Will The Massachusetts Governor Help The Overburdened Parole Board?
JEAN TROUNSTINE
March 5, 2025
A State House briefing aims to show why the Parole Board needs more manpower and resources—now
A State House briefing aims to show why the Parole Board needs more manpower and resources—now
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?
Concerned about the “onerous conditions of parole” and longstanding cruel procedures, legislators and reform advocates push major legislative and cultural changes.
“I know that if Sarah Coughlin is appointed to the Parole Board, she will be the people’s Parole Board member.”
Dorchester service provider for recently incarcerated individuals shifts from residential to day programs in the face of funding challenges
Arnold Leroy King, iconic prisoner rights advocate, fought for “lack of commutations being granted to exceptional and deserving individuals who are aging in the state’s overcrowded prison system.”
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Legislation would create “modern, automated system to seal Criminal Offender Record Information” (CORIs), clearing barriers to housing, employment, and more
Attorneys argue: “Because the non-homicide sentences govern when [Chism] is eligible for parole, he can’t see the Parole Board for 40 years where it would be 30 years at most for any juvenile sentenced to first-degree murder.”
The challenges for those seeking wrongful conviction compensation in Massachusetts, the push for reform, and the impact on exonerees. This is how advocates are fighting to remove the $1 million cap and improve the justice system.
