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Boston mayoral candidates John Barros, Andrea Campbell, Kim Janey, Annissa Essaibi George, Jon Santiago and Michelle Wu at the Suffolk County House of Corrections May 28. The candidates addressed criminal justice reform, mental health resources and more at their first in-person mayoral forum. COURTESY OF PETER VAN DELFT

Suffolk County Sheriff Department holds first in-person 2021 mayoral forum

Madison Mercado June 2, 2021
Six Boston mayoral candidates debated in the first in-person forum of the year last Wednesday.
EDITORIAL: Prison labor should be a form of rehabilitation, not punishment

EDITORIAL: Prison labor should be a form of rehabilitation, not punishment

Editors September 28, 2020
The prison system is not designed to address crime. It is simply a revolving door: the people who come in are never truly offered a way out, even after release.
Monika Nayak, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of Amnesty International at BU, speaks during a panel Wednesday night about problems within the criminal justice system in the United States. PHOTO BY NICOLAS TEPPER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Criminal justice, prison reform addressed at AI at BU panel

Maddie Domenichella February 25, 2016

Three experts in criminal justice and prison reform spoke to approximately 30 Boston University students at a panel hosted by Amnesty International at BU Wednesday night. AI at BU was the first human...

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