Mike Daly, the chief probation officer in Marin County, believes in restorative justice, something he’s put into practice instead of talking about … [Read more...]
Bread & Roses perform for Death Row
Entire concert was videotaped for Death Row viewing Prisoners and outside guest Tony Saunders played a concert for the 700-plus men housed on … [Read more...]
Golden opportunities arise from California’s recent changes in sentencing
Craig “Qadree” Birch, 53, was serving a term of 40-years-to-life under California’s Three Strikes Law before his sentence was recalled by the … [Read more...]
San Francisco adopts free phone calls for inmates
Inmates in San Francisco county jails will be allowed to make free telephone calls, which is expected to reduce these costs passed on to their family … [Read more...]
California’s dark secret: prisoners sentenced under prior guidelines have little hope of ever being released
Some men serving life sentences in California say they’re “political prisoners.” While there’s technically no legal definition for the term, some … [Read more...]
Arizona rethinks its ban on prison literature
The state of Arizona lifted its ban on the book Chokehold after gaining national attention for banning the book written about the US criminal justice … [Read more...]
Bob Goff returns to San Quentin with friends
Bob Goff refers to him- self as a “recovering lawyer” after practicing law for 25 years. In May, he returned to San Quentin, along with some friends, … [Read more...]
Prison to Employment Connection prepares men for the workforce
Prison to Employment Connection (PEC) at San Quentin graduated 44 men from its ninth session in June. The week before graduation, more than 40 … [Read more...]
Program helps at risk youth through music
John Wallace went to jail and prison19 times, starting at age 18. Then he was sent to San Quentin, where he served two terms and started writing rap … [Read more...]
Two Marin professional classic musicians join Zuill Bailey to perform at San Quentin
Grammy Award winning cellist, Zuill Bailey, returned to San Quentin State Prison’s Protestant Chapel for a third time to perform for an audience of … [Read more...]