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Advocates press for state "human rights" standards for prisons, citing out‑of‑cell time and programming deficits
Summary
Lawyers, clinicians and people who are incarcerated urged lawmakers to pass S.1651 / H.2608 to create minimum, statewide standards for conditions of confinement, programming and out‑of‑cell time at Massachusetts prisons and jails.
Supporters of S.1651 / H.2608 — legislation described at the hearing as an "incarcerated human rights" bill — called on the Joint Committee to adopt a statutory floor of basic conditions and program access across state and county facilities.
Panelists testified that incarcerated people routinely spend long periods confined to cells with limited educational or vocational programming, inconsistent access to…
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