By Eddie O’Brien As Governor Charlie Baker’s October 17 vaccine deadline mandate approaches, the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) are preparing for all state prisons to be put into lockdown. In August, Baker ordered a vaccine mandate for every Executive Branch employee to prove that they are fully vaccinated by October 17. Prison Guards, who ...
FCI ALICEVILLE is a relatively new medium security detention facility that houses mostly immigrants and violators from other prisons. I got here in 2017 when they needed “head count” due to the devastating effects of tornados, reconstruction, and relocation of inmates that took place the year prior. FCI Aliceville, located in Alabama, a Southern State ...
“There is a cruelty that lurks in some men’s souls which is only released when they have other men in their power”. – Unknown As other states in our country have taken part of the mass movement towards treatment and rehabilitation for their prisoners, Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) has ignored that movement all the ...
The same attorneys who are charged with holding people accused of a crime in Massachusetts legally accountable for their actions, are not being held accountable for their own illegal actions. Over 150 convictions in Massachusetts have been overturned for prosecutorial misconduct since the 1990’s. These are convictions which were overturned because the prosecutor engaged in ...
As I’m contemplating this, I know that I’m writing to an audience with diverse views. I think that is good. In my opinion the right to disagree is one of our countries greatest accomplishments. Before every great turning point in our history, it was preceded by conflict that begged to be resolved. Such as when ...
SHIRLEY, MA– On Monday, January 9, 2017 a “riot” broke out at the maximum-security prison in Shirley, MA, the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC). Roughly 48 inmates refused to lock down in their cells after returning from an afternoon in the prison’s gym. They were told that they were not going to be able to ...
Here is something that writers don’t think enough about. If you write a true crime book, the people who were hurt so deeply by the crime are most likely still around. They’ve been trying to put the trauma behind them, sometimes for years and your book will open all the wounds for them again. That’s ...
Once I’d committed to writing the story of Eddie O’Brien’s arrest, legal journey and trial, I sat down at the computer and wondered exactly how one organizes a book. Should I start with an outline? I realized I had no idea how to organize a book. I didn’t know anyone who had written a book ...
