Elections entertain, divide, and frustrate people watching from behind bars and looking for hope.

Most people would be surprised about how well-informed incarcerated people really are. For example, there are two topics that have been gaining a lot of momentum amongst the prison population: stocks and the presidential election. Just recently, a friend told me he has prepared two different stock portfolios, each tailored toward who is elected as ...

The Supreme Court says that people held in jails who are legally innocent have a right to vote. In reality, that’s often impossible.

On Election Day, approximately 448,000 legally innocent people will be held in more than 3,000 local jails across the United States. Since they have not been convicted of a crime, they are eligible to vote. But few will get the chance to exercise that right. In 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people who are held in jail and haven’t been co ...

Last year, the city set a goal of reducing the annual homicide rate 20 percent by 2026. It’s already surpassing that target.

This past May, Mayor Michelle Wu hailed Boston as “one of the safest major cities in the country.” Wu’s statement was not grandstanding; recent data bears out her claim, and the city has made headlines throughout the past year for its public safety numbers. No statistic is more remarkable than 2024’s plummeting homicide rate. In the first quarter ...