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New Technologies Cut Profits for Private Communication Companies

September 1, 2016 by Kevin Sawyer

As new technology emerges and inmates’ collect and prepaid telephone calls become less profitable, companies are looking to other communication … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Student-run Newspaper Drops In on Inmate-run Newspaper

August 10, 2016 by Kevin Sawyer

Several students and faculty from The Pioneer, California State University East Bay’s (CSUEB) student-run newspaper, visited San Quentin State Prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured

Potential Employers Interview Inmates for Brighter Futures

July 1, 2016 by Kevin Sawyer

A group of inmates who will be looking for employment opportunities once they parole got a head start at San Quentin’s third Employment Readiness … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alliance for Change, Anders & Anders, Diana Williams, Every Dog Has Its Daycare, Golden Gate Restaurant Association, Goodwill Industries, Home of Chicken and Waffles, Labor Ready, Rubicon Bakery

Steve McNamara Helped to Resurrect San Quentin News

July 1, 2016 by Kevin Sawyer

Steve McNamara is one of the principal advisers who brought the San Quentin News back to life in 2008 after it had been dormant for more than 20 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Pacific Sun, Profiles, San Quentin News, Warden Robert Ayers Jr.

Test May Explain Racially Biased Police Shootings

May 1, 2016 by Kevin Sawyer

“Uncontrolled prejudice” may explain why White police officers shoot young Black men so often, according to an article published in Mother Jones … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

CDCR Losing Battle in Disrupting Cell Phones in Prisons

May 1, 2016 by Kevin Sawyer

The state’s prison system is losing its battle to disrupt cell phone use by inmates in its 34 facilities, The Associated Press reported. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California Council on Science and Technology, CCST, cdcr, Global Tel-Link, GTL, Long Term Evolution, LTE, Managed Access Systems, MAS, Megan Humphreys, The Associated Press

PPI Research Shows Population Fluctuation

April 1, 2016 by Kevin Sawyer

Many sources say America locks up some 2.3 million people in its jails and prisons on any given day, but that’s not the whole story. According to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Distance Determines if Prisoners Receive Visits

April 1, 2016 by Kevin Sawyer

US States

Research indicates prisoners who are visited by family and friends are less likely to return to incarceration. Distance plays a major role in why many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement, PPI, visitation rights

Court Blocks FCC Ruling to Lower Prison Phone Rates

April 1, 2016 by Kevin Sawyer

A federal court order temporarily blocked a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling that placed a cap on the cost of calls that inmates make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Annual Report Strives End Mass Incarceration

March 1, 2016 by Kevin Sawyer

After more than a decade of research and advocacy to end the harmful effects of mass incarceration, the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) continues to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: PPI

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