Staff Attorney

Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLS) is pleased to announce a full-time attorney  osition with our organization.   Prisoners’ Legal Services (PLS) is a nonprofit legal services organization founded in 1972 whose mission is to challenge the carceral system through litigation, advocacy, client counseling, partnership with impacted individuals and communities, and outreach to policy makers and the public. The office prioritizes work involving medical and mental health care, assaults by staff, extreme conditions of confinement (including COVID, overcrowding, exorbitant prison phone rates), misuse of solitary confinement and isolation, and race equity through our recently launched Race Equity in Corrections Initiative (REICI).   At PLS we seek for our team to reflect our organizational values of justice, race equity, and community. This includes hiring staff with connection to the communities we serve, where feasible, and a commitment to strive for justice and equity in our hiring practices and in our staff culture.   For more information and instructions on how to apply, please see here.