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Transitions Clinic Network staff visit SQNews

January 15, 2024 by Bostyon Johnson

Members of the SQNews sat down with Transitions Clinic Network staff to discuss incarceration, health, and reentry resources for people returning to … [Read more...]

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...]

Four decades of service

January 1, 2024 by Bostyon Johnson

A rehabilitative program named the Actors’ Gang Prison Project, first started by actor Tim Robbins of Shawshank Redemption fame, provides incarcerated … [Read more...]

Reentering citizens released with fentanyl antidote kits

December 29, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

Eighty percent of persons released from California jails and prisons received Narcan antidote kits between 2020 and 2022, KFF Health News … [Read more...]

News briefs

November 29, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

1. South Dakota — (Louisiana Illuminator) With laws supporting self-defense protections, some people are claiming self-defense and asking for … [Read more...]

ADVOCATES POINT TO FLAWS IN PAROLE BOARD PROCESS

November 29, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to veto the parole granted to Leslie Van Houten of the Manson “family” in 2020 was reversed by California’s 2nd District … [Read more...]

‘ALIVE INSIDE’ EVENTS GIVE SAN QUENTIN RESIDENTS OPPORTUNITY FOR MEANINGFUL EXPRESSION

November 29, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

Residents of San Quentin shared vulnerabilities through creative and spontaneous expressions of music, spoken word, poetry, storytelling and silence … [Read more...]

POWER OF THANKS: NO MORE TEARS APPRECIATION CEREMONY HONORS AGENTS OF CHANGE

August 13, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

By Bostyon Johnson Managing Editor, Michael Callahan Staff Writer San Quentin’s No More Tears program has had a significant impact on … [Read more...]

REPORT FINDS EXCLUSIVITY IN DIVERSION PROGRAMS

August 12, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

creators of programs and policies structurally exclude lower income minorities Almost anyone in front of a judge for infractions such as DWI or … [Read more...]