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Suicide on the rise among prisoners

March 21, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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There has been a sharp increase in suicides in prisons and jails due to isolation in the pandemic, staff shortages and drug use, The Wall Street … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MENTAL HEALTH, Recently Posted Tagged With: Health and Wellness

Kid CAT makes a comeback

February 15, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Popular youth offender program returns Creating Awareness Together, most commonly known as Kid CAT, is reemerging at San Quentin after a long … [Read more...]

Filed Under: PRISON PROGRAMS, Recently Posted

Christmas carolers return to cell blocks after Covid hiatus

February 15, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

After two years of pandemic programing restrictions, volunteers and incarcerated residents were finally able to resume the prison’s beloved Christmas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: HOLIDAYS, Recently Posted

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone leads Christmas Eve Mass

February 15, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone returned to San Quentin’s Catholic Chapel to celebrate the traditional Christmas Eve Mass for the first time since … [Read more...]

Filed Under: HOLIDAYS, Recently Posted Tagged With: Religious Programs

Catholic Christmas banquet features renewal of vows 

February 15, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Some 900 parishioners and long-time volunteers of San Quentin’s Christian communities gathered on two Saturdays in December to celebrate the return of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: HOLIDAYS, PRISON PROGRAMS, Recently Posted Tagged With: Religious Programs

Giants legend Willie Mays pays visit to Oracle Park

January 20, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Willie Mays returned to Oracle Park on September 28 for only the second time since the start of the pandemic, according to the San Francisco … [Read more...]

Filed Under: PROFILE, Recently Posted, SPORTS Tagged With: Human Interest, Profiles

USF students attend philosophy course at San Quentin

January 19, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Experimental classroom integrates free and incarcerated students  A group of University of San Francisco students spent part of their fall … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EDUCATION, Recently Posted

Study: Covid-induced neurological impairment could last two years

January 19, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

People infected by COVID-19 have increased threats of neurological and psychiatric damage up to two years after infection, Oxford University has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Recently Posted

Former Oregon prison director to head beleaguered Federal Bureau of Prisons

January 18, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

federal prison concept represented by wooden letter tiles on a wooden table with glasses and a book

The new head of the scandal-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons says she believes in good government and transparency.  Colette Peters told The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FEDERAL BOP, Recently Posted Tagged With: Federal BOP

LOCKSTEP VENTURES

January 18, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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...]

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