According to Gaskin, the commission identified four overlapping forms of racism: institutional racism in correctional policies and procedures, systemic racism reflecting broader criminal justice disparities, interpersonal racism in correctional relationships, and internalized racism within correctional culture. Gaskin argues those experiences are tied to the same structural problems affecting incarcerated people. Second, he argues prison job assignments and program placements should follow transparent criteria based on need, readiness, safety and rehabilitation rather than “informal relationships, favoritism, or bias.” He also frames the issue as one of fiscal accountability, noting that Massachusetts spends “roughly $800 million each year operating its state prison system.” Gaskin argues that “taxpayers have every right to expect that this investment produces a correctional system that is fair, transparent, accountable, and effective.”