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Archives for May 2019

Solitary: Book depicts one man's journey through hell

May 15, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

Albert Woodfox spent almost 45-years in solitary confinement in Louisiana for a murder he insists he didn’t commit and has written a book detailing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Human Interest, Inmate, Prison Stories Tagged With: federal courts, Solitary confinement

CDCR agrees to legal settlement over disciplinary documents

May 15, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

“I spent five years to get them to dismiss the write-ups which should never have been filed in the first place” The California Department of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Legal, Prison Stories, Recently Posted Tagged With: legal, settlement

Personnel Spotlight: Former Counselor T. Dunckley

May 15, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

Many correctional officers have long, interesting careers. Some remain nameless and their stories untold. Counselor T. Dunckley worked for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Institutions Tagged With: correction officers, Oakland, retiring

Virginia believes women’s sanitary products pose a threat to prisons

May 15, 2019 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

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Female visitors entering Virginia State Prison have been forced to remove certain feminine products to visit their family member or friend, according … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health and Wellness, Human Interest, Prison Stories Tagged With: Capital News Service, drugs, Virginia, visitors

Iranian legal reforms reduce executions

May 15, 2019 by Charles Stanley Longley

Capital punishment in Iran has roughly been cut in half because of drug law reform, a human rights organization reports. Executions in Iran have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Legal, Prison Stories Tagged With: capital punishment, human rights, Iranian

Wisconsin governor submits proposal to build more prisons

May 15, 2019 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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Wisconsin’s Governor Tony Evers, whose campaign pledged to cut his state’s prison population in half, has instead recommended a $259 million … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Institutions, Legal, Prison Stories Tagged With: DOC, prisons, Wisconsin

SB 1421 gives public access to police misconduct records

May 13, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

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The public now has access to police misconduct records, thanks to a new law. This legislation grants access to the public of all investigations in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal Tagged With: police misconduct, public access, SB 1421

News Briefs

May 13, 2019 by San Quentin News Staff

US States

1. Muscatine, Iowa – Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that more states should let people with felony records vote … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs Tagged With: news briefs

Sports Pic’s Around The Q

May 13, 2019 by Aaron Taylor

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 49ers, Football

Happy Mother's Day

May 12, 2019 by San Quentin News

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Filed Under: Holidays Tagged With: mothers day, photo's

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