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House Bill
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2693
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An Act relative to elder and medical parole
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Support
|
$300.16
|
n/a
|
|
Senate Bill
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1720
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An Act to build restorative family and community connection
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Support
|
$286.52
|
n/a
|
|
Executive
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Other
|
Prisoners' Legal Services provided briefings and advocated for a number of legislators to host oversight hearings on conduct of state agencies, including the Department of Correction due to a rash of suicides of people in custody, and over the administration's plan to rebuild Massachusetts Correctional Institution -Framingham. These activities were not in support of a particular piece of legislation, but in support of the legislature using its oversight authority.
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Support
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$4,256.85
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n/a
|
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Senate Bill
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1762
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An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions
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Oppose
|
$109.15
|
n/a
|
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Senate Bill
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466
|
An Act protecting vulnerable elders from abuse
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Support
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$163.73
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n/a
|
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House Bill
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2030
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An Act to implement recommendations of the Commission on structural racism in the parole process
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Support
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$27.29
|
n/a
|
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Senate Bill
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1651
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An Act relative to human rights and improved outcomes for incarcerated people
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Support
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$886.84
|
N/A
|
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Executive
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Other
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Submitting budget request to the Supreme Judicial Court
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Support
|
$272.88
|
The Supreme Judicial Court manages Prisoners' Legal Services' budget through our dedicated line item in the state budget.
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|
House Bill
|
2636
|
An Act creating an independent correctional oversight office to facilitate the recommendations of the special legislative commission on structural racism in correctional facilities of the Commonwealth
|
Support
|
$354.74
|
n/a
|
|
Senate Bill
|
1722
|
An Act relative to elder and medical parole
|
Support
|
$300.16
|
n/a
|
|
House Bill
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2608
|
An Act relative to human rights and improved outcomes for incarcerated people
|
Support
|
$886.84
|
N/A
|
|
Executive
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Other
|
Prisoners' Legal Services advocated to the Massachusetts United States Attorneys' Office that the Department of Justice investigate a rash of deaths in Department of Correction custody and advocating with the federal Department of Justice monitor to issue a new report on conditions that led to the deaths.
|
Support
|
$218.30
|
n/a
|
|
House Bill
|
2614
|
An Act relative to medical parole
|
Oppose
|
$27.29
|
n/a
|
|
Senate Bill
|
1725
|
An Act creating an independent correctional oversight office to facilitate the recommendations of the Special Legislative Commission on Structural Racism in Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth
|
Support
|
$354.74
|
n/a
|
|
House Bill
|
2591
|
An Act to build restorative family and community connection
|
Support
|
$286.52
|
n/a
|
|
Executive
|
Massachusetts Parole Board (Executive Office of Public Safety and Security)
|
Advocating for smoother and more consistent access to parole for prisoners.
|
Support
|
$27.29
|
n/a
|
|
Executive
|
Attorney Generals Office
|
Advocacy to engage the Attorney General's Office in investigating deaths in custody, engage with investigations into violations of civil rights of prisoners, and advocating for changes in how the Attorney General's Office handles defense of correctional state clients when defending state agencies.
|
Neutral
|
$1,036.93
|
n/a
|
|
Executive
|
Department of Correction (DOC)
|
Various meeting to advocate that Department of Correction operate differently, including holding off on reconstructing Massachusetts Correctional Institution Framingham, advocating for Department of Correction leadership to discipline problem officers, and reinstate paralegals on Prisoners' Legal Services staff.
|
Neutral
|
$1,036.93
|
Prisoners' Legal Services is in active litigation against the Department of Correction on several matters.
|
|
House Bill
|
786
|
An Act protecting vulnerable elders from abuse
|
Support
|
$163.73
|
n/a
|
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Total amount
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$10,996.89
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