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BINJ ONLINE

ARLINGTON FOLLOW-UP: SQUANDERED JUSTICE

Public information requests reveal Arlington’s behind-the-scenes response to police controversy

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BINJ ONLINE August 8, 2019
SETH KERSHNER

HAMPDEN COUNTY’S PEPPER SPRAY PROBLEM

Use of force reports from the Hampden County Correctional Center reveal disproportionate use of chemical force against prisoners with psychiatric disabilities

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SETH KERSHNER July 3, 2019
BINJ ONLINE

MAKING FOIA WORK: THE METHODS AND DESIGN BEHIND OUR INVESTIGATION INTO GUN PROCUREMENT IN MASS

A single convenient clearinghouse for all of the material we produced—from links to features in English and Spanish, to a detailed Participatory Design Process Book

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BINJ ONLINE June 25, 2019
JEAN TROUNSTINE

MORE DYSFUNCTION THAN DIVERSITY

“I get calls from lifers every week that feel they have not gotten a fair hearing by the parole board.”

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JEAN TROUNSTINE June 25, 2019
BINJ ONLINE

BINJ RESTORATIVE JUSTICE STORY ON NEW ENGLAND CABLE NEWS

An Arlington, Massachusetts police lieutenant who was put on paid leave after writing a column filled with controversial statements about violence, immigrants and more is back on the job after going through a “restorative justice” program. Independent journalist Laura Kiesel joins Sue to talk about what this means and why she doesn’t agree with the program.

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BINJ ONLINE June 17, 2019
LAURA KIESEL

RESTORATIVE RUCKUS

Arlington’s attempt to mitigate a police department controversy causes more distress for some concerned residents

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LAURA KIESEL June 12, 2019
BINJ ONLINE

BINJ REPORTING HIGHLIGHTED NATIONALLY

While we can use all the local push that we can get, we are thrilled that The Appeal and The Marshall Project—both leading sources of news and information regarding criminal justice and prisons—picked up the latest from BINJ and reporter Jean Trounstine.

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BINJ ONLINE May 28, 2019
JEAN TROUNSTINE

THE FIGHT FOR LIFE

The Bay State has a fraught history of sentencing people to serve life without parole. Now lawmakers have a chance to end the bad deal Beacon Hill made to trade the death penalty for natural life sentences.

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JEAN TROUNSTINE May 22, 2019
BINJ ONLINE

FIRE SALE FINALE: BIG BANG THEORY

Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality

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BINJ ONLINE May 8, 2019
SETH KERSHNER

RIGHTS, CAMERAS, EXTRACTIONS

Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent

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SETH KERSHNER March 14, 2019
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