{"id":5039,"date":"2016-12-13T17:16:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T21:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=5039"},"modified":"2021-10-14T10:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:33:31","slug":"coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/13\/coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Coverage of Punishing Poverty report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it: Last week, the Prison Policy Initiative released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/probation\/ma_report.html\">new report<\/a> showing that people in Massachusetts\u2019 poorest communities are disproportionately charged probation supervision fees. Our report, which comes on the heels of reports from the state <a href=\"http:\/\/senatormikebarrett.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Fine-Time-the-Report-Nov.-7-2016..pdf\">Senate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/report-of-the-fines-and-fees-working-group-november-2016\/download\">Trial Court<\/a>, adds to the mounting evidence that court fines and fees are overdue for a structural overhaul.<\/p>\n<p>Our report is receiving some great press coverage:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2016\/12\/13\/probation-fees-pose-undue-burden\/zx8FzMLEguD5asyJ74whNO\/story.html\">Probation fees pose an undue burden<\/a><br \/>\nA Boston Globe editorial cites our report to argue that the Legislature should eliminate probation fees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commonwealthmagazine.org\/criminal-justice\/probation-fees-hit-poor-the-hardest-says-report\/\">Probation fees hit poor the hardest, says report<\/a><br \/>\nMichael Jonas at CommonWealth magazine puts our report into the context of two recent reports on court fines and fees from the state Senate and Trial Court.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gazettenet.com\/Editorial-Prison-policy-Initiative-report-reveals-need-for-reforming-probation-fees-in-Massachusetts-6867824\">Editorial: State probation fees need reform<\/a><br \/>\nThe Daily Hampshire Gazette cites our &#8220;eye opening&#8221; report in an editorial calling for reform.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gazettenet.com\/Prison-Policy-Initiative-releases-new-report-on-real-cost-of-probation-6746353\">Report: Probation costs fall disproportionately on the poorest<\/a><br \/>\nThe Daily Hampshire Gazette\u2019s Emily Cutts provides thorough coverage of our findings and Sen. Mike Barrett\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.wgbh.org\/2016\/12\/08\/local-news\/poverty-punishment-and-probation-toxic-brew\">Poverty, Punishment, and Probation: A Toxic Brew<\/a><br \/>\nWGBH&#8217;s Daniel Medwed gives some context to the issue of court fines and fees, relating the report to the practices uncovered in Ferguson, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masslive.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2016\/12\/nonprofit_encourages_eliminati.html\">Nonprofit encourages elimination of probation fees<\/a><br \/>\nShira Shoenberg provides another overview of the report\u2019s findings and connections to the recommendations of the Trial Court\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicnewsservice.org\/2016-12-12\/budget-policy-and-priorities\/report-probation-fees-hit-poor-ma-communities-the-hardest\/a55306-1\">Report: Probation fees Hit Poor MA Communities the Hardest<\/a><br \/>\nMike Clifford covers the report for the Public News Service, using one of our graphs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our report on probation fees in Massachusetts is receiving some great press coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"coauthors":[36],"class_list":["post-5039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5039"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12713,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039\/revisions\/12713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5039"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}