SINCE THE LEGISLATURE established medical parole in 2018, prisoners’ rights advocates and Department of Correction officials have been in a near-constant fight about how the law is being implemented. Advocates […]
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Medical parole for prisoners doesn’t mean immediate release
RAYMOND VINNIE, serving a life sentence for murder but incapacitated by colon cancer and a stroke, was granted medical parole from MCI-Norfolk. But weeks passed, and Vinnie was not released. […]
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Baker administration tying up medical parole program
EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO, Peter Cruz began serving a sentence of life imprisonment for his role as an accessory in the armed robbery and murder of a Holyoke store manager. This past […]