On April 19, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Senator Edward Markey reintroduced their Ending Qualified Immunity Act, legislation aimed to eliminate the unjust and misconduct of government officials.

Michael Horrell, a staff attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts — an organization focused on protecting civil rights of people in prisons — said the pandemic has worsened the quality of health care in the state’s correctional facilities, which has “never been great.”