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The Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI) hosted a panel on March 20 as a part of the many events leading up to the inauguration of President Jay Bernhardt.  EPI launched in 2017 at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord (MCI-Concord), offering the same courses taught on Emerson’s main campus for official Emerson credits. Students at MCI-Concord...

A first-of-its-kind ruling by Massachusetts’ top appeals court recently declared sentences of life without parole for anyone under 21 to be unconstitutional, and advocates say the decision and the science backing it up could provide a road map for young adult sentencing reform nationwide.

Backers of a bill to create a special oversight body will gather at the Belmont A.M.E. Zion Church.

Each year, hundreds of prisoners in Massachusetts are released without traditional step-down programs meant to help them succeed.

Even dogs have it better than some held in our prisons and jails, which can be like kilns in the summer, sickening those inside and making conditions dangerous for everybody.

Letters to the Editor for July 12

In collaboration with the Emerson Prison Initiative, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs is hosting an exhibition showcasing essays written by formerly and currently incarcerated college students.

College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to incarcerate people. So why aren’t we educating more prisoners?

The story of an epic battle between freethought and censorship.

Jeff and Jer; Berger and Prescott; Hudson and Bauer; Dave, Shelly, and Chainsaw; and Mike and Kathy fought in the San Diego radio wars in the 1990s.