Archives for August 2018

Kern Valley upgrades smoke detection equipment

August 8, 2018 by Sergio

Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) is the latest California facility to upgrade its smoke detection technology to improve the safety of inmates and … [Read more...]

SQ's Third Annual Gospel Music Workshop

August 8, 2018 by Juan Haines

A stream of more than 200 blue shirts flowed into San Quentin’s Garden Chapel June 23 for the Third Annual Gospel Music Workshop. As the men-in-blue … [Read more...]

Fast-food blunder sends Kentucky narc to prison

August 8, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

A fast-food receipt exposed a Kentucky police detective’s corruption and led to the investigation that shutdown the drug task force, the Louisville … [Read more...]

Exclusive screening ‘From Incarceration to Education’

August 8, 2018 by Joe Garcia

University of California at Berkeley filmmakers visited San Quentin for an exclusive screening of “From Incarceration to Education,” an original … [Read more...]

Virginia disputes ACLU charges of harsh solitary

August 8, 2018 by Charles Stanley Longley

The solitary confinement program in Virginia’s prisons is chastised in a new ACLU report for its inhumane conditions, according to the Washington … [Read more...]

CALPIA’s offers pre-apprentice programs for female prisoners

August 8, 2018 by William Harris

The California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) pre-apprentice program has graduated 70 women in the field of carpentry, construction labor, … [Read more...]

Vegan meals could be an option

August 8, 2018 by Timothy Hicks

All 35 of California’s prisons may have the option to serve its 120,000 inmates vegan meals if Senate Bill 1138 passes, said CBS Sacramento. State … [Read more...]

Trump pardons legendary heavyweight champ Jack Johnson

August 8, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

In May, President Trump pardoned Jack Johnson, the legendary first black world heavyweight boxing champion. His legacy had been tarnished by a … [Read more...]

Public safer when released inmates supported

August 8, 2018 by Juan Haines

With 95 percent of people in America’s prisons and jails getting out eventually, a new study finds that public safety benefits by reuniting them with … [Read more...]

Supreme Court grants new trial based attorney’s assertion of client’s guilt

August 8, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a new trial, despite evidence of the man’s guilt, in a case where the defendant testified he is innocent while his … [Read more...]