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Massachusetts

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
COLE ROSENGREN

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: THE ROAD TO ZERO

Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting

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COLE ROSENGREN July 2, 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
COLE ROSENGREN

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: SORTING IT OUT

Will Boston set a new regional precedent and finally pay recycling workers a living wage?

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COLE ROSENGREN April 12, 2019
JASON PRAMAS

IT’S TIME TO BRING BACK RENT CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS

  Some cause for hope in new tenant protection legislation being filed at the State House Yesterday, I saw some good news in the local press. A rarity to be sure. The Boston Globe reported that Rep. Mike Connolly and a coalition of other state legislators are about to file

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JASON PRAMAS March 27, 2019
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