Steve Koczela offers testimony to Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary

On the results of polls and focus groups conducted by MPG

• Polling Group Policy Center

• Jun 20, 2017 Polling Group Policy Center

My name is Steve Koczela, and I am the president of The MassINC Polling Group. I am here today to testify on the results of polls and focus groups we

Ben Forman offers testimony to Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary

In support of "An Act Implementing the Joint Recommendations of the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Review"

• Policy Center

• Jun 19, 2017 Policy Center

TESTIMONY REGARDING H. 74 “AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CRIMINAL JUSTICE REVIEW” PROVIDED TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JUNE 19, 2017 Benjamin Forman MassINC

Joint Committee on the Judiciary to hold second hearing

Several bills on criminal justice reform will be heard

• Policy Center

• Jun 18, 2017 Policy Center

Monday, June 19 at 1:00pm, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary will again hold a hearing at which dozens of bills concerning criminal justice reform will be heard. Earlier this

Fact-checking the district attorneys

MassINC researchers review mandatory minimum claims

• Policy Center

• Jun 8, 2017 Policy Center

AT MONDAY’S JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING on criminal justice reform legislation, District Attorneys Joseph Early of Worcester County, Timothy Cruz of Plymouth County, and Michael Morrissey of Norfolk County testified in

Ben Forman testifies before Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary

In support of “An Act For Justice Reinvestment”

• Policy Center

• Jun 5, 2017 Policy Center

Testimony Regarding H.2308/S.791  “An Act For Justice Reinvestment” Provided to the Joint Committee on The Judiciary  June 5, 2017 Benjamin Forman MassINC Thank you Chairman Brownsberger and Chairwoman Cronin for

Mandatory minimum drug sentences costly mistake

DA talking points obscure real issues

• Civic Journal

• Jun 2, 2017 Civic Journal

SUPPORTERS OF MANDATORY minimum sentences for drug crimes are circulating a set of disconnected talking points on Beacon Hill that obscure the real issues. The debate is heating up as

Joint Committee on the Judiciary to hold hearing

Several bills on criminal justice reform will be heard

• Policy Center

• Jun 2, 2017 Policy Center

Monday, June 5 at 1:00pm, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing at which several bills concerning criminal justice reform will be heard. Among them, An Act

Report: Inmate levels down but spending keeps rising

At sheriff facilities, it’s one guard for every two prisoners

• Civic Journal

• May 16, 2017 Civic Journal

THE NUMBER OF INMATES in the state’s prisons and jails is going down, but the cost of operating those facilities is going up, largely because correctional institutions are adding more

Boston reentry initiative hits the skids

Award-winning program to aid those leaving prison loses federal funding

• Civic Journal

• May 14, 2017 Civic Journal

BOSTON’S WIDELY ACCLAIMED prisoner reentry program, which is aimed at reducing recidivism by helping offenders who are released from prison with everything from employment and housing to addiction services, was

Massachusetts voters ready for major changes to state criminal justice system

The Topline

• Polling Group

• May 11, 2017 Polling Group

During his 1990 campaign, Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld famously declared he would “reintroduce prisoners to the joys of busting rocks”. That tough-on-crime stance was in keeping with the times. But