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Marin’s Chief Probation Officer focuses on restorative justice

March 16, 2020 by Kevin.Sawyer

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...]

Filed Under: Parole and Release, Public Services, Re-Entry, Recently Posted Tagged With: Lawmakers, Marin County, Probation office, Restorative Justice

Bread & Roses perform for Death Row

January 7, 2020 by Kevin.Sawyer

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...]

Filed Under: Featured, Performances, Recently Posted Tagged With: Bread & Roses, Death Row, Tony Saunders

Golden opportunities arise from California’s recent changes in sentencing

August 14, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

Flag of California

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...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Legal Tagged With: cdcr, Penal Code 1170(d).

San Francisco adopts free phone calls for inmates

August 14, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

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...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Institutions Tagged With: free telephone calls, San Francisco, San Francisco county jails, San Francisco’s Finan- cial Justice Project

California’s dark secret: prisoners sentenced under prior guidelines have little hope of ever being released

August 14, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

Seal of California

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...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Legal, Politics Tagged With: California’s dark secret, former Gov. Jerry Brown, Senate Bill 42

Arizona rethinks its ban on prison literature

August 12, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

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...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal Tagged With: Arizona, kevin d. sawyer, Prison literature

Bob Goff returns to San Quentin with friends

July 9, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

Bob Goff speaking to the crowd about ambition

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...]

Filed Under: Performances Tagged With: Bob Goff, Comedian Michael Jr., Singer Lauren Daigle

Prison to Employment Connection prepares men for the workforce

July 9, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

Employer giving an inmate a interview

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...]

Filed Under: Featured, Parole and Release Tagged With: Diana Williams, kevin d. sawyer, PEC, prison-to-employment

Program helps at risk youth through music

June 25, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

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...]

Filed Under: Arts, Featured, Parole and Release, Profiles Tagged With: John Wallace, STOP

Two Marin professional classic musicians join Zuill Bailey to perform at San Quentin

June 25, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

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...]

Filed Under: Music, Performances Tagged With: Marin Symphony, performances, Zuill Bailey

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