November 24, 2017 The Salem News By Christian M. Wade BOSTON — Massachusetts has some of the nation’s harshest solitary confinement rules, allowing inmates to be placed in segregated units for as long as 10 years. But the state is now poised to ease its restrictive policies as part of a wide-ranging criminal justice bill […]
Advocates push for limits on Massachusetts’s use of solitary confinement
By Shira Schoenberg MassLive June 17, 2016 A growing group of advocates is pushing for changes to Massachusetts’s solitary confinement policies, as several bills move slowly through the legislative process. The Pioneer Institute think tank joined the call recently with a new policy brief arguing that Massachusetts should restrict the use of solitary confinement, provide regular […]
Symposium voices concern, highlights dangers of solitary confinement
By Jessie Levinson The Daily Free Press March 30, 2016 As part of a weeklong call to action on current solitary confinement laws in Massachusetts, Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts hosted a symposium on solitary confinement Thursday afternoon at the New England School of Law. The symposium consisted of two panels as well as a […]
Fighting To End Solitary Confinement
Interview by Jim Braude with Lizz Matos and Benito Vega WGBH Greater Boston March 23, 2016 A group of local criminal justice reformers has organized a Week of Action on Solitary Confinement to raise awareness of what they consider the cruelty of the practice which 80 to 100 thousand Americans experience every day. As part of the effort, a […]