Actress Susan Sarandon limped into San Quentin State Prison to learn from incarcerated Kid CAT members how she can help them stop the school-to-prison … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2016
U.S. Undersecretary Of Education Visits San Quentin
Another cadre of inmates learning computer program skills hosted a coding demonstration at San Quentin State Prison on March 15. The undersecretary of … [Read more...]
Teachers’ Forum Addresses School-to-Prison Pipeline
“Teaching is a political act,” said Berkeley High School teacher Hasmig Minassian. “It’s the job for the teacher to fight for the conditions that … [Read more...]
Enhancements Leave Thousands with Longer Sentences
Tens of thousands of convicted criminals are in state prison longer than the sentence for their crime due to California sentencing enhancements. The … [Read more...]
Collette Carroll Dedicated to Changing Lives
Collette Carroll is the kind of San Quentin volunteer who sees a serious need and fills it. The need was to prepare prisoners for their release into … [Read more...]
PPI Research Shows Population Fluctuation
Many sources say America locks up some 2.3 million people in its jails and prisons on any given day, but that’s not the whole story. According to … [Read more...]
Court of Appeals Upholds Prop. 89
By Noel Scott Journalism Guild Writer Two ballot propositions that make it harder for prisoners convicted of murder to get parole have been upheld on … [Read more...]
CDCR Releases New Blueprint With Budget Proposal
CDCR officials unveiled an updated master plan to fix California’s overcrowded prison system. Significant improvements have been made, “but much work … [Read more...]
CDCR Has Duty to Process Inmate Appeals
A prisoner may petition the court for a writ of mandate to compel the prison system to process his or her administrative appeal, a state appellate … [Read more...]
Critics Question the Purpose of Prisons
America needs to rethink the purpose of prisons and how they operate, some criminal justice reformers recommend. The country needs to change its ideas … [Read more...]
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