Organization to host yearly bicycle giveaway for Bay Area children of incarcerated parents Legal Services for Prisoners with Children will be … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2022
MT. TAM WELCOMES NEW STAFF
By Amy Shea, Mt. Tam College I recently celebrated my one-year anniversary with Mount Tamalpais College (MTC), as the Writing Program Director. I … [Read more...]
BPH commissioners embrace video format for parole hearings
In-person appearances before the Board of Parole Hearings for suitability appear to be a thing of the past. Instead, audio-video hearings are likely … [Read more...]
PAROLE BOARD: Jennifer Shaffer packs San Quentin chapel for face-to-face Q&A
Parole board’s Executive Officer offers powerful insights The Board of Parole Hearings Executive Officer Jennifer Shaffer visited San Quentin on … [Read more...]
SQ & Marin Shakespeare Co. offers Henry IV performance
A prison chapel transformed itself into a theater for a Shakespearean play when about two dozen incarcerated men teamed up with Marin Shakespeare … [Read more...]
Substance abuse program celebrates recovery
The triumphs of recovering substance abusers were on full display in San Quentin’s (SQ) gymnasium during the recent Incentive Day, a day of … [Read more...]
IN FOCUS: GRIP graduates, facilitators offer heartfelt personal insights on the power of the flagship program
Last month, we covered the first post-Covid graduation ceremony of the Guiding Rage Into Power program, commonly known as GRIP. The graduation … [Read more...]
Federal: Detained immigrants can sue over forced labor
Detained immigrants received a favorable judgment from a federal appeals court in June regarding labor practices during detention. The Ninth U.S. … [Read more...]
Call for repeal of state’s Three Strikes law
California needs to repeal the Three Strikes Law, which has lengthened sentences of more than 33,000 people, including more than 7,400 whose latest … [Read more...]
Ruling: Prosecutors required to follow Three Strikes law
Prosecutors must charge defendants with sentence-lengthening "three-strikes” enhancements, even if they oppose the state’s three strikes law, a … [Read more...]