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Mass Parole Board violated the Americans with Disabilities Act

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Today, I received an interesting notice that “the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts has reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Parole Board to resolve allegations that the Parole Board violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by discriminating against individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD).

The press release included this info: “The agreement resolves complaints that the Parole Board discriminated against parolees and prospective parolees with SUD taking Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD). MOUDs include buprenorphine (Suboxone), methadone and naltrexone (Vivitrol). According to the complaints, the Parole Board required certain parolees with SUD to take a specific form of MOUD as a condition of parole instead of requiring them to comply with their health care provider’s recommended treatment.”

If you want to read the settlement agreement, it is here.

The Massachusetts Parole Board has a Transparency Problem

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Please read and share my newest article on DigBoston: The Massachusetts Parole Board has a Transparency Problem. “From secret hiring practices to a revolving door of political appointees, the Mass Parole Board is a “black hole,” and “lives are at risk.” More.

 

It’s A Crime: Using Technical Violations to Reincarcerate

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REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT: HERE
 
For more info on this event and the people participating: https://charleshamiltonhouston.org/events/its-a-crime/
 
For more info on the MONTH LONG national list of September activities demanding decarceration and honoring the anniversary of the Attica uprising 49 years later:  https://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AtticaUprising49-Calendar-of-Events.pdf
 

THE DYSFUNCTIONAL MASS PAROLE BOARD’S INEVITABLE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

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Please read and share my newest article on DIGBoston which begins:

“With coronavirus spreading throughout Commonwealth prisons, lawsuits filed last week denounced the Massachusetts Parole Board, calling it both “deliberately indifferent” and part of the mechanism currently violating the rights of prisoners. 

The third week of April was a milestone in many ways for those concerned with the state’s lack of response in its prisons and jails. As of April 20, 319 prisoners and staff had tested positive for COVID-19, while five prisoners had died.”

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