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NEWS FROM NLG-MASS CHAPTER
Limited Humanitarian & Financial Benefits from Medical Paroles for Prisoners Serving LWOP for First-Degree Murder, 2018-2024
By Dirk Greineder Massachusetts Prisoners are the most aged (1) and, even after the Mattis decision, have the highest percentage of Life Without Parole (LWOP) prisoners in the U. S. (3): Thé MA 2018 medical parole law was enacted to allow the DOC Commissioner to release terminally ill (life expectancy <18 months) and permanently incapacitated… READ MORE>>
We Need Furloughs!
By Stanley Donald, Senior Law Clerk For Prisoners There is no more common decency. It seems that the Department of Corrections has lost its way. There is nothing being done to rectify the after-effects from COVID in prison. Granting furloughs to prisoners would be a step to heal the mental anguish from the loss of… READ MORE>>
