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Archives for October 2017

One man betters himself motivating young men

October 31, 2017 by Rahsaan Thomas

Julio Saca

Long before any law passed providing time off for taking self-help groups, San Quentin Kings basketball player Julio Saca found his own motivations … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Profiles, San Quentin Kings

Letters to the Editor from R. Ross

October 31, 2017 by San Quentin News Contributor

Dear SQ News, Greetings to each of you, I am an old ex-resident of the S.Q., haven’t been there since 1990, the beginning of the change over from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: letters

Governor signs drug sentencing reform bill SB 180

October 31, 2017 by Emily Harris

Four months after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions renewed the federal government’s pursuit of mandatory minimum drug sentences for low-level drug … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ella Baker Center, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, non-violent drug offenses, RISE Act

Prosecutors have great power over criminal cases

October 31, 2017 by Charles David Henry

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Prosecutors have taken over as “rulers” of the criminal justice system, curbing the influence of judges, a federal judge says. Draconian laws in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

A question of law and prison investments

October 31, 2017 by Jesse Vasquez

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Ethical questions are being raised about an immigration judge whose husband has invested in private prisons, Mother Jones magazine reports. The issue … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ICE

Politicians work toward protection for young illegal immigrants

October 31, 2017 by San Quentin News Contributor

The battle over immigration policy continues as some politicians work toward protecting immigrants who illegally entered the U.S., according to two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DACA, deportation, ICE, young immigrants

Immigrant rights groups express concern about sanctuary city raids

October 31, 2017 by Jesse Vasquez

An inmate cries behind bars

Immigrant rights groups are concerned that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) is targeting sanctuary cities. Sanctuary regions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: deportation, ICE, Immigration, orange county

Alabama restores voting rights without notification

October 31, 2017 by Joe Garcia

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Alabama recently passed a law to restore voting rights to most of its citizens with felony records.  A federal judge, however, ruled that this new law … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alabama, voting rights

El legado de la revolución Mexicana

October 31, 2017 by Marco Villa

Los revolucionarios listos para defender la causa del pueblo

La Revolución Mexicana fue un movimiento armado iniciado en 1910 para terminar la dictadura de Porfirio Díaz, la cual culminó oficialmente con la … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read

Viviendo y sobreviviendo entre el cielo y la tierra

October 31, 2017 by Lucia de la Fuente

Top: Marco Villa, Manuel Granados Bottom: Steve Granville, Lucia de la Fuente, Arnulfo Garcia and Eduardo Gonzalez

Entre el cielo y la tierra. “[…] nadie puede decir en qué momento comienza el despertar del hombre” (Eduardo Subirats, Utopía y Subversión, 1975, p. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ESPANOL

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