@MassPowerVote

MA prisoners and organizers fighting for felony voting rights restoration via a ballot campaign!

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None was there when I had my fatal hour: on the death of Jorge L. Zerquera - World Peace Foundation

This essays for an investigation of Jorge L. Zerquera's death at Massachusetts’ medium security prison, MCI-Norfolk.

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While an exorbitant number of formerly incarcerated people are homeless, nearly three times as many are housing insecure. The stigma of criminalization perpetuates a dangerous exclusion of vulnerable people from the housing market.
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Our Holiday Canteen Drive is in full effect! Let's keep giving... Help women incarcerated in the DOC get through the holiday season! Love and local solidarity! bit.ly/FreeHerCanteen #FreeHer #ReimaginingCommunities
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#NoCostCalls will be rolled out THIS FRIDAY (December 1)! #KeepFamiliesConnected Securus has posted a set of Frequently Asked Questions & Answers online, with information about getting refunds on prepaid calling and other concerns: securushelp.com/free-communi…
We are reaching out today with exciting news – starting December 1, 2023, communicating with incarcerated individuals at all Massachusetts correctional facilities will be FREE! Although some locations may not offer our entire technology suite, all Securus communications services available at your incarcerated loved one’s facility will be provided at no cost to you. Important notes: Since phone calls will be free, it isn’t necessary for you to have an AdvanceConnect prepaid calling account after December 1 if you only use it to pay for communications with loved ones at correctional facilities in Massachusetts. If that’s the case, you may close your account and request a full refund of the unused balance; for help with that, click here. If you communicate with incarcerated individuals at Securus-served facilities outside of Massachusetts, you should not close your AdvanceConnect account, as doing so would prevent you from receiving calls and paying for communications from those ...

ALT We are reaching out today with exciting news – starting December 1, 2023, communicating with incarcerated individuals at all Massachusetts correctional facilities will be FREE! Although some locations may not offer our entire technology suite, all Securus communications services available at your incarcerated loved one’s facility will be provided at no cost to you. Important notes: Since phone calls will be free, it isn’t necessary for you to have an AdvanceConnect prepaid calling account after December 1 if you only use it to pay for communications with loved ones at correctional facilities in Massachusetts. If that’s the case, you may close your account and request a full refund of the unused balance; for help with that, click here. If you communicate with incarcerated individuals at Securus-served facilities outside of Massachusetts, you should not close your AdvanceConnect account, as doing so would prevent you from receiving calls and paying for communications from those ...

Free Brian Peixoto@freepeixoto28 Nov 2023
Recording on incoming call from Securus tonight confirms free calls beginning 12/1. Just waiting on specifics, restrictions, etc. @sweetadelinevt @GBH @CourtWatchMA @CWBeacon wgbh.org/news/local/2023-11-…

Massachusetts becomes fifth state in nation to make prison calls free

Phone calls will be free starting Dec. 1 after the governor signed the legislation Wednesday.

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Come join the conversation tomorrow at 3:30pm via zoom
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Palestine events in Massachusetts this week! Graphic by @toqaassaf on Instagram
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The National Prison Debate League is sending a co-ed team of formerly incarcerated students from 3 different states to D.C. to engage in a policy debate on voting rights. Tune into the livestream tomorrow at 2pm and show them some love! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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The other interesting thing- is that this law also makes MA the first to allow free phone calls in county jails. Email communication and video calls will also be free. wgbh.org/news/local/2023-11-… @GBHNews @NPR #mapoli

Massachusetts becomes fifth state in nation to make prison calls free

Phone calls will be free starting Dec. 1 after the governor signed the legislation Wednesday.

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The #MALeg came so far in a year—passing the reenacted bill for #NoCostCalls with a commitment in the bill title to keep calls *unlimited* on Dec. 1, just as they are now! HUGE victory for impacted leaders & organizers + important commitment by #mapoli #KeepFamiliesConnected
Bill H.4052 193rd (Current) AN ACT PROVIDING FOR UNLIMITED FREE PHONE CALLS TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS Sections 50, 85 and 111 contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for ...

ALT Bill H.4052 193rd (Current) AN ACT PROVIDING FOR UNLIMITED FREE PHONE CALLS TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS Sections 50, 85 and 111 contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for ...

Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts@PLSMA17 Nov 2023
After years of advocacy led by directly impacted people, phone calls for incarcerated people and their loved ones are now free in MA! Read the No Cost Calls Coalition's press release here: plsma.org/NCCPress
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FINALLY!! No Cost Calls is officially signed into law🎉
andreaFreeHerjames@andreacjames16 Nov 2023
Thank you @maura_healey Signed into law "No one should be denied the opportunity to maintain communication with their loved ones simply because of cost. I'm proud to sign into law unlimited, free phone calls for individuals in county and state prisons” -Governor Maura T. Healey
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This is a huge deal. #mapoli #bospoli "[I]n 28% of stops—more than 1 in 4—involving male drivers with Hispanic last names, police identified the driver as white on their citations. ... likely ... obscur[ing] state and local data used to monitor racial profiling." Read this 🧵:
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"State’s highest court holds the fate of 108 people in its hands" It changed the law on felony murder in 2017 but left them to die behind bars. 82 percent are people of color — 59 percent Black. bostonglobe.com/2023/11/10/o… via @BostonGlobe

State’s highest court holds the fate of 108 people in its hands - The Boston Globe

It changed the law on felony murder in 2017 but left them to die behind bars.

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#NoLonger3/5 retweeted
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@JohnKRoman7 Nov 2023
This will get no traction because it's not salacious. But, the Council on Criminal Justice finds no change in shoplifting nationally between 2019 and 2023. The organized smash-and-grabs your cable TV station can't stop talking about are rare events. counciloncj.org/shoplifting-...

Shoplifting Trends in Time and Space: A Study of Two Major American Cities - Council on Criminal...

This report looks at the prevalence and concentration of shoplifting in two major cities—Los Angeles and Chicago—before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NEW: If you're on parole, you can be sent back to prison for hanging out w/ the wrong people - in 18 states, anyone with a felony record - even if those people are trying to help you succeed. Our friend @KevinPyle2 illustrates our new briefing: prisonpolicy.org/blog/2023/1…
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Keri Blakinger@keribla6 Nov 2023
A Senate proposal introduced last week would send THOUSANDS of people released under CARES Act back to federal prison - in some cases years after they were released. It's wild to me that this isn't getting more coverage. reason.com/2023/11/06/senate…

Senate resolution would send federal offenders back to prison 3 years after being released to home...

The Bureau of Prisons released more than 12,000 people on home confinement during the pandemic. Three years later, Republicans want to overturn a Justice Department rule allowing those still serving...

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It's Election Day! Get out to vote, and if you see one of our volunteers outside the polling location, sign our petition to restore voting rights to people serving a felony sentence. We have volunteers at locations throughout the state so let's get this done!
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Most jailed people have the right to vote – but few can. Legally innocent individuals awaiting a trial never lose the right to vote, and yet they are overwhelmingly denied the ability to cast a ballot. naacpldf.org/detained-and-di…
Individuals incarcerated at the Cook County Jail vote in the Illinois primary election after a polling place in the facility was opened for early voting on Mar. 7, 2020. (Photos by Scott Olson via Getty Images)

ALT Individuals incarcerated at the Cook County Jail vote in the Illinois primary election after a polling place in the facility was opened for early voting on Mar. 7, 2020. (Photos by Scott Olson via Getty Images)

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We have a volunteer training starting at 7pm tonight if you want to help collect signatures to restore voting rights to people serving a felony sentence actionnetwork.org/events/no-…

No Longer 3/5 Volunteer Training 11/5

Hey everyone! We are holding a signature gathering training on Sunday the 5th at 7pm on zoom for people who are collecting signatures to restore voting rights to people serving a felony sentence. See...

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Would be great to add nearly 6,000 more people to this number by restoring voting rights to MA residents currently serving a felony sentence!
The Sentencing Project@SentencingProj4 Nov 2023
Over 2 million Americans have regained the right to vote since 1997. Since 1997, 26 states and the District of Columbia have expanded voting rights to people living with felony convictions or amended policies to guarantee ballot access. bit.ly/46P6U0O
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It's crunch time to collect signatures for Election Day. Want to helps us reach our goal?? Then sign up on our volunteer form and a coalition member will get back to you! We want to get as many volunteers at the polls as possible so join us docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

No Longer 3/5 signature collection: Election Day

Our coalition is collection signatures to end felony disenfranchisement in MA and we need to collect over 75,000 signatures to get this issue on the ballot. We want a big turnout on Election Day...

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