FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON, December 28, 2021 – Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLS) is pleased to announce the employment of Dr. Alice Bukhman as the organization’s first professional healthcare advocate. The Healthcare Advocate position is new to PLS. In her part-time role, Dr. Bukhman is engaged in both individual advocacy and in helping the […]
COVID-19 exacerbates Massachusetts DOC health care shortcomings
March 10, 2021
Daily Free Press
By Colbi Edmonds
Among state lawmakers, compassionate release of inmates is divisive issue
By Milton Valencia The Boston Globe October 20, 2016 State lawmakers applauded the recent request by the federal government to free former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi from prison early under a program for elderly and severely ill inmates, agreeing that DiMasi, who has twice battled cancer while incarcerated, should be home with his family. […]