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/PRNewswire/ -- In the spirit of compassion and generosity, The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (The National...

BOSTON, Dec. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — ‘Tis the season of giving, and The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (The National Council) and Families for Justice as Healing (FJAH) are happy to announce their annual Reimagining Communities Toy Drive for Families Impacted by Incarceration.  We can create lasting memories and spread […]

MCI-Framingham Inmates Give Historic Testimony At Moratorium Hearing - Framingham, MA - Massachusetts lawmakers are making a renewed push for a five-year moratorium on prison construction.

/PRNewswire/ -- The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, Families for Justice as Healing, and Inside the Sun proudly...

The Criminal Justice Reform Act allows anyone who in a prison or jail who has a "terminal illness or permanent incapacitation" to be released.

“(T)he current children’s jail in Taunton is old and terrible and no children should be in there," said activist Mallory Hanora.

You will never find healing when you are isolated from those that help you feel cared for, says organizer Kami Beckford.

Versions of the proposal are before committees in both the state House and Senate.

An incarcerated woman in her cell in the intensive treatment unit at MCI Framingham.Suzanne Kreiter In the summer of 2010, the women at Danbury federal prison in Connecticut analyzed their plight. They pored over “The New Jim Crow,” Michelle Alexander’s best-selling book on mass incarceration, and tuned into reports on their transistor radios about the for-profit prison industry. They created timelines of the lobbying and laws that led to a massive spike in the rate of Black peop...