Many California prisoners find gratifying work fighting wildfires. Roughly 20 percent of the state’s fire crews are inmates, according to a CBS News … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2017
Looking back on 42 years of service at San Quentin
In June 1975, Donald Graham left the California Department of Corrections’ training academy after two weeks and took his first job assignment at San … [Read more...]
DDS Morley’s heartfelt goodbye after 19 years at SQ
‘The dental department is going to lose a wonderful dentist’ Making people smile is something Jerry Morley is good at; it is something he does for a … [Read more...]
Consulado Mexicano visita San Quentin
Prisioneros Mexicanos e hispanos de diferentes nacionalidades en California enfrentan grandes retos para rehabilitarse y cambiar sus vidas. Esa fue la … [Read more...]
Mas vivir y menos sobrevivir: la Justicia Restaurativa y el perdón humano
La justicia suele personificarse con la imagen de una mujer con los ojos vendados, sosteniendo una balanza y una espada. La mujer, inspirada en la … [Read more...]
Two views of how Prop. 47 is working out:
Positive: Barriers to employment were reduced Proposition 47 has allowed many former offenders access to better jobs and opportunities. The … [Read more...]
Negative: Parolees leave prison homeless and jobless
By David Eugene Archer Sr. At least 13,500 low-level drug offenders were freed from prisons and jails by California voters in 2014, reported USA … [Read more...]
Employment still the biggest obstacle for parolees
One of the biggest obstacle prisoners face upon release is finding a job. This applies to both violent and nonviolent offenders. “Recently the … [Read more...]
Louisiana lacks funding in juvenile LWOP sentencing hearings
‘The state public defender’s budget has been “stagnant” at about $33 million’ Louisiana public defenders lack funding to represent life-without-parole … [Read more...]
Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete by William C. Rhoden
Professional athletes have always earned higher salaries than the average wage earner. Yet, the lack of African-Americans in sports team ownership is … [Read more...]