Please see our far-reaching interview with Andrea James, Indepndent Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts who shares various aspects of her platform relevant to issues including housing, education, healthcare, childcare, and opposition to a new prison for women.
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Emerson College expands higher education at MCI-Norfolk, offering incarcerated scholars a path to graduate credentials and career opportunities
Beyond The Bachelor’s: First Massachusetts In-Prison Graduate Program Launches Read Post »
This holiday season, longtime BINJ prison reporter Jean Trounstine reflects on the work that cleared her path to journalism.
I first met Angie Jefferson in prison in 1992.
In 2024, there she was with two other friends, standing on my doorstep in Tewksbury.
Angie had come to my college acting class at Framingham MCI via Bertie, a Jamaican beauty shunned by others because she killed her daughter. Hurting a child is anathema to women behind bars; and while we know now it was likely post-partum depression, Bertie was deemed irredeemable. She sought refuge with nurturing women who didn’t judge, women like Angie. MORE IN BINJ
Prison Brought Us Together, But Friendship Survives Read Post »
Please read and share my newest in BINJ about this new fantastic higher-ed program that is in Worcester, MA–it offers an array of perks and classes that “fight poverty and prison and begins with this subtitle:” “Inside Clark University’s program to leverage education’s proven power to cut recidivism.” MORE
Beyond Boston: Fighting Poverty And Prison With College In Worcester Read Post »
Pictured: Members of the Governor’s Council listen to Probation Commissioner Pamerson Ifill testify for Angelo Gomez in June | Photo by Jean Trounstine
Will former chief parole supervisor Angelo Gomez help or hurt the overburdened board? Some say he is “the right man” and dedicated to “support not surveillance.” Others question his priorities. MORE
The Battle Over The Newest Member Of The Massachusetts Parole Board Read Post »