Crowded jails, ban on parole protested
Community members urge overturning of Rell’s parole suspension
As the light of street lamps illuminated a swirl of mist and drizzle, more than 65 protestors rallied Monday evening in front of the Whalley Avenue jail, demanding that the state provide its citizens with “books, not bars.”
A decade later, remembering Suzanne Jovin
We need more prisons because the mandatory minimum sentences for anyone convicted of a violent crime, regardless of their age, should be 30 years. Currently, people commit crimes and are able to get away with a couple years of jail time because the jails are too crowded. There needs to be national funding for more prisons, not just state funding.