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More by Cara Bayles
Will Little Airports in Mass. See Their Funding Take Off?new
There are 24 municipally owned and 14 privately owned airports in Massachusetts. These airports require a "local share" for improvement projects, which could be impossible to meet if the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission decides to offer less local funding.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
01-21-2009 |
Transportation
What's Mass. Doing to Keep Former Prisoners from Returning to Jail?new
A 2002 study by the Massachusetts Sentencing Committee found recidivism rates had reached 49.1 percent. The Commission to End Homelessness estimated 16 percent of the 25,500 people released each year become homeless. Former prisoners must also navigate Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI), the state's rap sheet on anyone ensnared in the criminal justice system.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
05-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The How and Why of Prison Overcrowdingnew
The US prison population grew eight-fold since 1970; more than 2.3 million people are incarcerated nationally, and overcrowding is pandemic in Massachusetts prisons. Two years ago, Massachusetts Department of Corrections facilities were at 134 percent capacity. Now they've reached 143 percent.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
05-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
More by Dig Boston
License to Connivenew
Boston still tracks vehicles, lies about it, and leaves sensitive resident data exposed online.
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Kenneth Lipp |
09-10-2015 |
Features
Tags: Boston surveillance
You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Record The Policenew
Meet the crusaders battling for everyone's right to record cops in Massachusetts.
Dig Boston |
Andrew Quemere |
04-10-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Smarter City or City Under Surveillancenew
Last week the Dig alerted readers to a secret experiment carried out by the City of Boston during the Boston Calling concerts that took place in May and September of last year. Among the revelations therein: Outside contractors helped municipal authorities deploy resources designed to analyze body and facial patterns of “every person who approaches the door” in order to gauge panic levels and crowd sentiment. In this follow-up, again relying in part on privileged documents that were left exposed online, we examine the communications leading up to these surveillance trials in the days, months, and even decade prior to the first Boston Calling.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Kenneth Lipp and Jonathan Riley |
08-15-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Boston Surveillance
City of Boston Testing Facial Recognition Software at Concertsnew
You partied hard at Boston Calling and now there's facial recognition data to prove it.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Kenneth Lipp and Jonathan Riley |
08-08-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Twisted Medalnew
With Boston on the short list to host the 2024 Summer Games, we tour Atlanta's broken Olympic promises.
Dig Boston |
John Ruch |
07-23-2014 |
Features
