Elizabeth Matos

Cognoscenti contributor

Elizabeth Matos is the executive director of Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts, where she was a full-time staff attorney for seven years prior to taking the position. Prior to her work at PLS, she practiced education, housing, disability and immigration law.

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Inmate cells at Barnstable County Correctional Facility. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

The Telephone Is A Lifeline For Prison Families. And Calls Are Outrageously Expensive

Maintaining strong family ties during incarceration is proven to reduce rates of recidivism. But in Massachusetts, incarcerated people and their families spend $24 million a year to talk on the...

Cognoscenti

Jan 27, 2020