By Emile DeWeaver Staff Writer This year juvenile and criminal justice advocates renewed their focus on California legislation that will introduce … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
Restorative Justice Symposium Tackles Sex Trafficking
By Rahsaan Thomas Staff Writer Speakers Marya Edgar and Billy “Faheem” Fuller gave accounts that put faces to the victims of sex trafficking at the … [Read more...]
Pope Francis Responds to Juvenile’s Request for Forgiveness
By Salvador Solorio Journalism Guild Writer Pope Francis recently replied to a letter from a juvenile in the Los Angeles County Jail. “Know that the … [Read more...]
“Brown Proclaims ‘Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day’”
After the end of the Vietnam War, veterans of that war have finally received a welcome home. Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. has proclaimed March 30 “Welcome … [Read more...]
Naturally Talented Artist Began While Incarcerated
By Wesley Eisiminger Staff Writer Bruce Fowler turns his natural talent in drawing and painting into magnificent works of art. Fowler said he started … [Read more...]
Marin Shakespeare Program Expands to CSP-Solano
By Harry C. Goodall Jr. Journalism Guild Writer In the gymnasium of California State Prison-Solano, inmates donned costumes and recited lines of … [Read more...]
Donovan Inmates Write Shakespeare Play for San Diego University
Students at San Diego State University performed a play, “I’M GOOD,” written by inmates at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD). “In my … [Read more...]
June 2016 News Briefs
San Quentin – Bernard L. Hamilton, 64, a Death Row inmate, died of natural causes on March 28. Hamilton was sentenced to death on March 2, 1981, for a … [Read more...]
Aumenta Numero de Jovenes Latinos en Hospitales Psiquiátricos
Por Larry Smith Gremio Periodístico La hospitalización psiquiátrica de jóvenes latinos en California ha incrementado drásticamente con relación a los … [Read more...]
A Rise in Latino Youth Psychiatric Hospitalization
The psychiatric hospitalizations of Latino youths in California are dramatically outpacing those of White and Black children and young adults, … [Read more...]