The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is launching a pilot program offering targeted rehabilitative services to inmates … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
‘Reid Technique’ Interrogations Said to Lead to False Confessions
Interrogation techniques widely used by law enforcement that include lying about having evidence, badgering and manipulating suspects can cause false … [Read more...]
FBI Studies Project Hike In Violence, Property Crimes
Violent and property crimes in America climbed for the second year in a row, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics reports. The increases were … [Read more...]
S. Q. Veterans Honor American Soldiers on Memorial Day
While many Americans placed flowers and flags on soldiers’ graves on May 26, military veterans inside San Quentin also honored American soldiers who … [Read more...]
Remembering the Life of Mark Titch
Mark Titch passed away on April 22 after being hospitalized for 11 days. Titch was scheduled to appear before the parole board May 14 for the ninth … [Read more...]
Execution Case Investigated Nearly 70 Years Later
‘Stinney is the youngest person known to be executed in America in the last two centuries’ The execution of 14-year-old George Junius Stinney Jr. in … [Read more...]
European Countries Refuse To Supply Execution Drugs
European Union countries do not allow drugs used for execution to be exported to the United States. The reason? European countries have a fierce … [Read more...]
CRI Program Celebrates Its First Graduation
Collette Carroll, the program director of San Quentin’s California Reentry Institute, continues her late husband’s work by teaching inmates tools for … [Read more...]
Rehabilitation Through Gardening
‘Making a positive difference in communities outside prison walls’ Rehabilitation is possible in San Quentin’s organic vegetable garden through the … [Read more...]
Ex-Gang Member Works To Reform Criminal Justice
Anti-gang violence campaigner Aqeela Sherills was a gang member in the Watts section of Los Angeles before he went to college. His experiences inside … [Read more...]