Mallard ducks are the usually affable, sometimes feisty little fowl who waddle around the prison competing for food (and PIA bread) among the much … [Read more...]

Milestone credits awarded under the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) new Credit Earning Program have begun to reach … [Read more...]

San Quentin State Prison is arguably the most famous prison in the world and an irresistible magnet to far more than the inmates who arrive by bus in … [Read more...]

About one a month is usually my limit for Op/Ed pieces, and for this issue of our paper I had previously written my As I See It column on the subject … [Read more...]

Inmates who labor for little or no wages can expect no relief from the federal court, according to a recent ruling that held prisons can pay anything … [Read more...]

With a message of hope and a story of success, boxer Paul Nave paid a visit to San Quentin, the prison where he spent three years of his life. The … [Read more...]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a plan which would place the medical needs of the state’s 160,000 prison inmates in the hands of the … [Read more...]

Pre and post-sentencing credits went into effect Jan. 25, 2010. The new half-time from date-of-arrest time credits apply only to those sentenced or … [Read more...]

With an absence of fanfare, the Schwarzenegger administration complied with a federal court order to submit a plan intended to reduce the state’s … [Read more...]