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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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SARAH BETANCOURT

LAWMAKERS AND ADVOCATES PUSH FOR MORE COVID-19 DATA FROM PRISONS

“It’s always helpful to have transparency in reporting data … Especially when we’re dealing with people’s health and safety, and when people are dying.”

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SARAH BETANCOURT April 24, 2020
JEAN TROUNSTINE

CHANGING PERCEPTION, CHANGING THE LAW

What Mass lawmakers can learn from the battle to end death by incarceration across the country

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JEAN TROUNSTINE March 4, 2020
SARA SELEVITCH

THE QUIET ONE

40 years ago this month, Fred Clay was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. After 38 years behind bars, he’s telling his story and writing another chapter.

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SARA SELEVITCH November 26, 2019
DIEGO MARCANO

RETHINKING REENTRY

In a state that sets up former inmates for failure, this program offers hope through education and more 

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DIEGO MARCANO October 30, 2019
BINJ ONLINE

BINJ SELECTED FOR SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK ‘RENEWING DEMOCRACY’ GRANT, EXPANDS SCOPE OF PRISON & PAROLE REPORTING

BINJ is examining how grassroots campaigns in Massachusetts and elsewhere are challenging policies related to parole, fighting to reduce the number of people sentenced to life without parole, and in many cases, having success and creating real change.

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BINJ ONLINE October 23, 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 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
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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