Whether you’re getting ready to re-enter the world post incarceration or you’re on probation or parole or you are just struggling with drugs, employment, housing, and more, the All-Inclusive Support Services Program is ready and available to help!  AISS is a division of the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office, and they provide access to individualized services no matter what level of help you need, AND they were the first full-service reentry program in the U.S., launching in 1996! Of course there is SO much more at AISS than could be covered in this episode so paste this link in your browser - http://hcsdma.org/aiss-3/ for more information.

The Hustler Files Ep 1 - Meet AISS (The All-Inclusive Services Program)

2/9/24: Rep Natalie Blais: road repairs, revenue & reparations. MTA Pres Max Page: teachers' right(?) to strike. Donnabelle Casis with Karen Webb: the exhibit "Queer Voices." Smith profs Carrie Baker & Loretta Ross - freedom fighters!  SCMA Dir. Jessica Nicoll: amazing exhibits -- now free.

Donnabelle Casis with Karen Webb: the exhibit "Queer Voices

MTA Pres Max Page: teachers' right(?) to strike

Rep Natalie Blais: road repairs, revenue & reparations

2/13/24: Rep Patricia Duffy: school funding & receivership. SABR star Duke Goldman: Red Sox, NYY & the first woman MLB umpire. Ed. Collab's Todd Gazda: our schools need money. UMass prof. Amilcar Shabazz w/ spoken word artist & Black Artistic Freedom (AF) Conf. organizer, Amani Wallace.

Rep Patricia Duffy: school funding & receivership

2/14/24: Amherst Prof Ilan Stavans:"Point-Counterpoint".  Alpinist Christian Beckwith: the 10th Army Div's victory over Hitler. Scott Coen: NHS b'ball star Ava Azzaro's 1000th point. Amherst BID's Liz Larson: "Take a Dino to Dinner". Amherst educators Alex Lopez & Claire Cocco: unfounded Care & Protection complaints.

Amherst BID's Liz Larson: "Take a Dino to Dinner"

Scott Coen: NHS b'ball star Ava Azzaro's 1000th point

Amherst educators Alex Lopez & Claire Cocco: unfounded Care & Protection complaints

Alpinist Christian Beckwith: the 10th Army Div's victory over Hitle

Amherst Prof Ilan Stavans:"Point-Counterpoint"

In January 2024, the criminal justice system progressed for many in Massachusetts and digressed for those on death row in Alabama.  In Massachusetts, Attorney Ryan Schiff and others ligated a landmark decision where it is now unconstitutional to sentence any adult, under the age of 21, to life without parole. This new law, in Massachusetts, currently affects 200 incarcerated individuals. The door is now open for them to apply for parole and show that they’ve rehabilitated.  This reversal of the current law is based on the advancements in scientific research that the brains of emerging adults, up to age 21, are not yet fully developed. Only one other state, Louisiana, still has a life without parole sentencing for those under the age of 21, for first degree murder.   Within 2 weeks of this landmark decision, the State of Alabama executed 58-year-old Kenneth Smith, for murder, with the use of Nitrogen Gas.  As David Hoose, a long time Criminal Defense Attorney notes, ‘there is never a good way to kill someone, and right now Nitrogen Gas is the flavor of the month”. So, as we know, once again, how you live or die depends on where you serve your time.

The Hustler Files Ep. 49 - Prison Reform Takes One Step Forward & One Step Back

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The Hustler Files Ep. 49 - Prison Reform Takes One Step Forward & One Step Back

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