As part of an effort to reach out to the Special Olympic athletic community, inmates at the Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) hosted Northern … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2017
Students protest university investment in for-profit prisons
At a protest earlier this year, at California State University at Sacramento (CSUS), students demanded the university divest its financial ties to … [Read more...]
The psychological impact on police and correctional officers
The pressures of prison life on prisoner’s mental health has been a subject of psychological and academic research, but the cumulative impact of … [Read more...]
Alameda county hiring ex-offenders comes with roadblocks
Alameda County planned to hire 1,400 ex-offenders, but was hindered by a number of complex problems, reports the Bay Area News Group. Alameda County … [Read more...]
The disappointment of Proposition 57
Conversations about Prop 57 were once a hot topic around San Quentin’s prison yard. Now it’s a disappointing whisper. For decades a lot of prisoners … [Read more...]
Death penalty ballot fails to impose strict inmate appellate deadlines
A key provision in last year’s death penalty ballot initiative to speed up executions failed to impose strict deadlines on how much time is allowed to … [Read more...]