Quốc hội đang giới thiệu một luật mới đó là cắt bớt phân nửa án treo cho những trọng án nghiêm trọng ở tiểu bang Cali. Điều luật mới, AB 1182, sẽ giảm bớt giám thị án treo từ một năm xuống 180 ngày. Điều này sẽ giúp cho những người đống thuế tiết … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2019
Encuentra en el servicio comunitario un medio para combatir la soledad
José López en laoficina de SQN La receta para evitar la soledad, crear nuevas amistades, mejorar la salud y bienestar personal, podría ser el estar al servicio de la comunidad. Recoger las piedras del campo de fútbol, ofrecer agua a los … [Read more...]
Nayeon Kim se despide the Prison University Program de San Quentin
Profesora de PUP Nayeon Kim Una de las más fervientes colaboradoras de Prision University Project (PUP) en la Prisión Estatal de San Quentin, dejará de ser voluntaria para continuar sus estudios en leyes en City University of New York. Nayeon … [Read more...]
An emerging class of peacemakers from San Quentin
Restorative justice program GRIP continues its legacy of healing with its newest grads After examining their lives, past traumas, their crimes and taking account- ability of it all, nearly 150 incarcerated men underwent a “rite of passage” in San … [Read more...]
Juneteenth weekend celebration at San Quentin
The 2019 Juneteenth weekend at San Quentin concluded with speeches and musical performances in the prison’s Catholic Chapel. About 70 inmates and a handful of outside guests attended the evening event. The prison’s R&B band New Syndication of … [Read more...]
San Quentin kicks off its summer concert series
James Benson on drums and Darryl Farris on bass The San Quentin Music Program kicked off its summer concert series with a socially conscious Juneteenth Celebration on the prison’s Lower Yard. The June 15 jamboree provided funk, soul, oldies but … [Read more...]
Getting a rare second chance in prison: How one youthful offender reclaimed his life with the help of others
Ryan Dietz and “Prison Daddy” Kenny Vernon Ryan Dietz arrived at San Quentin in 2016 ready to succumb to all the usual pitfalls that await youth of- fenders—substance abuse, cellphone activity and peer- pressured violence. Instead, the … [Read more...]
LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK: letters to the editor
Kerry-Lyn-Dalton I’m a woman on California’s Death Row. I have been on Death Row for over 23 years. I think this newspaper does a lot of good and I like that you write about women on Death Row. But before people make assumptions about us, they … [Read more...]
Grammy-nominated Nipsey Hussle remembered
Nipsey Hussle Happy Birthday and rest in peace, Nipsey Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom. On March 31, the late rapper was gunned down in front of The Marathon Clothing store, his place of business in the Crenshaw District of South Los Angeles. Nipsey … [Read more...]
California legislature advances bill to compensate victims of involuntary sterilization
Women Advocates of CCWP and CLRS supporting Bill Pending legislature aims to compensate victims of an old California policy that once resulted in forced or involuntary sterilization on individuals deemed unfit to reproduce. Under California’s … [Read more...]