In Massachusetts, it is now unconstitutional to sentence any adult under the age of 21 to life in prison without the possibility of parole, a new ruling that will protect emerging adults across the state from life sentences and give potential second chances to those who previously received them.
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.”
The often overlooked role of Black trans women in the civil rights movement was integral to the movement's success, creating a legacy a Boston activist and the assistant to the director at BU’s Center for Antiracist Research argue must be remembered.
Performative activism is the new Band-Aid for white fragility. With a new president leading the country, the conversation about racism should only continue and expand, and our dedication to racial equality needs to be stronger than ever.
LGBTQ individuals experience higher rates of violence and death than their heterosexual peers, and this reality can take a toll.
To celebrate trans resilience and address topics such as transphobia...
The exhibits gave participants insights into the hardships faced by those incarcerated in America's justice system and detailed the history and future of voting rights in America.
Sometimes the guilty aren’t always so guilty. A record of 149 exonerations occurred in 2015, according to a recent report from The National Registry of Exonerations. Of those exonerations, two-thirds...
A Monday piece from the Chicago Tribune highlights an issue most of us have never heard of before: In “at least” 43 states, it is legal to seek “room and board fees” from released prisoners. In...
