Prisoners rushed to an emergency call to rescue two people who spent an hour in the frigid San Francisco Bay waters when a 14-foot boat overturned … [Read more...]
Alliance for Change Prepares Inmates For Life Outside
Confining offenders without trying to change them is an experience of folly with short benefits of winning battles while losing the war. It is wrong. … [Read more...]
Students Get Eye-Opening Experience At S.Q.
A group of 25 college students got a real education in California’s penal system during a visit to San Quentin State Prison. They sat in a circle with … [Read more...]
S.Q. 9/11 Memorial Honors The Fallen
San Quentin marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America with a ceremony honoring those killed in the terrorist attacks and correctional … [Read more...]
Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ Lots of Laughs
For an hour or so, an array of San Quentin prisoners, staff members and volunteers stepped out of their routine into the shoes of Shakespeare actors, … [Read more...]
10 Things About Prisons
1. The United States has a correctional population of 7,328,200, which means one in every 31 U.S. adults is under correctional control. [Bureau of … [Read more...]
Parole Board Given Flawed Psych Reports
Numerous prisoners were subjected to flawed psychological evaluations, and Board of Parole Hearings commissioners are insufficiently trained to detect … [Read more...]
R.E.A.L Choices Group Making an Impact
A group of 26 at-risk boys who turned their lives around, thanks to counselors and San Quentin inmates, graduated in June from a program called … [Read more...]
The Impact of Doing Time
Part 2 of 2 Prisoners who struggle with their emotions and behavior create obscure as well as camouflaging personas. They risk alienation from others … [Read more...]
CDCR in the Dark on Operations
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) fails to track, maintain and use data that would allow effective monitoring and … [Read more...]
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