corrections.
- June 25, 2019: No Pride in Prison: The Criminalization of LGBTQ People
- March 25, 2019: Legal Services Update: Immigration Detention Conditions Project