Our event on Improving Prison Conditions was a grand success. You can see an archive video of the event at our Facebook Page. 

The event launched a working group which will begin seeking solutions for many of the issues raised at the event. More information to follow.

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Please join us for a panel discussion about improving conditions of confinement. Our panel of experts will talk about specific ways in which prison conditions are failing inmates, solutions to these problems, and how you can get involved.
For more information, click here.

Please join us for our Annual Meeting: The Future of Restorative Justice. It will be on November 9, 2017. For more information, please click here.

What: City of Cambridge Official PARK(ing) Day Celebration.
When: 8:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M., Friday, September 15, 2017.
55 groups are transforming over 120 parking spots into something else for the day in our official City of Cambridge PARK(ing) Day celebration!
Come learn more about us and criminal justice reform. Our parking space will be located around 1791 Massachusetts Avenue. For more details, go to click here.

First Forum: Criminal Justice Reform: Why Now?
September 10, 2017
2-4 PM
Needham Public Library
1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA 02494

Franklin Baxley, Interim Director of the Criminal Justice Policy Coalition, is a returning citizen, former attorney and current advocate for criminal justice policy reform in Massachusetts. 
 
Colleen Kirby, Legislative Specialist for Criminal Justice Reform & Courts, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
 
Megan Sullivan, Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development at Boston University’s College of General Studies, is an author, professor and advocate for children of incarcerated parents.
 
All series events are free and open to the public. For information email susan@progressiveneedham.com.

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CONTACT: Rahsaan Hall, Director, Racial Justice Program, ACLU, 781.910.5215, rhall@aclum.org Naoka Carey, Exec. Director, Citizens for Juvenile Justice, 617.338.1050, naokacarey@cfjj.org

​Dear Friends of Justice,

It has been an extremely productive and inspiring year for CJPC. Though there is always more to do, we have accomplished much; and we have sowed the seeds for much more to come. In these turbulent times, our resolve to push for more humane and compassionate criminal justice policies is stronger than ever. We know these are priorities for you too...

​Advocates worried reform bill won’t address sentencing issues (article courtesy of CommonWealth Magazine)

Chanting "JOBS NOT JAIL," advocates for criminal justice reform briefly disrupted the final meeting of a state criminal justice policy commission today, part of a growing chorus of voices expressing concern that state leaders are preparing to put forward legislation that won’t include major changes to sentencing laws...

Boston, MA, April 24, 2016 - The Criminal Justice Policy Coalition (CJPC) will mark its 20th anniversary on Tuesday, April 26 with an evening highlighting its campaign to eliminate life without parole sentences in Massachusetts, instead arguing for a maximum sentence that mandates parole review after 25 years of incarceration. This policy proposal is outlined in this recently released report. The event – from 6:15 to 8:00 pm – is free and open to the public and will be held at Roxbury Community College, 1234 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, Massachusetts in Room 200 of the Student Center.

​As part of the Coalition for Public Safety (CEPS), we’ve partnered with The Prisoner Hunger Strike Coalition (PHSS) to bring awareness to and, ultimately, end solitary confinement in Massachusetts prisons.

The following contains my thoughts on the First Unitarian Society of Newton (FUSN) speaker series where Sheriff Koutoujian discussed his role, progress, and ideas for the future as Sheriff of Middlesex County on July 13th, 2015: