Performing executions, whether authentic or simulated, causes long-term side effects for workers both in and outside of prisons, according to … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2023
GOV. CALLS FOR BALLOT MEASURE IN ʼ24
HOUSING AND TREATMENT FOR VETS, MENTAL HEALTH, ADDICTION Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking support for a 2024 ballot measure that would fund housing … [Read more...]
H-UNIT EOPS TEAM UP FOR ‘MURPH CHALLENGE’
Residents of San Quentin’s Enhanced Outpatient Program teamed up on Memorial Day to complete a “hero workout” as part of a national event to honor a … [Read more...]
MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION PROGRAM CELEBRATES FIRST ROUND GRADUATES
Yolo County’s new mental health diversion court addresses treatment of mental health issues and alcohol or other drug addictions. The program … [Read more...]
REPORT: CHRONIC FEAR HAS NEGATIVE EFFECT ON PHYSICAL, MENTAL HEALTH
Chronic fear can negatively affect an individual’s physical, emotional, environmental, and spiritual health, contributing to a variety of anxieties … [Read more...]
VOLUNTEERS BRING TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TO SQ RESIDENTS
Yoga instructors Annabelle Teleki and Veronica Geretz arrive at San Quentin each week to guide the residents through a practice known as … [Read more...]
GRIP GRADS GET ‘STAMP’ OF APPROVAL
On April 21, the Guiding Rage Into Power Training Institute held its second graduation since rebounding from the pandemic. Sixty-five … [Read more...]
TRUST CELEBRATIONS RESUME AFTER COVID
San Quentin’s garden chapel on April 6 to celebrate graduation from the TRUST family of programs. It was the program’s first graduation in three years … [Read more...]
MAKING IT REAL: PROSECUTORS TO VISIT JAILS AND PRISONS
A challenge from a criminal justice reform organization resulted in 66 elected prosecutors agreeing to visit the very correctional facilities their … [Read more...]
CASH BAIL ALTERNATIVE
SCIENCE-BASED ALGORITHM FOCUSESON ISSUES OF FAIRNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY A new procedure for releasing detainees focuses on public safety and fairness … [Read more...]
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