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‘Crimes Victims United’ Fails To Represent the Majority Of Crime Victims, Study Says

August 16, 2013 by Lizzie Buchen

Flipping through this year’s proposed criminal justice legislation, it is hard to miss Crime Victims United, a seemingly omnipresent victims’ rights … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted

Reconsidering Juvenile Rehabilitative Needs

June 15, 2013 by Lizzie Buchen

In the early morning hours of May 11, 2011, while sleeping on his living room sofa, Jeffrey Hall was shot dead from point-blank range. The killer was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender

Is California Ready for a Sentencing Commission?

April 14, 2013 by Lizzie Buchen

In January, while defiantly declaring the end of California’s prison crisis, Gov. Jerry Brown insisted further reductions in prison overcrowding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal

Alcatraz Becomes a Site for Healing Process

October 6, 2012 by Lizzie Buchen

VICTIM SURVIVORS UNITE WITH AUTHOR AND PRISONER GROUP TO PROMOTE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE On a warm October day on Alcatraz Island, families and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal

San Quentin Alumnus On Life After Prison

June 4, 2012 by Lizzie Buchen

Kevin “Big Sticks” Hagan paroled to Los Angeles on April 14, 2011 after spending 28 years in prison, the last 16 of which were at San Quentin. Now he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Profiles

Hammer Drops in On The Last Mile Group

May 4, 2012 by Lizzie Buchen

Rapper MC Hammer is proof that anyone can become master of his own message. Last month, during a visit with San Quentin’s “Last Mile” group, Hammer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prison Programs

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