Has The Inhumane And Costly Massachusetts Prison Health Care System Improved Under New Management?
The state’s last prison health care contract brought despair and congressional scrutiny. Our investigation indicates that the new vendor is off to a troubling start.
Massachusetts Cops Are Increasingly Monitoring Drones, But At What Cost?
As police and civilian drone usage climbs despite a lack of clear guidelines and changing rules, authorities, advocates, and amateurs struggle to keep a close watch on each other Although drones are seemingly suddenly everywhere these days, they have been floating above us for more than a century, and actually made their debut shortly after […]
Massachusetts Legislators Seek Outside Counsel To Thwart Audit, Will Of Voters
Taxpayers will foot the bill for lawmakers to resist deep audit overwhelmingly approved last election Bay State voters faced a simple and straightforward choice this past November—either endorse institutional opacity as usual, or force elected leaders to relinquish the cloak of immunity their offices have enjoyed since short guys in shorter pants and curly wigs […]
Massachusetts State Police Seek Help Accessing Y2K-Era Data Storage
The agency’s crime lab needs to extract data from disks that first came on the market in 1996—but what for?
