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Archives for March 2018

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March 30, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

1930 Wall City News

  25% drop in state prison incarceration 10% drop statewide average in county jail populations 22% drop in felony filings California still spends … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs Tagged With: Californians for Safety and Justice, Wall City Magazine

A nightmare for one incarcerated dreamer

March 30, 2018 by Tare Beltranchuc

Luis Ojeda, 23, is serving a six-year sentence in San Quentin State Prison after a conviction for assault with great bodily injury. Upon his release, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español, Recently Posted Tagged With: DACA, Daily Caller, Dreamers, Trump, undocumented immigrants

Unibody turns ex-cons into personal trainers

March 30, 2018 by Joe Garcia

Unibody Fitness members

A successful fitness entrepreneur recently launched his own nonprofit organization to train and prepare ex-convicts for employment as personal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Hector Guadalupe, New York City Sports Club, Unibody

ROOTS graduates learn inter-generational trauma

March 30, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Kevin Neang and Family

The audience cried and laughed with recent graduates of the Restoring Our Original True Selves (ROOTS) program as they told stories of healing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: cambodia, Restoring Our Original True Selves, ROOTS

The Religion of Sports reaches behind the wall

March 29, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Lt. Robinson, Branden Riddle-Terrel, Marvin Mutch, Mike Gattanella, Gotham Chopra, John “Dunnie” Windham, Chris Uttwiller and Giselle Parets

Sports is a religion according to Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and the other producers of The Religion of Sports TV series. On Jan. 9, The Religion of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Branden Riddle-Terrel, Chris “Stretch” Rich, Chris Uttwiller, Gattanella, Giselle Parets, Gotham Chopra, John “Dunnie” Windham, Mutch, The Religion of Sports

Women complete culinary program

March 27, 2018 by William Harris

Mireya Flores showing off a tasty dish

Eleven inmates graduated from the first Culinary Arts Management program at Folsom Women’s Facility. Vincent Moralez, supervisor of the program, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cosumnes River College, Folsom Women’s Facility, The Folsom Telegraph

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Valentine visit

March 27, 2018 by Juan Haines

Anthony Ammons talking to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative group

About a year and half ago, Aly Tamboura returned home after serving almost 14 years behind bars. He came back to San Quentin on Valentine’s Day with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Aly Tamboura, CZI

Arnulfo T. Garcia a dream continues to prosper

March 25, 2018 by Juan Haines

One of many horses that will be part of the program

This newspaper has previously reported on the life and untimely death of former editor Arnulfo T. Garcia. However, Garcia was much more than editor of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Obituary, Recently Posted Tagged With: Arnulfo T. Garcia, Arnulfo T. Garcia Foundation, Con-Ex Restorative Justice Project, Horse Club Foundation

United States leads world in locking up women report

March 25, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

A woman sitting in one of the United States’ many jail cells around the country

Individual states of the U.S., along with the federal government, lead the world in putting women behind bars, according to a 2017 report by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured

Actor Danny Trejo escaped the death penalty

March 23, 2018 by Joe Garcia

Danny Trejo holding SQ News

After facing a possible death penalty, Danny Trejo wove his prison experience and tough-guy persona into a successful movie career. The now well-known … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read, Recently Posted Tagged With: Danny Trejo, gas chamber

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