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MA: State suspends release of parolees

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

State suspends release of parolees Action follows board overhaul By Jonathan Saltzman Boston Globe Staff / January 21, 2011 In another sign of the upheaval resulting from Governor Deval Patrick?s sweeping overhaul of the Parole Board, a high-ranking public safety official confirmed yesterday that the state has suspended the release of all inmates who had previously won parole. ?As a result of this transition period to new leadership and to ensure public safety, actions relative to the release of parolees were halted last Friday,?? John Grossman, the state?s undersecretary of public safety, said in a statement released last night. Last Thursday, Patrick and Grossman released a devastating review detailing the agency?s missteps in paroling Domenic Cinelli, a career criminal who shot Woburn police Officer John Maguire the day after Christmas...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 21, 2011 (boomark / email).