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Reform policies have cut down on overcrowding

August 8, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

Prison construction and overcrowding is down due to the State of California implementing smart and effective prison reform policies, reports … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Californians for Safety and Justice, county jail, recidivism

Transgenders get new items

July 19, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

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A federal judge has ordered California prisons to provide certain transgender inmates special female items for free, reports the Christian … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: the Post, transgender inmate, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar’s

New Sex Offender Registry limits

July 19, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that allows low-level sex registrants to be removed from a lifetime law enforcement registry. The new law will keep … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Equality California, Nancy O’ Malley, Scott Wiener, Sex Offender Management Board, Sex Offender Registry

Norco program provides more than just an education

June 11, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

Prisoners at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco are getting a higher education and earning time off their sentences through the Norco … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Bryan Reece, California Rehabilitation Center, Communications Storytelling class, ged, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Jason Parks, Norco, Norco College, Rand Corp

Transgender suing Massachusetts challenging placement all-male prison

June 11, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

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A transgender woman is suing the Massachusetts Department of Correction for requiring her to serve her sentence in an all-male prison. In the lawsuit, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Boston Globe, Jennifer L. Levi, LGBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Massachusetts Department of Correction, texas, The New York Times, transgender inmate, Transgender Rights Project

Arizona provides inmates feminine-hygiene products

June 11, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) is changing its policy concerning the supply of free feminine-hygiene products for woman prisoners, after … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: #LetItFlow, ACLU, ADC, Arizona Department of Corrections, Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville, incarcerated women, Rep. Athena Salman, Rep. T.J. Shope, The Republic

A look inside the bustling San Quentin prison library

June 11, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

Worker Coles-El showing a patron info from a catalog

Every day, the San Quentin State prison library is bustling with activity. Inmates might be ordering books from the clerks at the counter. Other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Book/Movie Reviews, Education, Featured Tagged With: Douglas Jeffrey, Eric Cummings, Gabriel Loiederman, George “Mesro” Coles-El, Glen Mason, Joseph Krauter, Neuro-Tribe, prison library, Prison University Project, PUP, Restorative Justice, Ronald Chatters, San Quentin, San Quentin State prison library, Steve Silverman, The Rise and Fall of California’s Radical Prison Movement

Birdman nurses the wildlife on the Lower Yard

April 19, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

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Every day, the yard at San Quentin State Prison is bustling with wildlife activity. While inmates run the track and play tennis and basketball, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Profiles Tagged With: Buddha Dharma Group, Prison Yoga Project, San Quentin prisoners

US Supreme Court Death Row case Hidalgo v. Arizona Arizona death penalty law

April 19, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

In the coming months, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to take up a challenge to the death penalty in Arizona. If the justices agree to hear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty Tagged With: California’s death row, Death Penalty Information Center, Hidalgo v. Arizona

Art Prison Program

April 14, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

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California prisoners are learning art behind prison walls and it’s transforming their lives, reports the New York Times. They are creating artistic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Arts in Corrections program, California Arts Council, Gov. Brown, Hiro Yamagata, Kristina Khokhobashvili, Salinas Valley, San Quentin, Scott McKinstry

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