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Salinas Valley warden implements Norway’s Amend Project 

August 27, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Innovative approach hopes to build bridges between prisoners and guards  Salinas Valley State Prison has a reputation for violence and the warden … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Institutions, Prison Reform, Recently Posted

CDCR chief psychologist offers guidance on risk assessments

August 27, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

 When you, as a San Quentin resident, go before the Board of Parole, there will be expectations made of you. A psychologist who visited San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Mental Health, SQ News, Staff Profile

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome By Joy DeGruy, PhD

July 24, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Dr. Joy DeGruy’s book Post Traumatic Slave Syndrom: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing focuses on how the traumatic experiences of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Recently Posted

J&J study injected prisoners with asbestos

July 23, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

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Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has apologized for funding a study that injected incarcerated people with cancer-causing asbestos, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal, Recently Posted

California Voters Concerned About Crime

July 23, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

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California voters want a crackdown on rising crime and better accountability, a university survey reports. Seventy-eight percent of those surveyed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Recently Posted

LA County Supes vote to centralize criminal justice programs

July 21, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

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...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Recently Posted

Warden Broomfield discusses Security Threat Group transfers at Town Hall

July 21, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

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...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, SQ News

Bill would require inmate benefit funds to be spent on rehabilitation

July 21, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Legislation has been introduced to curb questionable spending of jails’ inmate benefit funds. AB 1782 would require that inmate benefit funds be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner

San Francisco’s Innocence Commission wins first exoneration for wrongful conviction

July 21, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

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...]

Filed Under: Exoneration Digest, Legal, Recently Posted

Website matches parolees with resources, services

July 20, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

ConConnect, the first website created by a formerly incarcerated person, connects people to services after prison, according to a CNN article written … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Money, Re-Entry, Recently Posted

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