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Archives for January 2024

Mississippi’s record incarceration rate takes a toll on its economy

January 10, 2024 by Vance Eugene Sams Jr.

Criminal justice reforms would boost the Mississippi state economy and reduce crime, a bipartisan political organization named FWD.us … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted

Untested method set for used in execution draws concern

January 10, 2024 by Jason Satterfield

Alabama wants to use nitrogen to carry out its death sentences. The law would make Alabama the first state to use nitrogen hypoxia as a method of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research

SQ residents bridge the generational gap through social justice and Hip-Hop

January 10, 2024 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

San Quentin residents made efforts to bridge the generational gap between young and elder offenders, with a series of conversations that took place on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MUSIC, Recently Posted

Llamadas de larga distancia bloqueadas para cientos de residentes en SQ

January 9, 2024 by Arsenio Leyva

Una cantidad alarmante de reos no pueden comunicarse con sus familiares. San Quentin lleva ya varias semanas con el problema de establecer la … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ESPANOL, SPANISH

Voting rights for returning citizens still being fought in some states

January 9, 2024 by Amir Shabazz

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Many states are moving slowly toward restoring voter rights to convicted felons, but some other states are taking steps to make voting more difficult, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted

NEWS BRIEFS — December 2023

January 9, 2024 by Bostyon Johnson

Alaska — (Business Wire) A new evidence-gathering tool will allow law enforcement officials to interact, send, receive, analyze, store, and share … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NEWS BRIEFS, Recently Posted

Residents support St. Jude’s Children Hospital with food sale

January 9, 2024 by Dante Jones

Looking to serve its residents and support kids, San Quentin hosted the second annual food truck event on its Lower Yard on November 16. This time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Marin Foster Care, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Climate crisis: Heat waves threaten the incarcerated

January 8, 2024 by Simeon Alexander

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Heat kills hundreds of prisoners, according to a report from Brown University. “With climate change, each summer is going to be worse than last. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Amite Dominick

DOJ: Police corruption lives on in Minneapolis

January 8, 2024 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

In June of this year, the Department of Justice provided evidence that the Minneapolis Police Department is still engaged in police brutality and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LAW ENFORCEMENT, Recently Posted Tagged With: Bradley Balko, Department of Justice, George Floyd, Minneapolis Police Department

Protection or punishment: Trans people held in solitary at disproportionate rates

January 8, 2024 by Cassandra Evans

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Transgender people serving time in prison are placed in isolation cells at exceedingly high rates, according to The Nation. After threats to her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Recently Posted, WOMEN IN PRISON Tagged With: Federal Bureau of Prisons, James Lyndon, Jennaya Bennett-Werra, Jessica Hicklin, Milo Inglehart, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Tahj Graham

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