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JEAN TROUNSTINE

JEAN TROUNSTINE

GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL SIGNALS LANDMARK COMMUTATION LOOMS

Tom Koonce (left) and his son, Thomas Andrews, circa 2018, taken at MCI Norfolk “You had one really horrible day and you paid dearly but I think you paid enough.” On Jan. 26, 54-year-old prisoner Thomas Koonce, a former US Marine who was born in Brockton, spent nine-and-a-half hours at

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JEAN TROUNSTINE January 27, 2022
JEAN TROUNSTINE

THE MASS 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.” In the spring of 2021, Ms. Smith, whose name has been changed for this article, heard from a friend that there was a vacancy on the

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JEAN TROUNSTINE December 20, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

MASS CORRECTIONS OFFICERS’ ANTI-VAXX LAWSUIT FAILS

“The plaintiffs ignore the harm that their requested injunction would cause incarcerated people.”

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JEAN TROUNSTINE October 18, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

DAY-LONG HEARING ON CORRECTIONS SEES PLEAS FOR FREE CALLS AND AN END TO LIFE W/OUT PAROLE

150-plus Advocates testify about “broken” Mass criminal legal system

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JEAN TROUNSTINE October 7, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

INNER CITY WEIGHTLIFTING CREATES COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO SOCIETY HAS OTHERWISE DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY

“We can come here, chill. It’s like a family. And my friends are here with me.”

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JEAN TROUNSTINE August 31, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

SPECIAL FEATURE: A YEAR OF DISASTER AT OLD COLONY

“People call saying, “I just can’t bear it.” “The walls are closing in on me; I can’t talk to my family; I’ve lost it.”

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JEAN TROUNSTINE May 3, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

REPORT: COMMONWEALTH COMMITTED TO “OTHER DEATH PENALTY”

New report shows 1/6 of women in Mass prisons sentenced to life without parole.

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JEAN TROUNSTINE February 24, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

DISPATCH FROM THE DISASTROUS DOC HEARING ON ITS SNAIL MAIL OVERHAUL

Department in denial that officers smuggle in drugs. Prisoner advocates cry foul.

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JEAN TROUNSTINE February 1, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

“COMPELLING” CASE MADE IN 5-PLUS HOUR COMMUTATION HEARING

“I cannot be silent when I helped to bring about the conviction of a man for the wrong crime”

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JEAN TROUNSTINE October 28, 2020
JEAN TROUNSTINE

REVOCATION NATION: REINCARCERATION FOR TECHNICAL PAROLE VIOLATIONS IN THE AGE OF COVID-19

  Jonathan Best had been out of prison for two years when he ended a rocky relationship with his girlfriend. Like many men and women on parole—a form of early release, in which the remainder of one’s sentence is served in the community—he suffered from depression and anxiety. At the

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JEAN TROUNSTINE September 15, 2020
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