California lawmakers are advocating to cut billions from state expenditures as spending remains high despite the closing of correctional … [Read more...]
Public defender role outsourced
24 California counties have no Office of the Public Defender Everyone has a right to the effective assistance of counsel. If a person cannot … [Read more...]
San Quentin holds 20th Annual Day of Peace
On July 25, 2026, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center held its 20th Anniversary of the Day of Peace on the facility’s Lower Yard. The event was hosted … [Read more...]
Non-profit works to reverse ban on incarcerated writer’s memoir
A non-profit agency made an appeal to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to reverse it decision and allow access to the works … [Read more...]
San Quentin observes Memorial Day
On Monday May 25, 2026 at 9:00 am San Quentin Rehabilitation Center observed Memorial Day. The event took place on the facilities Lower Yard, and it … [Read more...]
Carceral segregation deeply rooted in San Quentin
Is carceral segregation as American as baseball and apple pie, or is it a method of prison politics in the wake of survival? Dartmoor is a British … [Read more...]
San Quentin hosts healthcare symposium
On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 11:00 am, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center held a Healthcare symposium in the Learning Center’s multipurpose room. The … [Read more...]
Determination and hope persist
Despite parole denials, three individuals stay steadfast in pursuit of freedom Three SQ residents who have spent more than 14 decades in prison … [Read more...]
Relations between San Quentin officers and residents improve
By Jerry Maleek Gearin, Journalism Guild Chair In the heart of criminal justice reform, California lawmakers have passed legislation in an effort … [Read more...]
US Supreme Court vindicates the rights of prisoners
By Jerry Maleek Gearin The United States Supreme Court held that Congress’s post-conviction statutes do not apply to federal prisoners’ successive … [Read more...]
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