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MA: Prison Update: It's not getting any better and op-ed from 3 ministers in Bay State Banner- "Prison Reform Is Neede Now--Not Later"

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prison Update: It's not getting any better By CHRIS FARAONE | November 10, 2010 Boston Phoenix It's discouraging that conditions may have worsened in state prisons since the Phoenix published "Troubled Over Bridgewater" in September. Our investigation highlighted egregious systemwide failures, specifically turmoil at the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, where reform advocates continue to express concerns about overcrowding, an alarming suicide rate, and apparent patterns of prisoner abuse. Yet the climate in Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) facilities appears to be increasingly volatile, as more incidents involving physical and sexual misconduct are reported, and as sudden executive vacancies cause institutional uncertainty...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 13, 2010 (boomark / email).