Los Angeles County is moving toward major reforms in its social and criminal justice programs and structure. The Board of Supervisors voted to … [Read more...]
Warden Broomfield discusses Security Threat Group transfers at Town Hall
San Quentin Warden Ron Broomfield called a town-hall meeting April 15 in the Catholic Chapel to discuss CDCR’s plan to transfer Security Threat Groups … [Read more...]
Bill would require inmate benefit funds to be spent on rehabilitation
Legislation has been introduced to curb questionable spending of jails’ inmate benefit funds. AB 1782 would require that inmate benefit funds be … [Read more...]
San Francisco’s Innocence Commission wins first exoneration for wrongful conviction
A San Francisco man’s murder conviction was overturned after 32 years of claiming his innocence, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Joaquin … [Read more...]
Website matches parolees with resources, services
ConConnect, the first website created by a formerly incarcerated person, connects people to services after prison, according to a CNN article written … [Read more...]
CA legislators take aim at forced prison labor
California legislators are calling for an end to involuntary servitude for incarcerated people by making all prison labor voluntary, The Associated … [Read more...]
Prison radio gives a voice to the condemned
TEXAS The Tank, at 106.5 FM, is a radio station in a high security Texas prison that gives hundreds of inmates, including 200 on Death Row, a … [Read more...]
Move to stop state’s use of holocaust gas in executions
ARIZONA On February 15, Arizona’s Jewish leaders filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Corrections in an effort to stop the use of the … [Read more...]
New ‘restorative’ pilot program creates opportunities for returning citizens
California invested $28.5 million in rehabilitation programs established by the formerly incarcerated, in a move to lower the state prison’s … [Read more...]
‘Black’ dialects stymie stenographers
Courtroom reporters sometimes incorrectly transcribe Black dialect, potentially distorting the official record in criminal cases, according to The New … [Read more...]
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