Massachusetts sends thousands of new convicts and repeat offenders to the state’s various lock-up facilities. While serving time for Massachusetts criminal charges, these people’s family units are seriously fractured or broken and their future work lives are permanently compromised. After…
Sen. Jamie Eldridge and Rep. Elizabeth Malia have filed a bill in the Massachusetts Senate demanding a reduction in the length of solitary prison confinement time in line with the changes that have been brought about in other states. Their demands come in the wake of a series of similar bills that have been filed in other states like Florida and passed in Maine. Although the Massachusetts Senate has yet to approve the bill, support for the bill has already been heard from various quarters. So, it would not be irrelevant here to look into the issue of solitary prison confinement and the specific situation in Massachusetts.
