Joe Irizarry featured (center) with family and friends, July 2020 at his sister’s house

Please see my newest article at DIGBoston, HIRED TO HELP END LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, SHOWING WHY SECOND CHANCES ARE NEEDED. It details Joseph Irizarry, the newest member of CELWOP, the Campaign to End Life Without Parole, and begins:

““People need to understand how much impact formerly incarcerated people can have on the community,” said Joseph Irizarry, the newly hired community organizer for the Campaign to End Life without Parole in Massachusetts (CELWOP). CELWOP (which this reporter participates in) did a statewide search for an organizer before it hired Irizarry.” More