COMMENTARY: Massachusetts is ranked second-highest in the nation for its number of older people who are incarcerated, with more than 15% of its currently incarcerated population over the age of 55, writes Sarah Laughlin (Sloff17):
Aging prisoners in FCI Coleman Medium - Federal Bureau of Prisons, in Coleman, Florida, on Monday, April 9, 2015.
You might think that moving from the violence of the max and the desolation of solitary confinement to the relative calm of the medium would be a cause for celebration. But for Coleman, the move felt more like a death sentence.MCI-Norfolk is Massachusetts’ largest medium-security facility, housing around 1,200 incarcerated people.
Armand Coleman was 17 when he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. He was granted parole and now serves as executive director of the Transformational Prison Project. , or TPP, a Boston-based organization centered around the practice of restorative justice. TPP seeks to bring together those who have been harmed and those responsible for harm so that they can engage in dialogue and build understanding and empathy toward those who have been victims of violent crime.
While compassionate release is a great place to start, focusing on release alone as a measure of success paints an incomplete picture. In speaking about his own reentry, Coleman recalls the difficulty of adjusting to life on the outside.
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