The Boston Globe February 27th, 2019 By Adrian Walker Can Massachusetts break its longstanding bond with solitary confinement? That question was supposed to have been settled in 2018. As the state enacted sweeping criminal justice reforms, one feature of the new law was a concerted effort to drive down the number of prisoners being held […]
’You’re creating monsters’: Advocates say new rules fail to reform solitary confinement in Massachusetts
MassLive February 20th, 2019 By Shira Schoenberg The criminal justice reform law that the Legislature passed last year contains reforms to the state’s solitary confinement system meant to provide inmates with better living conditions, limit the length of time someone can be held without review, and keep mentally ill inmates out of solitary confinement. The Department […]