PENNSYLVANIA A progressive Philadelphia prosecutor is pointing to his reelection as proof that America continues to support criminal justice … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2022
Raleigh detective fired for staging phoney drug busts
NORTH CAROLINA A North Carolina detective was fired for allegedly staging heroin drug busts on at least 15 Black men using brown sugar packets, … [Read more...]
Cleared of murder after 30 years
MARYLAND A Maryland man has been exonerated of murder after spending 30 years in prison based on the false testimony of a jailhouse … [Read more...]
Prison radio gives a voice to the condemned
TEXAS The Tank, at 106.5 FM, is a radio station in a high security Texas prison that gives hundreds of inmates, including 200 on Death Row, a … [Read more...]
Freed by childhood friend
MARYLAND “You’re going home today,” the judge told Sura Sohna, culminating a lengthy crusade by the prisoner’s childhood buddy. The … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS April 2022
New York — ( AP) The author of “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971” has sued New York’s prison authorities for banning the book in … [Read more...]
Move to stop state’s use of holocaust gas in executions
ARIZONA On February 15, Arizona’s Jewish leaders filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Corrections in an effort to stop the use of the … [Read more...]
Report finds 1,600 prisoners punished, isolated on faulty drug evidence
NEW YORK Faulty drug tests caused more than 1,600 New York prisoners to be locked in solitary confinement, denied family visits, and delayed parole … [Read more...]
San Quentin Staff Legacies
Over the years, we’ve covered the loss of prison staff and administrators who have touched the lives of the incarcerated in a positive way. … [Read more...]
San Quentin News Legacies
Remembering two powerhouse San Quentin News editors ARNULFO T. GARCIA 1951 - 2017 By Marcus HendersonEditor in Chief The passing of … [Read more...]
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