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JEAN TROUNSTINE

GOVERNING IN DARKNESS: Part 1

For centuries, critics have questioned whether the Governor’s Council, rife with conflict, should exist. In 2024, is the body obsolete?

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JEAN TROUNSTINE July 25, 2024
JEAN TROUNSTINE

GRADING THE PAROLE BOARD

The Massachusetts Parole Board still faces big challenges despite making some improvements this past year. Its final member was approved this week, but is the body equipped to operate efficiently?

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JEAN TROUNSTINE April 3, 2024
JEAN TROUNSTINE

A “NEW HOPE”

What the Mattis decision means for parole in Massachusetts—unprecedented opportunities for release from life sentences, updated trainings for attorneys, and a big shift in the system

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JEAN TROUNSTINE February 1, 2024
DAN ATKINSON & JEAN TROUNSTINE

PROFITS OVER PRISONERS?

While Massachusetts seeks a contractor to provide healthcare services for people in state prisons, advocates are pushing for stronger oversight of private operators as incarcerated people describe “deplorable” neglect and mistreatment By Dan Atkinson and Jean Trounstine For the past six years, Massachusetts has paid more than half-a-billion dollars to

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DAN ATKINSON & JEAN TROUNSTINE January 12, 2024
NATE HOMAN

DIAMONDS & GUNS

The untold story of Charles Taylor’s time in the Bay State, the crimes he committed, and the prison he escaped from before ransacking Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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NATE HOMAN January 9, 2024
NATE HOMAN

DIAMONDS & GUNS

The untold story of Charles Taylor’s time in the Bay State, the crimes he committed, and the prison he escaped from before ransacking Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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NATE HOMAN January 9, 2024
NATE HOMAN

AN INFAMOUS WEST AFRICAN WARLORD’S BAY STATE JAILBREAK

The only prisoner to make a clean getaway from the Plymouth County House of Correction is also the first world leader convicted of international war crimes since the Nazis. This is the untold story of Charles Taylor’s time in the Bay State, the crimes he committed, and the prison he

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NATE HOMAN January 7, 2024
JEAN TROUNSTINE

LAWMAKERS QUESTION MASS PAROLE PROCESS. CAN THEY IMPROVE THE SYSTEM?

Concerned about the “onerous conditions of parole” and longstanding cruel procedures, legislators and reform advocates push major legislative and cultural changes.

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JEAN TROUNSTINE November 6, 2023
JEAN TROUNSTINE

SECOND LOOK

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering legislation that would reexamine harsh and mandatory prison sentences. The policy, which follows national trends, could have a significant impact on more than 1,800 people behind bars and their families.

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JEAN TROUNSTINE October 3, 2023
JEAN TROUNSTINE

DOES A NEW GOVERNOR SIGNAL A NEW DIRECTION FOR THE MASS PAROLE BOARD?

“I know that if Sarah Coughlin is appointed to the Parole Board, she will be the people’s Parole Board member.”

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JEAN TROUNSTINE September 18, 2023
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