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Archives for March 2018

California’s skyrocketing prison budget

March 20, 2018 by William Harris

San Quentin Death Row Housing Unit

California leads the rest of the nation in prison spending with a skyrocketing prison budget, according to a report by PolitiFact. During Gov. Jerry … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cdcr, PoltiFact, prison overcrowding

Professor teaches next generation through video

March 20, 2018 by John Lam

Adam Zagelbaum

A Sonoma State University professor filmed an educational video of the Kid CAT Youth Offender Support Group to teach the next generation of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Kid CAT Childhood development program, Youth Offender

Kid CAT Speaks by A. Cooper

March 20, 2018 by John Lam

Dear Kid CAT, I have been in prison going on 15 years, and I’ve tried to change my life for the best. I was 16 years old when I was alleged to be a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Kid CAT Childhood development program, letters

Irrational fear harms mental health

March 20, 2018 by Juan Haines

People who experience long-term hyper-vigilance may have unintended negative mental health consequences, some scientists say. “Remaining in this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Brown University, coping skills, Duke University, hyper-vigilance, Pacella Research Center, Youth Offender

Restuarando una comunidad por medio del dialogo

March 20, 2018 by Juan Haines

Photo courtesy of Dina Phillips

Más de dos docenas  de sobrevivientes  de crimen cruzaron las pesadas y cautivantes puertas de acero en San Quentin para enfrentar a prisioneros … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ARC, Human Rights Watch, Restore Justice

La pesadilla de un soñador encarcelado

March 20, 2018 by Juan Haines

Jennie Ojeda, Luis Ojeda, and Lourdes Ortiz

Luis Ojeda de 23 años, se encuentra en la Prisión de San Quentin cumpliendo una condena de seis años por asalto agravado. Después de cumplir su … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DACA

Reflections of a veteran: Davis Bennett

March 19, 2018 by Wesley Eisiminger

Davis Bennett, far right, toasting with army brothers and sisters

Davis Bennett, 75, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1961. He is one of the many combat veterans serving time at San Quentin State Prison. Bennett served … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 1st Armored Division, Mary Donovan, Profiles, Veterans Healing Veterans from the Inside Out, Vietnam veterans

Protestant banquet honors Chaplain Mardi Jackson

March 19, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

The sounds of gospel shook San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel as it hosted more than 250 inmates and 60 guests at its Annual Christian Banquet to close … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chaplain Mardi Ralph Jackson, Profiles, San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel, The Praise and Worship Team, Well Christian Community Church

Formerly incarcerated reduces violence in Richmond

March 19, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

James-Houston

James Houston used what he learned in San Quentin Prison to help reduce the murder rate and mentor young men in Richmond, the city across the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: IPP, Profiles, PUP, Richmond, SQUIRES, VOEG

2017's low executions only 23

March 19, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

Execution-Table-3

Though 2017 had the second fewest annual prison executions in several decades—23 executions to be exact—the controversies surrounding capital … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Death Row, Eighth Amendment, Firing squad, lethal injection, prison executions

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