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NEWS BRIEFS – May 2024

May 17, 2024 by Bostyon Johnson

1. Utah — (The Hill) Transgender women in a Utah facility were discriminated against according to a complaint filed by the The Department of Justice. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NEWS BRIEFS, Recently Posted

NEWS BRIEFS – January 2024

January 25, 2024 by Bostyon Johnson

1. California — (Los Angeles Daily News) An editorial opined that most of the 6,000 Angelenos incarcerated in L.A. county jails do not pose a risk to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NEWS BRIEFS, Recently Posted

Q&A session with the 49ers

January 15, 2024 by Bostyon Johnson

The 49ers answered questions from the incarcerated about the prison system and how it impacts people while sharing personal stories on the day when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, SPORTS Tagged With: 49ers

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...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner, TRANSITIONS Clinic Network Tagged With: Reentry Health Care Hub, Transitions Clinic Network

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

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...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: Actors’ Gang Prison Project, Rich Loya, Shawshank Redemption, Tim Robbins

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...]

Filed Under: RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted Tagged With: Demian Johnson, Five Keys Schools and Programs, Gavin Newsom, KFF Health News, Lynn Wenger, Mark Malone

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...]

Filed Under: NEWS BRIEFS

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...]

Filed Under: LEGAL

FILM FOLLOWS REHABILITATIVE EFFORTS OF FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES

November 29, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

Mohammed Bin Nahif Rehabilitation Counseling and Care Center is “the world’s first rehabilitation center for terrorists,” according to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Most Read

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