About 75 volunteers braved frigid weather to bring an evening of Christmas caroling to thousands of inmates in their cells and dorms at San Quentin … [Read more...]
Prisoners & Volunteers Sing Christmas Carols
“It was wonderful … Thank you so much … It made me feel human.” Those were some of the prisoners’ reactions to the Christmas caroling by a group of … [Read more...]
37 Years After the Notorious Jonestown Massacre
Jackie Speier was catapulted into national prominence when her congressman boss was murdered, and she survived five gunshot wounds in the notorious … [Read more...]
Prison Art On Display for Good Causes
Tucked away in prison cells across America are talented artists who are working to turn their lives around and help make the world a better place, … [Read more...]
Governor Brown Appoints New CDCR Chief
Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed the former head of Pennsylvania’s prisons system to take over as secretary of the California Department of Corrections … [Read more...]
Voters Amend Three Strikes Law
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UPHELD BY A NARROW MARGIN OF STATE VOTERS Voters have approved major changes to the Three Strikes Law, but rejected attempts to … [Read more...]
Judge Rejects Ending Medical Receivership
The federal judge who ordered major improvement in California prison medical care has refused to end the receivership he imposed in 2006. “Evidence of … [Read more...]
Free After 20 Years In Prison
After spending more than 20 years in prison for a crime he insists he didn’t commit, Maurice A. Caldwell says, “I want to make sure it doesn’t happen … [Read more...]
California’s Prisoner Segregation Scrutinized
Big changes are on the horizon for California’s solitary confinement policies. In the wake of hunger strikes, public protests and a complaint to the … [Read more...]
Death Row Chaplain Recalls S.Q. Executions
It was a time when the San Quentin gas chamber was busy executing convicted felons – sometimes two at a time. The Rev. Byron E. Eshelman was the … [Read more...]