Archives for April 2015

The Last Mile Presents The ‘Future of Work’

April 1, 2015 by Juan Haines

Inmate entrepreneurs enrolled in The Last Mile, an entrepreneurship training program at San Quentin State Prison, presented their business proposals … [Read more...]

Women Prisoners On Fire Lines

April 1, 2015 by Adnan Khan

Wearing orange pants and vests marked CDCR, an all-women inmate crew is helping California fight forest fires and clear potential fuel for future … [Read more...]

Change Should Start While Incarcerated

April 1, 2015 by James R. Abernathy Jr.

If you want to change your life, you need to start working on yourself while still in prison, a former cop-turned-convict-turned-counselor advised a … [Read more...]

Gov. Brown Gets Second Chance to Reshape Courts

April 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

Gov. Jerry Brown has had his second chance to reshape the nation’s most influential state court, the California Supreme Court, according to The New … [Read more...]

Father Williams Shares His Views of God and Other Religions

April 1, 2015 by Gino Sevacos

This is the second half of an interview with Father George Williams, the Catholic Chaplain for San Quentin. Would you share your view of the various … [Read more...]

Report: 4 in 10 County Jail Inmates Await Sentencing

April 1, 2015 by Charles David Henry

In a report published by the Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics, nationwide, “Four in 10 [jail] inmates were sentenced offenders … [Read more...]

S.F. Jail Explores Restorative Justice

April 1, 2015 by Tommy Bryant

A jail in San Francisco is exploring a new concept in criminal justice called restorative justice – an alternative to traditional criminal justice … [Read more...]

67% in U.S. Favor Treatment Over Jail for Drug Users

April 1, 2015 by Wesley Eisiminger

Sixty-seven percent of Americans favor drug treatment rather than jail or prison for non-violent drug users, a Pew Research Center report … [Read more...]

Attorney General Eric Holder Supports Obama’s Effort to Reduce Sentences for Nonviolent Offenders

April 1, 2015 by Charles David Henry

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, with support from President Obama, “created the federal reentry council in 2011 as part of an effort to reduce … [Read more...]

L.A. County D.A. Expects Jail Overcrowding Lawsuit

April 1, 2015 by Tommy Bryant

By Tommy Bryant Journalism Guild Writer Los Angeles expects a lawsuit will challenge the overcrowding and poor conditions in its jails resulting from … [Read more...]