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Members of Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts speak at a symposium on Thursday at the New England School of Law after the screening of the short film “Solitary Voices,” which raises awareness about issues surrounding solitary confinement. PHOTO BY BRIGID KING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Symposium voices concern, highlights dangers of solitary confinement

Jessie Levinson March 30, 2016

As part of a weeklong call to action on current solitary confinement laws in Massachusetts, Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts hosted a symposium on solitary confinement Thursday afternoon...

Boston child poverty rate rising, US census bureau data suggests

Daily Free Press Admin April 1, 2014

With more than a quarter of Boston’s families with children living in poverty, a recent report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute found...

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