For nearly 15 years New Earth, a nonprofit organization, has served incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth throughout Southern California. New … [Read more...]
An iconic world leader remembered: Nelson Mandela at 100 years
Waking up to the police knocking loudly at the door, an arrest warrant presented, the house searched and then being dragged off in front of his wife … [Read more...]
Transforming former inmates with “A Man Like Me”
From the prison to the streets, the transformation of a man. That’s the subject of “A Man Like Me” – a play created by four former prisoners taking … [Read more...]
Raising awareness California’s ‘Life Without’
More than 100 advocates, family members and friends chanted, “Drop LWOP, drop LWOP, commute all 5,000!” at an Oakland town hall on March 24, … [Read more...]
San Quentin baseball as Elliot Smith retires
San Quentin opened its 2018 baseball season with both joy and sadness. San Quentin’s A’s defeated the visiting San Francisco Mission 11-8. But the … [Read more...]
Father and his sons minister through football
To the Jackson family, it’s about God, fatherhood and football. The three men will get in the mud – literally – to minister to San Quentin prisoners … [Read more...]
Kansas town known for its many prisons elects ex-con as Mayor
Jermaine Wilson ran the streets as a drug dealer, did time on a maximum security prison yard, and now he is the mayor of a major America city. Wilson … [Read more...]
Valley State Prison holds inaugural YOP graduation
Valley State Prison (Chowchilla) celebrated a milestone earlier this year when it hosted its inaugural Youth Offender Program (YOP) graduation. The … [Read more...]
Folsom’s Insight Garden Project
California women prisoners are learning to go “green” as they gain skills in garden design and environmental education through the award-winning … [Read more...]
Girls of color overlooked in the school to prison pipeline
Girls of color, particularly Black girls, often are overlooked in conversations about the school-to-prison pipeline, making them more likely to … [Read more...]
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