Hazel Koons is a teachers assistant in San Quentin’s Education Department. Her contract expires in August. Ms. Koons has a B.A. from University of … [Read more...]
Distance Learning Scaled Back for Summer Semester
The college correspondence classes offered at San Quentin will be limited this summer. The shortfall of classes is because Lassen and Palo Verde … [Read more...]
Prisoner Champions Educating His Peers in Prison Industries
Sajad Shakoor occupies a unique job assignment among California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) residents. He is an employee of … [Read more...]
How Connecticut Cut Its Recidivism Rate
Mara Duncan teaches at Contra Costa Adult School (CCAS) in the West County Detention Facility (WCDF), a jail located in Richmond, CA, across the bay … [Read more...]
A Voice From Inside Of Women’s Prisons
The San Quentin News conducted this interview with Deirdre Wilson, advocate for women prisoners who has a radio show on KPFA the last Friday of each … [Read more...]
Responsibility In Rehabilitation
This interview was conducted with John Kern on the dynamics of correctional education policy in California from his perspective as a career CDCR … [Read more...]
Study: Education Curbs Recidivism
Few studies are conducted regarding the forces that lower recidivism rates, but one stands out: The Three-State Study, released September 2001. … [Read more...]
EDUCTION CORNER
Death Row student Craigen Armstrong wants kids to hear his voice and avoid his fate. He envies the access general population outreach groups have to … [Read more...]