Jenifer McKim
Nieman Reports
Boston, MA, United States
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Past articles by Jenifer:
What About the Boys? The Sex Trafficking of Young Males
Jenifer McKim, NF ’08, and Phillip Martin, NF ’98, detail their groundbreaking series, ‘Unseen’ → Read More
Violent Crime Drops In Boston, Bucking National Trend
The number of murders continued to rise over the summer nationally — but, in Boston, murders dropped by nearly a third. → Read More
Unseen: The Boy Victims Of The Sex Trade, Part II
Exploited And Trafficked Youth Are Most Often Black, Brown, And Poor → Read More
Prisoners Scrambling to Claim Stimulus Money After Federal Court Affirms Their Eligibility
The CARES Act, the federal coronavirus stimulus program, did not exclude incarcerated people. → Read More
They’ve been granted parole. So why can it take years for them to get out of prison?
The Department of Corrections sometimes doesn’t release prisoners for years after they’re approved for parole. Many then are sent back for minor missteps. → Read More
Mass. Top Court Rules Some Prisoners Should Be Released To Limit Coronavirus Spread
Pre-trial inmates held for non-violent offenses will be eligible for release in most cases. → Read More
Serious Crimes Drop In Boston As Nearly Everyone Stays Home
Rape and burglary numbers were lowest in 10 years last month, but domestic assaults are up → Read More
Workers Begin Setting Up Emergency Medical Station In Worcester Arena
The DCU Center is being converted into a 250-bed center for less-critical coronavirus patients. → Read More
DCF Closes 2 Offices, Says 1 Worker Has Coronavirus, Another Awaiting Results
The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families shut down two offices this week. → Read More
COVID-19 Spreads To 8 In Massachusetts Prisons As Many Work To Release Inmates
The prisoners are housed at the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater, where news of a first infected inmate was announced on Saturday. → Read More
In Swift Retrial, Darrell Jones Acquitted of 1985 Brockton Murder
His 1986 conviction had been overturned after he spent 32 years in jail. → Read More
'Someone To Speak For You': Low-Income Tenants Get Lawyers For Housing Court
A growing number of residents in New York City qualify for a first-in-the-nation program to provide free legal services to low-income tenants facing eviction. → Read More
'Someone To Speak For You': Low-Income Tenants Get Lawyers For Housing Court
Jacqueline Davis walked into the Bronx's housing court hoping to stop her landlord from evicting her from the one-bedroom apartment she has lived in → Read More
'Someone To Speak For You': Low-Income Tenants Get Lawyers For Housing Court
A growing number of residents in New York City qualify for a first-in-the-nation program to provide free legal services to low-income tenants facing eviction. → Read More
One School Shocks Students With Disabilities. The FDA Is Moving To Ban The Practice
Luigi Disisto is a 47-year-old autistic man who lives at a private special education center based in suburban Boston best known for being the only school → Read More
First Massachusetts 'Compassionate Release' Prisoner Goes Home
Alexander Phillips, suffering from terminal cancer, was released after serving 13 years of a manslaughter sentence. → Read More
Tempering The Cost Of Aging, Dying In Prison With The Demands Of Justice
A Massachusetts state prison is expanding the graveyard where it buries inmates who die in custody, one consequence of the state's huge increase in → Read More
Tempering The Cost Of Aging, Dying In Prison With The Demands Of Justice
Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of aging prisoners in the nation. A new law would allow parole for prisoners who can prove they are physically or cognitively incapacitated. → Read More
Tempering The Cost Of Aging, Dying In Prison With The Demands Of Justice
Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of aging prisoners in the nation. A new law would allow parole for prisoners who can prove they are physically or cognitively incapacitated. → Read More
Murder at Souza prison: Are elderly inmates at risk?
Facebook Twitter Print Email RedditBy Jenifer B. McKim and K. Sophie Will William S. Sires, a 72-year-old convicted murderer, was walking with a cane in a maximum-security prison in Shirley when he was ambushed and killed by other inmates nearly four years ago. Sires was dragged into a cell and beaten by a man nearly → Read More