California Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Congressman Xavier Becerra to be the new California attorney general, reported The Guardian. Becerra is … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2017
Over $180 billion a year spent on mass incarceration
Half the money spent on running the correctional system goes to pay staff The system of mass incarceration costs the government and families at least … [Read more...]
Trump’s victory means private prison growth
Donald Trump’s presidential victory has breathed new life into the for-profit prison industry. After the Department of Justice announced phasing out … [Read more...]
President’s deportation policy could increase prison population
America’s prison population is likely to rise for the first time in nearly a decade if President Donald Trump keeps his promise to detain and deport … [Read more...]
Mayors and police chiefs push back against deportation policies
Mayors and police chiefs are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s proposed deportation policies. “I don’t intend on doing anything … [Read more...]
Father and son bond over experiences of San Quentin
Anthony Ammons Sr. and Jr. not only share the same name. They also share the experience of being prisoners in San Quentin State Prison. One in eight … [Read more...]
Letters To The Editor by J. Weston
Editor: The January 2017 book review of Hannah Arendt’s book regarding Adolf Eichmann was going well until the senior editor began spouting off about … [Read more...]
Prisons trying to help fathers re-establish relationships
There are 24 million children in America, and one out of three lives without their biological father in the home, the U.S. Census Bureau … [Read more...]
Youth Offender Program gains traction at San Quentin
Youth Offender Program (YOP) inmates between the ages of 18 and 23 are embracing a program specially created for them at San Quentin. “We started a … [Read more...]
They Call Us Monsters sheds light on juvenile reform
Aiming to de-stigmatize California’s incarcerated juveniles, a documentary entitled They Call Us Monsters sheds light on the lives of those … [Read more...]