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Archives for November 2014

Supreme Court Decision Erodes Occupants’ Right to Deny Police Search of Residence

November 30, 2014 by N. T. NOBLE BUTLER

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that law enforcement officers can legally search a residence after one person living there initially denies … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal

Community Program Funding Losses Could Threaten Youth Incarceration Reduction Efforts

November 30, 2014 by Isaiah ThompsonBonilla

Legislative changes are responsible for the mass reductions in youth incarceration nationwide, but a reduction of funding for community organizational … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender

Giving Thanks

November 30, 2014 by Arnulfo Garcia

Thanks from San Quentin News. November is my third year as Editor-in-Chief of San Quentin News. I am blessed to be involved with so many people of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters

Video Meetings to Replace In-Person Visits for Inmates?

November 30, 2014 by Kevin Sawyer

A prison research organization is working to forestall a growing national trend that it believes may exploit inmate families for profit by reducing or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal

Public Needs to Know Problems Juveniles Face

November 30, 2014 by Miguel Quezada

Kid C.A.T. (Creating Awareness Together) launches Kid C.A.T. Speaks!, a monthly column dedicated to highlighting the inmate group’s service and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender

The Beat Within Collaborates With Kid C.A.T. in a Writing Workshop

November 30, 2014 by Juan Haines

Giving at-risk youngsters the opportunity to write about themselves on their own terms opens the way for more personal support aimed toward their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender

Juvenile Imprisonment Now Declining Since Tough-On-Crime Laws

November 30, 2014 by Salvador Solorio

After two decades of “tough-on-crime” laws and huge surges in juvenile imprisonment, there are now sharp reductions in youth confinement, a national … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal, Youth Offender

Photos Retrieved From the San Quentin Archives Enhanced and Displayed at the Haines Gallery

November 30, 2014 by Tommy Bryant

A group of San Quentin inmates has pushed the limits of how art may be defined. Participants of the San Quentin Prison Report Archive Project took … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts

Musicians Premal and Miten Perform For a Packed House at San Quentin

November 30, 2014 by Gino Sevacos

Several hundred inmates packed the San Quentin Catholic Chapel, chanting sacred mantras with Deva Premal and her band. “Spirituality is our theme. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts

Expressing Gratitude From Inside San Quentin

November 30, 2014 by San Quentin News Staff

The San Quentin community is thankful for many things, here just a few: Brittany: I am most thankful for love and the power that it has to heal. It is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters

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