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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...]

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

‘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...]

Filed Under: PRISON PROGRAMS

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...]

Filed Under: PRISON PROGRAMS, Recently Posted

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...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LEGAL, Recently Posted, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

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