Criminal Justice Reform in Massachusetts

A Five-Year Progress Assessment

• Policy Center

• Jan 24, 2024 Policy Center

Produced in partnership with Boston Indicators, this report is the first systematic look at the impact of two landmark criminal justice reform laws passed in 2018. While the COVID-19 pandemic

What to do with the state’s half-empty prison system

Ben Forman featured in CommonWealth Magazine

• Policy Center Press Coverage

• Mar 23, 2022 Policy Center Press Coverage

Prison populations have fallen sharply and crime remains low in Massachusetts. Ben Forman asks what to do with the state’s half-empty prison system in CommonWealth op-ed.

Correctional Officers Can Lead the Way Out of the Tough-on-Crime-Era

Report argues steep drop in incarceration positions frontlines workers to provide rehabilitation

• Policy Center

• Feb 25, 2021 Policy Center

Massachusetts has an unprecedented opportunity to make better use of limited public safety resources by reducing the incarcerated population and reinventing correctional practices with more leadership and direction from those on the frontlines.

With prison populations halved, it’s time for a reinvestment strategy

• Jun 24, 2020

All told, state and county correctional agencies maintain a complex of nearly 500 buildings with approximately 10 million square feet among them.

Correctional spending and the elusive criminal justice reform dividend in Massachusetts

Ben Forman sits down with BNN

• Policy Center

• May 31, 2018 Policy Center

Ben Forman of MassINC talks about our latest report on “correctional spending and the elusive criminal justice reform dividend in Massachusetts: while incarceration is down, there’s little sign of money being

Delivering on the Promise of Criminal Justice Reform

• Policy Center

• May 30, 2018 Policy Center

Revisiting Correctional Expenditure Trends in Massachusetts

• Policy Center

• May 21, 2018 Policy Center

MassINC is proud to present another installment in our “Justice Reinvestment At-A-Glance” research brief series. Revisiting Correctional Expenditure Trends in Massachusetts updates our 2017 report, Getting Tough on Spending. Our

New MassINC study finds the number of inmates in state and county correctional facilities keeps falling, but correctional budgets are still going up in Massachusetts

• Policy Center Press Release

• May 21, 2018 Policy Center Press Release

New research from the nonpartisan think MassINC shows correctional budgets are still rising even as the number of individuals in state and county correctional facilities falls precipitously. These revealing new

Delivering on the Promise of Criminal Justice Reform

• Policy Center

• Apr 25, 2018 Policy Center

Join MassINC and the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Reform Coalition for the Fifth Annual Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Policy Summit: Delivering on the Promise of Criminal Justice Reform REGISTER TODAY! Tuesday,

State follows voters’ lead on criminal justice

The Topline

• Polling Group

• Apr 6, 2018 Polling Group

The Senate and House sent a sweeping criminal justice reform bill to Governor Charlie Baker’s desk this week. The Governor has not said how he will proceed. Details matter, and