several of the nation’s most conservative, tough-on-crime states are spearheading a growing reform movement that’s cutting both crime and prison costs. The dramatic changes taking place in Texas, Mississippi, South […]
Pippin Ross
Posted inPolitics
Social impact bonds
tracy palandjian looks and acts like many of the other hotshot dealmakers in Boston. She dresses in upscale chic, occupies a 14th-floor office on State Street with panoramic views of […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Economy, Health Care
Piloting global payments
Gerri Vaughan, the executive director of the Lowell General Physicians Hospital Organization, answers a question about the state’s rush to embrace a global payment system with a question. “If Pat […]
Posted inEconomy
MAP shows the way
“damn, I was doing so good!” Gerry exclaims as he buries his 30-something bald head in his hands. “Then he had to ask that question.” Gerry is one of […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Ma. corrections commissioner’s move to Va. raises questions
Corrections Commissioner Harold Clarke is leaving Massachusetts this month to take the same job in Virginia, prompting speculation in both states about what his departure and arrival means. Clarke, who […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Taking his reform elsewhere
Massachusetts Corrections Commissioner Harold Clarke is leaving after just three years on the job to become the director of Virginia’s prison system. The departure was so sudden that it prompted […]