Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has announced a four-year extension of its lease agreement for the California City Correctional Center with … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
‘Ban the Box’ Might Have Unintended Consequences
A recent study shows two-thirds of former inmates are rearrested and re-convicted within three years of their release from prison, reports Kate Irby … [Read more...]
Juneteenth Celebration Held in Prison Chapel for First Time
San Quentin’s Rastafari Theater and Arts Ensemble team put on its first Juneteenth celebration in the Catholic Chapel on June 18. The team was founded … [Read more...]
New Tool to Analyzing Criminal Justice Policy
Incarceration rates are not the entire story of the criminal justice system. For reformers seeking to rationalize our criminal justice policies, the … [Read more...]
Cal State Fullerton Offers Programs to the Formerly Incarcerated
California State University, Fullerton is expanding college opportunities for formerly incarcerated people by adopting Project Rebound, a program led … [Read more...]
Cala Manager Offers Employment Returning Citizens
San Francisco’s hottest restaurant has a general manager who believes it is smart business to hire the formerly incarcerated.Opened in September 2015, … [Read more...]
Battle Brewing Over Prop. 47 Savings Allocation
There is a battle brewing over who will have a say on how Proposition 47 savings from the recent reduction in criminal penalties will be … [Read more...]
NY’s Solitary Confinement of Youth Persists Under Different Name
I was 17 years old when I first entered a Rikers Island cell. An icy wind blew through the crack in a window sealed behind a metal grate. The … [Read more...]
Great Books Empowers Teenagers to Tackle Life’s Lessons
For parents, connecting and building healthy relationships with their teenagers can be a challenging task. For an incarcerated parent, it can be … [Read more...]
Native Americans Are Overlooked in Mass Incarceration
Native Americans are often overlooked when it comes to mass incarceration and police abuses, according to an article in Truth-Out News … [Read more...]