The Construction Technology trade at San Quentin State Prison is reaching new heights in providing training for inmates. “We’re into the green … [Read more...]
Bryan Stevenson Challenges a Broken System
On a quiet April evening inmates gathered in San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel to hear attorney Bryan Stevenson speak. About 120 inmates from Patten … [Read more...]
Study Shows Incarceration and Death Add to 1.5 Million ‘Missing’ Black Men
Mass incarceration and early deaths contribute to 1.5 million missing Black men in the United States, according to a study done by The New York … [Read more...]
Early Release Senate Bill 224 For Elderly Prisoner Amended
Legislation aimed at giving more elderly prisoners a chance of early parole has failed to meet its original objective. The measure is Senate Bill 224 … [Read more...]
Shaka Senegal Muhammad Is a ‘One-Man Banquet’
One Muslim stands alone at San Quentin as a staunch adherent to the religious teachings of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam (NOI), commonly known also … [Read more...]
Report: Criminal Justice System Plagued With Racism
America’s criminal justice system is loaded with latent institutional racism, a new study concludes. “Disparities in police stops, in prosecutorial … [Read more...]
FBI: Police Kill More Blacks Than Other Races
A majority of the youngest people killed by police between 2005 and 2012 were Black males, according to statistics reported to the FBI. “Nearly two … [Read more...]
Portland Jails Adopt Video Visitations
Investigative work done by the research group Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) was recently used by state and private organizations to pressure a county … [Read more...]
Jazz Legend Frank Morgan Honored in Featured Documentary
Legendary jazz saxophone player Frank Morgan was honored for a second time at San Quentin State Prison. Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story, a … [Read more...]
Proposed Bill May Give Elderly Prisoners a Chance at Early Parole
A newly proposed bill would give more elderly inmates serving long sentences and indeterminate (life) sentences an early chance at parole if it … [Read more...]
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