"A Boston Globe article from 20 years ago shows the same dispute playing out almost verbatim: of seven prisoner suicides across the prison system in 2006, two had occurred in segregated cells or units. Today, BAUs can also be described as segregated units." #mapoli #bospoli
@wcvb5.bsky.social + @northeasternu.bsky.social’s School of Journalism reviewed state disciplinary data & internal affairs reports and identified 50+ officers currently working in law enforcement in #Mapoli after resigning or retiring from their previous police job to avoid getting in trouble.
Photos reveal stark isolation inside Mass. prison units tied to suicides: ‘God help me’
He’s already served 30 years AND his conviction was thrown out, yet prosecutors are still fighting to keep him in prison. Is this a justice system, or a vengeance system?
This is one of the oldest functions of policing deciding which families are protected and which ones get torn apart 👇🏿👇🏿
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If the judge does not grant Peixoto bail, he could remain incarcerated for years while the district attorney’s office appeals the ruling that overturned his conviction.
Despite police reforms, these MA officers resigned to avoid discipline — and got hired again | Click on the image to read the full story
Thank you to @boltsmag.org and @nobleingram.bsky.social and @taniel.bsky.social for featuring “Your Data Will Be Used Against You.”
Q&A on police surveillance — one of the most important issues of our day.
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I am begging people to realize that police do not use this technology is not a "jumping off point" or an "investigative lead"--the computer spits out a name and police arrest that person without follow up. How many people have to spend months in jail "by accident" before we consider the danger?
Data shows dozens of police officers are doing this across the state
Technology that tracks personal information, including one’s location, interests, and online behaviors, has become commonplace. It’s as ubiquitous as the GPS in a car or a home security camera. But......
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A San Diego man spent one month in jail for a crime he didn't commit, after San Diego Police misinterpreted a hit from a license plate reader.
NEW: After Brian Peixoto’s 1997 murder conviction was thrown out due to new scientific evidence, a Fall River judge is considering whether to grant him bail while prosecutors appeal the ruling.
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After Brian Peixoto’s 1997 murder conviction was thrown out, a judge is considering whether to grant him bail while prosecutors appeal the ruling
Brian Peixoto’s lawyer said that after his murder conviction was overturned, he was transferred from the prison where he was participating in programs, including training a service dog, to a county jail where he was put in solitary confinement.
