In April a dozen San Quentin prisoners graduated from an innovative technology training program where they had learned 21st Century computer coding … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2015
Death Penalty ‘Costly, Still Broken’
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...]
‘Angel’s List’ Would Review Parolee Services
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...]
School Adopts Restorative Justice Over Punishment
The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) found that punishing students for fighting or breaking rules was ineffective. As a result, schools in … [Read more...]
Former Inmate Becomes Recreation Therapist for CDCR
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...]
Report: Criminal Justice System Plagued With Racism
America’s criminal justice system is loaded with latent institutional racism, a new study concludes. “Disparities in police stops, in prosecutorial … [Read more...]
FBI: Police Kill More Blacks Than Other Races
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...]
Billionaire Conservative Political Activist Puts His Sights on Reforming Criminal Justice System
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...]
In the U.S. Firearms Involved Many More Suicides Than Homicides
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...]
Curbing Youth Gun Violence
The solution to youth gun violence requires curbing access to firearms and providing mental illness treatment when needed, a recent scientific study … [Read more...]
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