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Archives for June 2021

Juez Ordena a Guardias de una Prisión a Usar Cámaras Corporales

June 29, 2021 by Kevin Sawyer

Un juez federal en respuesta a alegaciones de abuso contra prisioneros ordeno a los oficiales correccionales de la prisión de California Richard J. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Criminal Justice, Español, Legal, Spanish Tagged With: CDCR prisons, legal, SQ News Espanol

TRANSITION CLINIC NETWORK Helps Returning Citizens

June 29, 2021 by Vincent O'Bannon

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Health, not incarceration is just one of the mottos of a group of medical advocates helping returning citizens (formerly incarcerated individuals) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Health Care, Re-Entry Tagged With: Health Care, re-entry

120 Executions, Capital Punishment in the USA

June 29, 2021 by A.J. Hardy

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Capital punishment is declining in America, but some states and the federal government continue to execute prisoners, according to a study by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Death Penalty Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY

#StopSanQuentinOutbreak Coalition Provides Tools to Stop Transfers

June 29, 2021 by Administrators

The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights publicized the following tools to challenge transfers and immigration actions. The #StopSanQuentinOutbreak … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Immigration, RESOURCES, Spanish Tagged With: COVID-19, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

California to Shut Down Remaining Youth Facilities by July 2023

June 29, 2021 by Edwin Chavez

California is set to shut down its remaining three youth facilities by July 2023, generating concerns over how to handle young offenders, the Los … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Criminal Justice, Institutions, Prison Reform, Youth Offender Tagged With: youth offenders

ELDER DERRICK HOLLOWAY LEADS SQ GARDEN CHAPEL

June 28, 2021 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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Displayed in the entry hallway in Garden Chapel is a Biblical verse that reads “Iron sharpens iron.” Since 2009, Pastor Derrick Holloway has been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Prison Stories, Profiles, Religious Programs Tagged With: profile, San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel

SQ Holds Q&A on Vaccine Hesitancy

June 28, 2021 by Juan Haines

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With almost 500 prisoners and over 1,000 prison staffers refusing a COVID-19 vaccine, on May 1, San Quentin’s Media Department held a Q&A … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Health Care, SQ News Tagged With: COVID-19

IT’S SHOWTIME! WITH AARON TAYLOR

June 28, 2021 by Timothy Hicks

Being prepared boosted Aaron “Showtime” Taylor from being a sports announcer inside San Quentin to doing the public address announcing at a game for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read, Parole and Release, Profiles, Sports Tagged With: basketball, Golden State Warriors, sports

CDCR’S COVID-19 RESPONSE AT SQ A HEALTH DISASTER SAYS INSPECTOR GENERAL

June 28, 2021 by Joe Garcia

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California’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) confirmed what SQ’s COVID-impacted community has known since June — that administrative mistakes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Health Care, SQ News Tagged With: CDCR Medical, COVID-19, San Quentin State Prison

NEWS BRIEFS, JUNE 2021

June 28, 2021 by Juan Haines

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South Carolina -The failure to find drugs to carry out lethal injections led lawmakers to pass a bill that would force Death Row prisoners to pick the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs Tagged With: news briefs

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