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Sentencing Change: Call for Submissions
A Blog from Prisoners’ Legal Services As Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLS) enters its 50th year of serving incarcerated people, we continue to seek new ways to further our mission…
Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts Statement on Governor Baker’s Latest Amendments to Incarceration-Related Bills
Governor Baker is refusing to sign a law that would provide free calls in prisons and jails, holding it hostage to try to force passage of a “dangerousness” bill that would…
Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts Statement on the 2021-2022 Legislative Session Budget
On Monday, July 18th, the Massachusetts legislature voted on the state’s budget, which was passed by both the House and Senate. The budget currently sits before Governor Baker for his final…
Ray Champagne
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…
Report details women’s accounts of sexual misconduct by staff in Massachusetts prisons and jails
WBURBy Deborah BeckerJuly 11, 2022 A report obtained by WBUR attempts to document what’s often a hidden problem: sexual misconduct against women incarcerated in Massachusetts. The research, from Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts,…
Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts Statement on its newly released Women’s Project Report and the Ripples Report
The Women’s Incarceration Conditions and Reentry Project (The Women’s Project) of Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLS) interviewed and anonymously surveyed over two dozen women incarcerated throughout Massachusetts and has published…
New Report Proposes a Different Way Forward for Incarcerated Women in Massachusetts
For immediate release BOSTON – July 11, 2022 – Today, Prisoners’ Legal Services’ (PLS) Women’s Incarceration Conditions and Reentry Project (the Women’s Project) released a new report detailing the traumatic experiences of…
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The Keeping Families Connected / No Cost Calls Coalition Urges the Legislature to MakePrison Phone and Jail Phone Calls Free, Fully Funded, and Guaranteed in the MA FY23 Budget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Boston – June 2, 2022 – After years of organizing, language ensuring free phone calls for people incarcerated in Massachusetts jails and prisons has passed in the House…
Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts awarded Cummings Foundation grant
Boston nonprofit receives funding from Cummings Foundation in Support of Women’s Incarceration & Reentry Project BOSTON – June 1, 2022 – Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLS) is one of 140…
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MA Supreme Court: Sheriff Hodgson Can Keep Prisoners’ Phone Fees
WBSMBy Kate RobinsonMay 17, 2022 The state’s highest court has affirmed today that Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is legally authorized to collect revenues for his office through phone service fees.…
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SJC says sheriffs can charge commissions for prison phone calls
Court leaves issue up to Legislature Commonwealth MagazineBy Shira SchoenbergMay 17, 2022 MASSACHUSETTS SHERIFFS HAVE the legal authority to raise revenue from contracts for inmate phone calls, the Supreme Judicial Court…
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AG’s Office Issues Warning About Scams Targeting Friends and Family of Incarcerated People
Partnering With Massachusetts Department of Correction, Prisoners’ Legal Services, and Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association in Providing Tips on How to Protect Against Fraud Office of Attorney General Maura HealeyMay 2, 2022 BOSTON — Attorney…
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