When parole boards focus on static factors, on minor slipups, and on the “optics” of granting parole in certain cases, discretionary parole systems … [Read more...]
Study shows parole process is inadequate and often biased
“No state is ‘doing’ parole well,” concluded a Prison Policy Initiative study of the discretionary parole system in California and 34 other … [Read more...]
LGBTQ+ detainees at ICE facility allege abuse
Transgender and LGBTQ+ detainees at the women’s ICE Processing Center in Basile, Louisiana, allege systemic physical and emotional abuse between 2023 … [Read more...]
TABLETS … WHO BENEFITS MOST?
PPI TAKES A CRITICAL LOOK AT TABLET PROGRAM The Prison Policy Initiative says that profits of e-messaging vendors are taking precedence over the … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS – August 2023
1. Oregon — (The Oregon Capital Chronicle) Gov. Tina Kotek signed into law a bill that provides stiff penalties for street racing, including for those … [Read more...]
MAN WITH MANY HATS
OUR BEHIND THE SCENE AND TRUSTED RESEARCHER STUART WAGNER The masthead of the San Quentin News lists Stuart Wagner as one of its 13 “Advisers.” … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS – June 2023
1. California — (AP) A nine-member reparations task force approved a set of recommendations in late April, advising the state how to compensate and … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS, May 2023
1. South Dakota — (AP) The state has doubled down on mass incarceration as virtually all of a recently authorized $390 million investment in its … [Read more...]
WHO IS SCOT CALDWELL?
Our patron saint of printing continues to support SQNews in retirement The San Quentin News would not exist without the support of donors, … [Read more...]
Kid CAT hygiene drive returns to SQ
Incarcerated give to homelessyouth of Huckleberry House Members of San Quentin’s Kid CAT program looked like a troop of Santa Clauses as they … [Read more...]