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Request for a public hearing

Hold Hearing on Civil Rights of Returning Citizens

Last activity February 6, 2026 (8 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    February 2, 2026

  2. In committee

    The committee decides whether to send it to the full council.

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

This City Council order calls a hearing on the civil rights and liberties of returning citizens as they re-enter Boston communities. It notes over 3,000 people return from prisons each year and faces housing, employment, and access barriers. The hearing would invite the Office of Returning Citizens and other stakeholders to testify.

Affects Returning citizens and Black and Latinx communities

Filed by Brian Worrell, Benjamin Jacob Weber, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Julia Mejia, Ed Flynn, John FitzGerald, Sharon Durkan, Miniard Culpepper, Gabriela Coletta Zapata, Liz Breadon, and Ruthzee Louijeune

Now with the Committee on Civil Rights, Racial Equity, and Immigrant Advancement

About Civil Rights & Immigration , Housing & Development and Labor & Workforce

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Official title

Order for a hearing on the civil rights and liberties of returning citizens and re-entry into their Boston communities.

Timeline

  1. February 4, 2026

    Referred to

    City Council