Criminal Justice and Education Reform

- 6:04

with Sonia Chang-Diaz on Meaningful Change

Posted

Oct 23, 2017

MA Legislators are working on reform this session: criminal justice reform from eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses to reducing racial disparities; and the Education Foundation reform and in state tuition for immigrants.

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