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Corcoran Resilience Program

April 13, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

Inmates at California State Prison, Corcoran are experiencing healing through a restorative justice program called Building Resilience. At least 50 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Beyond Violence, Building Resilience, Corcoran restorative justice program, Lt. Edward Sanchez, Mike Tann, The Hanford Sentinel, Warden Michael Sexton

INMATES SPEAKS ON PROP. 57

April 5, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

A group of non-violent sex offenders is suing the California prison system for excluding them from potential parole under voter-approved Proposition … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ACLU, Chapman University, Courthouse News Service, Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Gov. Brown, Janice Bellucci, Larry Rosenthal, Proposition 57

Documentary reveals men’s struggles

March 20, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

A documentary film on ex-cons returning to freedom helps educate the public on the struggles these men face before and after release. The documentary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Life After Life, LSJ Professor Katherine Beckett, University of Washington

Texas executes Mexican regardless of disapproval

March 20, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

Viewing room in San Quentin's death chamber

The state of Texas executed a Mexican national despite international outcry and his repeated claims of innocence, according to a news report. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amnesty International, México, Texas execution

CDCR ordered to rewrite regulations for Prop. 57

March 20, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/

Sacramento County Superior Court judge Allen Sumner preliminarily ordered prison officials to rewrite the early parole regulations consistent with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California District Attorneys Association, cdcr, Proposition 57

2017's low executions only 23

March 19, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

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Though 2017 had the second fewest annual prison executions in several decades—23 executions to be exact—the controversies surrounding capital … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Death Row, Eighth Amendment, Firing squad, lethal injection, prison executions

Prison K-9 program expands

February 13, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

K-9 trainer and Investigative Services Unit officers

  California is expanding its K-9 program to enhance its fight against drugs and cellphone contraband in state prisons, according to Bob Moffitt … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cdcr, Every Dog Has Its Daycare, K-9 Program

State’s sex offender registry has low recidivism rate

January 18, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

                New statistics show a low recidivism rate for some registered sex offenders in the state of Pennsylvania, a newspaper reports. “It’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Megan's Law, Pennsylvania, Sex Offender Registry, sex offenders

Court rules in favor of marriage for two prisoners

January 18, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

The Nebraska State Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision approving two state prisoners’ marriage to one another, according to The Associated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Nebraska

Ofensores Sexuales no Violentos Demandan al CDCR

January 18, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

Un grupo de ofensores sexuales no- violentos están demandando al Sistema Penitenciario de California al excluirlos de una posible libertad condicional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

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