Archives for May 2015

Code.7370 Certifies 12 Men As Web App Developers

May 1, 2015 by Juan Haines

In April a dozen San Quentin prisoners graduated from an innovative technology training program where they had learned … [Read more...]

The death penalty is broken in the U.S., according to a federal judge. Judge William A. Fletcher of the Ninth Circuit … [Read more...]

May 1, 2015 by Juan Haines

Adequate reentry support is not only critical to men and women released from prison but also to their families and … [Read more...]

The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) found that punishing students for fighting or breaking rules was ineffective. … [Read more...]

May 1, 2015 by Don Chaddock

In the early 1970s, poverty-stricken Compton’s murder rate was second only to Los Angeles. A young black man named David … [Read more...]

May 1, 2015 by Kevin Sawyer

America’s criminal justice system is loaded with latent institutional racism, a new study concludes. “Disparities in … [Read more...]

May 1, 2015 by Kevin Sawyer

A majority of the youngest people killed by police between 2005 and 2012 were Black males, according to statistics … [Read more...]

Billionaire Charles Koch says he’s planning to campaign for criminal justice reform, according to news reports. “Over … [Read more...]

May 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

Most firearm deaths are suicides, not homicides, according to the 2015 Annual Review of Public Health. Suicides … [Read more...]

May 1, 2015 by Tommy Bryant

The solution to youth gun violence requires curbing access to firearms and providing mental illness treatment when … [Read more...]