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MA: DOC Commissioner Clarke gets an earful at a local hearing

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"If there was a magic button that, if pressed, would instantly rehabilitate all prisoners and reduce recidivism to zero, with a show of hands, those who believe that the Department of Corrections would not press that button." Most hands shot up." " Boston Prison Blues Commissioner Clarke gets an earful at a local hearing By Cara Bayles Last Tuesday, approximately 100 people filed into St. Paul's Cathedral for a public hearing with Department of Corrections (DOC) Commissioner Harold Clarke. The event was organized by the End the Odds Coalition, a group of activists (among them, former state Rep. Mel King) promoting a humane culture within the Massachusetts prison system. The testimony spanned a range of voices, some emanating from behind prison walls...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 27, 2008 (boomark / email).