On the same week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California prisons are unconstitutionally overcrowded, San Quentin and New Folsom prisons broke out … [Read more...]
3 Strikes Opponents Take Aim at Ballot
A coalition led by a group of Stanford University attorneys wants to put an initiative on the November 2012 ballot to reform California’s Three … [Read more...]
S.Q. Talent Show Brings Down the House at the Chapel
Ben Prince’s comedy roast of defending champion Huggie’s standup comedy act took first place at the annual San Quentin talent show in the Garden … [Read more...]
D.A. Eyes Death Penalty
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón expresses the right to seek the death penalty in “very heinous” cases. “I’m not going to compromise,” … [Read more...]
Voting Rights for the Incarcerated
Editor’s Note: This story was published in The Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. It … [Read more...]
Rehabilitative Programs Reduce Recidivism
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Secretary Matthew Cate notes the irony of California prison policy where, due to the … [Read more...]
Justice Prevails for Innocent Prisoners
A judge has overturned the double-murder conviction of a man who spent 18 years in prison. The judge found that police investigators knew that the … [Read more...]
Georgia Prisoners Demand Improved Living Conditions
Prisoners in seven Georgia state correctional facilities rebelled against alleged violations of basic human rights by partaking in a self-inflicted … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Hears Prison Crowding Suit
U.S. Supreme Court conservative justices questioned California prisoners’ lawyer on how public safety would be affected if correctional officials were … [Read more...]
Distinguished Author Speaks At S.Q.
“We incarcerate African American men today at about 10 times the rate than at the eve of the ending of apartheid in South Africa,” said an … [Read more...]