Incarceration through the eyes of a woman
Between 2010 and 2012 the prison population declined, but in 2013 the number of incarcerated individuals rose by 4,300, many of whom were women.
Families Serving Time
Woman’s prison visits stretch back 19 years
Josie Ramirez was only 8 when she began visiting prisons. Almost 20 years later, she is still a visitor.
Department of Correction receives funding for new grant
Three non-profit organizations in Boston; VISIONS Inc., Span and the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, are working together to implement different parts of the Intergenerational Justice Program (IJP), a $457,000 grant that was first funded in October 2014 by the Executive Office of Public Service and Security with federal money from the Department of Justice.