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Archives for October 2021

Community-driven public safety recommended

October 30, 2021 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

The federal government has implemented new public safety strategies that are difficult for communities to understand, the Urban Institute … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Public Services Tagged With: public safety, The Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center

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October 30, 2021 by Amir Shabazz

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Tech giants Apple, Facebook, Google, Instagram, and Microsoft are major suppliers of personal information to local, state, and federal law enforcement … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal, Uncategorized

FCC creates new phone rules for prisoners

October 30, 2021 by Kevin Sawyer

Federal regulators have lowered the rates on fees for out-of-state calls made from prisons and jails, Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) reported in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Legal, Money Tagged With: Prison phone system

Federal prison system severely understaffed

October 30, 2021 by Jad Salem

Juan Ramon Rodriguez-Barbosa, 47 years old, hung himself and died on May 26 at FCI Mendota, a medium-security prison west of Fresno. Rodriguez-Barbosa … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Federal BOP, Health and Wellness Tagged With: Federal, Prison Economy

Formerly incarcerated find it hard to vote

October 30, 2021 by William Tobert

Five million formerly incarcerated people in America must overcome a vast assortment of obstacles to enjoy the privilege of voting, reported Vice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal, Politics, Re-Entry Tagged With: legal, vote, voter registration

CA Legislature considers expansion of resentencing law

October 30, 2021 by A.J. Hardy

The California Legislature’s 2021-2022 Regular Session is currently considering several bills which, if passed, would change resentencing procedures.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal Tagged With: California, legal, life sentence

California’s prison population shrinks while the Corrections budget continues to balloon

October 30, 2021 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

  $102,000 annually for California is spending more than each person held in the state’s prisons, according to news reports. This cost is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Money, Most Read

Transitions Clinic Network provides national healthcare resources for formerly incarcerated

October 30, 2021 by Vincent O'Bannon

“Health not incarceration” is one of the mottos of a group of medical advocates helping formerly incarcerated individuals with their health care and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Public Services, Re-Entry Tagged With: health, Health Care, healthcare, TCN

Humanizing the survivors of SQ’s COVID outbreak

October 30, 2021 by Steve Brooks

Person holding covid sign

A new organization is helping San Quentin’s incarcerated cope with the fear and trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. Humans of San Quentin helped … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Prison Programs Tagged With: COVID-19, Mental Health

Incarcerated women join California’s firefight: Female prisoners log millions of hours in the battle against the state’s intensifying wildfires

October 30, 2021 by Amir Shabazz

Year-round, incarcerated women in California prisons are putting their lives on the line fighting fires up and down the state to limit major … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Human Interest, Women in Prison Tagged With: firefighter, women in prison

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