California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Secretary Scott Kernan visited San Quentin with … [Read more...]
Working Together Towards a Brighter Future
Editor-in-ChiefI arrived at San Quentin State Prison in 2007 from Soledad along with 20 other prisoners. It wasn’t 24 … [Read more...]
Alliance for Change Wonders: ‘What Would You Do?’
To prepare inmates for release from prison, one of San Quentin’s self-help groups puts them through real-life situations … [Read more...]
Gov. Brown Signs Senate Bill 1010
Legislation to eliminate disparities for certain drug crimes has made its way through the California Legislature. The … [Read more...]
Freedom After 15 Years In Prison
It’s a new and strange world for Gary Scott, who was arrested for second-degree murder at the age of 15 and recently … [Read more...]
Prisons and Public Safety
As America’s distinction of having the highest incarceration rate of all industrialized nations begins to take a toll on … [Read more...]
Study Rebuts Theory Behind Longer Prison Sentences
Locking up non-violent criminals for lengthy prison terms fails to improve public safety, a public-interest research … [Read more...]
The Men’s Advisory Council
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN EXPLAINS ITS FUNCTION When California prisoners have a general problem, the first stop is usually … [Read more...]
Prison Investors Back Tough Laws
Privately owned prison investors are banking on incarceration instead of rehabilitation by supporting politicians who … [Read more...]
Appeals Court Ruling Says Jury Must Decide Strikes
A recent court ruling gives renewed hope to prisoners sentenced under the nation’s harshest Three Strikes law. The May 3 … [Read more...]