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Archives for May 2015

Code.7370 Certifies 12 Men As Web App Developers

May 1, 2015 by Juan Haines

In April a dozen San Quentin prisoners graduated from an innovative technology training program where they had learned 21st Century computer coding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Prison Programs

Death Penalty ‘Costly, Still Broken’

May 1, 2015 by Charles David Henry

The death penalty is broken in the U.S., according to a federal judge. Judge William A. Fletcher of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals told a student … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty, Featured

‘Angel’s List’ Would Review Parolee Services

May 1, 2015 by Juan Haines

Adequate reentry support is not only critical to men and women released from prison but also to their families and communities. Evaluating the quality … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Human Interest

School Adopts Restorative Justice Over Punishment

May 1, 2015 by Antonio Alvarado

The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) found that punishing students for fighting or breaking rules was ineffective. As a result, schools in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Human Interest

Former Inmate Becomes Recreation Therapist for CDCR

May 1, 2015 by Don Chaddock

In the early 1970s, poverty-stricken Compton’s murder rate was second only to Los Angeles. A young black man named David Earl White knew this all too … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Staff Profile

Report: Criminal Justice System Plagued With Racism

May 1, 2015 by Kevin Sawyer

America’s criminal justice system is loaded with latent institutional racism, a new study concludes. “Disparities in police stops, in prosecutorial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest

FBI: Police Kill More Blacks Than Other Races

May 1, 2015 by Kevin Sawyer

A majority of the youngest people killed by police between 2005 and 2012 were Black males, according to statistics reported to the FBI. “Nearly two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest

Billionaire Conservative Political Activist Puts His Sights on Reforming Criminal Justice System

May 1, 2015 by Wesley Eisiminger

Billionaire Charles Koch says he’s planning to campaign for criminal justice reform, according to news reports. “Over the next year, we are going to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice

In the U.S. Firearms Involved Many More Suicides Than Homicides

May 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

Most firearm deaths are suicides, not homicides, according to the 2015 Annual Review of Public Health. Suicides accounted on average for 60.5 percent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest

Curbing Youth Gun Violence

May 1, 2015 by Tommy Bryant

The solution to youth gun violence requires curbing access to firearms and providing mental illness treatment when needed, a recent scientific study … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest

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