The U.S. Supreme Court in early March ruled 5 to 3 in the case of Jennings v. Rodriguez that the Immigration and Nationality Act does not permit … [Read more...]
Former prisoner files sexual harassment suit
A former female prisoner at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility has filed a federal sexual harassment civil claim against Colorado prison … [Read more...]
Tennis season at San Quentin
Mill Valley and Lagunites Tennis Club came into SQ opening day San Quentin Tennis team’s opening day matches were a mixture of wins and losses with … [Read more...]
Maryland govenor to grant juveniles parole
Maryland has not paroled any juvenile offenders serving life sentences in more than 20 years. But this February, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced a … [Read more...]
Prison psychiatrist double dips working for CDCR
Prison psychiatrist Anthony Coppola earned more than $540,000 in 2016 while “double dipping” at two government agencies, a state prison in Tracy and … [Read more...]
Architect dedicating career to improve prison living conditions
Architect Ken Ricici has dedicated his career to improving the environment for the incarcerated. He has been designing safer and more humane jails … [Read more...]
Wrongfully convicted of a sex crime cleared after eight years
A man who spent eight years in prison for a sex crime he did not commit has finally been cleared, the Northern California Innocence Project … [Read more...]
Revive Oakland Coalition offering jobs to ex-offenders
The Revive Oakland Coalition and labor unions have negotiated an agreement with CenterPoint to give jobs to people with a criminal record. The jobs … [Read more...]
CO AND COPS MENTAL HEALTH
The pressures of prison life on prisoner’s mental health has been a subject of psychological and academic research, but the cumulative impact of … [Read more...]
Students protest university investment in for-profit prisons
At a protest earlier this year, at California State University at Sacramento (CSUS), students demanded the university divest its financial ties to … [Read more...]
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