1. Kentucky — ( AP) State officials are promoting a Prison-to-Work- Pipeline program aimed at connecting incarcerated people with employment as they … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2023
ILLINOIS – Sheriff fights recidivism by reducing costs and fees charged to incarcerated
The Washtenaw CountySheriff belives one way toovercome reincarcerationis through reducing thedebt incurred by detainees A sheriff in Illinois is … [Read more...]
TEXAS – No immunity for state corrections in veteran’s medical device lawsuit
A state appeals court has denied immunity of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from a lawsuit when it refused to replace a device for Robin … [Read more...]
US-MEXICO BORDER -Feds ask for psych testing of undocumented parents
DOJ seeks verification of mental suffering forparents separated from children at border Parents separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexican … [Read more...]
Zoe Mullery, Watani Stiner start writing workshop for returning citizens
Creative writing teacher Zoe Mullery and former San Quentin News staffer Watani Stiner are teaming up to start a creative writing class. The class … [Read more...]
Discrimination persists despite ‘Ban the Box’ laws
Formerly incarcerated people are still facing many obstacles finding employment despite “Ban the Box” laws. After serving almost 20-years of … [Read more...]
Dehumanizing labels adversely affect returning citizens
State lawmakers, an international organization and a non-profit all advocate to change the negative labeling of incarcerated people as “felons and … [Read more...]
Mt. Tam, Stanford mull Three Strikes partnership
The California Three Strikes Project at Stanford Law School and Mount Tamalpais College are considering a class where law students and incarcerated … [Read more...]
LOCKSTEP VENTURES
Change needed in venture capital hiring practices Companies need to do a better job of offering jobs to about 650,000 people freed from America’s … [Read more...]
Marin Shakespeare pays tribute to ‘the Bard’ with production of Richard III
The lobby of San Quentin’s Garden Chapel was filled with Shakespearean costumes. The actors were from San Quentin’s Shakespeare program and the Marin … [Read more...]
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