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MA: Imprisoned by mandates

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Imprisoned by mandates By Yvonne Abraham Globe Columnist / May 13, 2010 A lot of legislators are skittish these days, worried voters will dump them now that Massachusetts is a state Sarah Palin would visit ? however briefly. Maybe that?s why House members recently approved a measure allowing sheriffs to charge inmates daily fees for their incarceration. There?s no easier way to earn (Scott) Brownie points than by punishing criminals twice for the same offense, especially if it raises money during a fiscal crisis. Now the same legislators who brought you the inmate charges are wrestling with an overhaul of the state?s criminal justice system. Yikes. The overhaul is a big priority for Governor Deval Patrick, and it has been pushed along by Senate President Therese Murray, whose leadership here has been stellar...continue to full post

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