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MA: "Legislators see merit in reforming parole laws"---but at least one local prison reform advocate (Lois Ahrens) disagrees with proposed legislation

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Legislators see merit in reforming parole laws By Ben Storrow 02/16/2011 Daily Hampshire Gazettte AMHERST ? Area legislators are supporting efforts to reform the state?s parole laws in the wake of the slaying of a police officer allegedly at the hands of a career criminal last year, but at least one local prison reform advocate argues that reforms fueled by single incidents are usually off the mark. The issue of reforming the policy and procedures that govern the state's Parole Board has risen to the top of the legislative agenda on Beacon Hill following the Dec. 26 shooting death of a Woburn police officer. The alleged killer, Dominic Cinelli, had been serving three concurrent life sentences before he was released on parole in 2009. Three bills have been filed with the aim of toughening the state's parole laws, including one by Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 16, 2011 (boomark / email).