Archives for April 2022

Getting treatment for chronic conditions after release

April 19, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

Transitions Clinic Network (TCN) hosts a monthly Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) column. This column is a space where we can answer questions … [Read more...]

Researchers see explosion of diabetes in wake of COVID-19

April 19, 2022 by Steve Brooks

For more than two million Americans who were locked up in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a new worry on the horizon: an epidemic of … [Read more...]

Oakland-based reentry program offers legal help

April 19, 2022 by Joshua Strange

An Oakland organization is helping soon to be released and newly released prisoners negotiate a multitude of legal problems. Root and Rebound is … [Read more...]

Transitions reentry program prepares prisoners for a future in the free world

April 19, 2022 by Joshua Strange

Significant job opportunities are available to the formerly incarcerated, says reentry teacher Philip Leonida. He has been teaching San Quentin’s … [Read more...]

Coding ‘boot camp’ launched

April 19, 2022 by Randy Hansen

Coding Dojo and the Prison Scholar Fund (PSF) are launching a new coding boot camp program to help formerly incarcerated people develop computer … [Read more...]

Florida program saves canine lives — and prisoners, too

April 19, 2022 by William Tobert

Incarcerated people in Florida are learning how to communicate, take responsibility, and show compassion by bonding with incarcerated dogs, according … [Read more...]

Report: California’s death penalty ‘beyond repair’

April 19, 2022 by David Ditto

A committee on penal code revisions recommended abolishing California’s death penalty, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Voters have twice … [Read more...]

Congress weighs efficiency, fairness for federal prisoners

April 18, 2022 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Congress is considering legislation to increase efficiency and fairness for federal prisoners. The bipartisan Senate bill called the Criminal … [Read more...]

Colorado prisoners launch radio station

April 18, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Colorado has launched the first radio station by inmates inside a state prison. The show, Inside Wire, initiated its first broadcast on March 1 at … [Read more...]

California senator pushes for $2,600 gate money

April 18, 2022 by Dao Ong

In a first major attempt in nearly 50 years, a lawmaker from Los Angeles has introduced a bill that could significantly increase “gate money,” the … [Read more...]