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...sense, then, "Doc" and "Surri" aren't so unusual. Married in July, they live in Clayton, N.C., in a just renovated home that--when I visited in November--had been overtaken by Christmas decorations. ("I'm a Christmas freak," says Surri.) She is Doc's wife, but she also thinks of herself as his "slave," and although she sometimes says the word just like that--using her fingers to create quotation marks in the air--their master/slave arrangement directs almost every aspect of their lives. Doc tells Surri what she can and can't wear every day, and when...
Harvard Law School’s Prison Legal Assistance Program (PLAP) will continue to allow first- and second-year law students to serve as free legal counsel for prison inmates, despite previous criticism from the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC...
...decision was made by Acting DOC Commissioner Kathleen M. Dennehy after a public hearing was held to determine whether PLAP should be held to Rule 303 of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which stipulates that first- and second-year law students not be allowed to represent clients in trial proceedings, according to DOC spokesperson Justin Latini...
Dennehy replaced previous DOC commissioner Michael T. Maloney earlier this month...
...allowing HLS first-years to participate, the DOC will undermine PLAP’s ability to provide legal advocates for inmates—leaving the prisoners with no legal representation in these hearings. Given that these hearings can touch on controversial issues such as civil rights violations and assault charges, and considering the dubious nature of the policy change, it is possible that the DOC is using this new policy to silence prisoners and weaken their ability to assert their legal rights. While we can only hope this is not the case, no reasonable motivation for making the change...