Massachusetts

Massachusetts   

 Boston Public Schools and the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Massachusetts



Report from  the Chairs of the Special Joint 
  Committee on Redistricting 
Special  Joint Committee on Redistricting 

Charles Hamilton Houston Institute  for Race & Justice 
 Harvard Law School Report: 
    "Three Strikes: The Wrong Way to Justice 
 A Report on Massachusetts' Proposae Habitual 
 Offender Legislation"


Latest 3-Strikes Bill in Massachusetts Documents
Thanks to Prison Legal Service 
    Sentencing Commission Review Analysis
    Short list of Crimes
    Misconception on Habitual Offender bill
    Questions for your Legislators
    Legislators  on 3-Strikes
    Contacts Your Legislators Right Away  
 
Document on "Stand Your  Ground" Bill:   

 Call the Massachusetts and Latino Legislative Caucus 

 Why We Oppose 3-Strikes Bill and Stand Your Ground Bill in Massachusetts 

"Stand Your Ground" Bill in Massachusetts


 "Massachusetts Adoptes 3-Strikes Law if"... 

Press  Releases, & Resolution Against 3-Strikes Bill in MA. 

          1. Press release and Resolution submitted by Counc. Charles Yancey at Boston Cityhall

             opposing 3- Strikes bill in Massachusetts. 

           2.Press release for press conference against 3-Strikes Bill at Mass. Statehouse Feb. 3rd. 2012

           3. The State of Black Boston: Important Report!

           4. Community Development: Measuring Neighborhood Distress: James Jennings 

                                      Bill: s. 2054: "An act relative to habitual offenders, sentencing and improviing law enforcement tool." 

On Thursday Nov. 10th, 2011 the Massachusetts Senate voted unanimously to pass S. 2054: It has already passed in the House  and is presently with the Conference Committee.  This bill if it is signed into law will carry the follow effects: Parole eligibility for lifers, would increase from 15-25 years and further crowd our prisons,  Mandatory post release supervisioin would be  forced upon All people incarcerated in Massachusetts  prisons, thus increasinig the revolving door of recidivism. S. 2054 will  lead to Mass incarceration in Massachusetts etc... 

Documents:

Latest Analysis of 3-Strikes Bills in Massachusetts:

Use of Habitual Offender Law in Mass Old vs. New

Bill Comparison Chart (1).

Bill Comparison Chart (2).

List of Crimes

List of Final 3-Strikes Fact Sheet

Final Analysis of S. 2080 and H. 3818

Cost Table of S. 2080

Contact Your Legislators Right Away

Massachusetts Department of Corrections Master Plan projects 27, 000 prisoners and jails & calls for regional jails for women and 2 or 3 prisons for aging and dying prisoners: Massachusetts Corrections Masters Plan

Urgent Update: Attend 3-Strikes Conference Committee Meeting at the Statehouse/Massachusetts 

Why We Oppose 3-Strikes Laws in Massachusetts 

Letter to Governor Deval Patrick

Urgent Update for Urgent Action:3-Strikes Law in Massachusetts?

Massachusetts  3-Strikes  House Bill 

Massachusetts 3-Strikes Senate Bill-

Alternatives to 3-Strikes Bill in Massachusetts: Newseletter 

Massachusetts to Adopt "Three-Strikes-You-Are-Out" Law if...   Newsletter 

From 3-Strikes Bill to Prison Privatization: Mass Incarceration in Massachusetts  Newsletter 

Massachusetts Department of Corrections: Prison Population Trends 2010:  "The Massachusetts DOC custody population showed an increase of 11% between January  1,2002 and January 1, 2011. After a slight decline of over 2% from 2002 to 2005, there was a marked increase of 14% from 2005 to 2011." 

Massachusetts Parole Board: 2009 Annual Statistical Report

The Failure of the War on Drugs: Charting a New Course for The Commonwealth: 

Massachusetts-: Incarceration, Reentry and Recidivism

 

Massachusetts Department of Correction: January 1st, 2009 Inmate Statistics

http://www.mass.gov/Eeops/docs/doc/research_reports/112009.pdf

 

Massachusetts Department of Correction:

Quarterly Report on the Status of Prison Overcrowding, Third Quarter 2009

http://www.mass.gov/Eeops/docs/doc/research_reports/3rd_09_overcrowding.pdf

 

 

Massachusetts Department of Correction:

2008 Releases to the Street from the Massachusetts Department of Correction

http://www.mass.gov/Eeops/docs/doc/research_reports/release_to_street_2008.pdf

 

Massachusetts Department of Correction:

Recidivism of 2002 Released Department of Correction Inmates

http://www.mass.gov/Eeops/docs/doc/research_reports/rec2002.pdf

 

 

Prisoner Reentry In Massachusetts

... This report describes prisoner reentry in Massachusetts by examining the trends
in ... This document consolidates existing data on incarceration and release trends ...

http://www.mass.gov/Eeops/docs/doc/research_reports/prisoner_reentry_in_ma.pdf

 

 

Re-Entry Policy Council: Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the Community. Re-Entry Statistics.

http://steveapplegate.com/northcarolinatasc/reentryreport/stats-reentry-combined.pdf.pdf

 

 

UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF REENTRY AND REINTEGRATION

http://www.communityalternatives.org/pdf/unlocking_potential.pdf

 

Massachusetts/Reentry

The line chart below provides BJS statistics on adult prison .... Reentry case manager through MA DYS. SVORI Grantee: Massachusetts Department of Youth ...

http://www.svori-evaluation.org/%5Cdocuments%5Cnationalportrait%5CMassachusetts.pdf

 

A Fact Sheet on Re-Entry and the Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council

http://reentrypolicy.org/jc_publications/fact_sheet_on_reentry_the_report_of_reentry_policy_council/RPC_Report_Fact_Sheet.pdf

 

Massachusetts Recidivism Study: A Closer Look at Releases and Returns to Prison

http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0805SENTENCERES7.PDF

 

Reincarcerated: The Experiences of Men Returning to Massachusetts Prisons

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411656_mass_prisons.pdf

 

Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI)

Nov 23, 2009 ... The state Senate recently passed a bill that will reform the CORI system in Massachusetts. Advocates are optimistic that the House will ...

http://www.massresources.org/pages.cfm?contentID=122&pageID=35&Subpages=yes

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