Innovative approach hopes to build bridges between prisoners and guards Salinas Valley State Prison has a reputation for violence and the warden … [Read more...]
CDCR chief psychologist offers guidance on risk assessments
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...]
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome By Joy DeGruy, PhD
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...]
J&J study injected prisoners with asbestos
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has apologized for funding a study that injected incarcerated people with cancer-causing asbestos, … [Read more...]
California Voters Concerned About Crime
California voters want a crackdown on rising crime and better accountability, a university survey reports. Seventy-eight percent of those surveyed … [Read more...]
LA County Supes vote to centralize criminal justice programs
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...]