New Mexico — Lawmakers passed a bill forbidding “restricted housing” — defined as 22 or more consecutive hours in a cell “without daily, meaningful … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Prison therapeutic program makes use of the arts
For more than three decades, Clean Break, an organization based in London, England, has provided a therapeutic program for women prisoners within the … [Read more...]
Former prisoners return for TRUST graduation
Three highly acclaimed self-help programs at San Quentin Prison held a graduation for more than 80 inmates on March 30. Dozens of San Francisco Bay … [Read more...]
Beliefs and rationale challenge when catastrophe hits
In a fictionalized future world, the worst possible global scenario occurs (nuclear annihilation). Robert Mailer Anderson brings three characters on … [Read more...]
Historian on the Yard
Mainline prisoners have been baffled with the unknown identity of young women strolling around in their midst the past few months. “Is she a cop, … [Read more...]
Construction program graduates 15 women inmates
The Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) and the Inmate Ward Labor (IWL) successfully graduated 15 inmates in the offender pre-apprenticeship … [Read more...]
Asked on the line
In the United States, Mother’s Day is always on the second Sunday of May, but in countries like Mexico, Mother’s Day is always on May 10, regardless … [Read more...]
Mom's name in a tattoo
When I first came to prison, I didn’t know what to expect. And, like many people who have never been behind these walls, I believed everything I heard … [Read more...]