A former LWOP (life without parole) prisoner is aiding a coalition seeking to end life sentences in California. Joseph Bell, a San Francisco … [Read more...]
Community-based organization programs excel
Peer-led groups are driving force for rehabilitative success Peer-to-peer self-help programming at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center finds … [Read more...]
Prison politics and ethics problem
Still-upheld "Convict Code" belief system facilitates segregation For decades, incarcerated people have used prison politics and convict codes to … [Read more...]
Long program waitlists concern residents
Access to programs for many incarcerated people at San Quentin continues to be a problem two years following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s rehabilitation center … [Read more...]
Residents face penalties over circumvented restitution
California prisoners serving life terms face harsh penalties for “circumventing or avoiding” restitution. Since 2022, Board of Parole Hearings … [Read more...]
New San Quentin program aims to stop misuse of guns and safer communities
Over 70 gun offenders gather in San Quentin’s Chapel B every Friday to discuss the factors surrounding their incarceration. Gangs, anger, … [Read more...]
Self-help and self-discovery programs provide insight on victimization
Incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people are proving skeptics wrong by transforming themselves through self-help and self-discovery … [Read more...]
Fiscal watchdog tells California to close five more prisonsin report to legislature
California should close five more prisons to give taxpayers a potential $1 billion in annual savings, said the Legislature’s fiscal advisor, as … [Read more...]
THE UNCHECKED POWER OF THE PROSECUTOR
The notion of equal justice, symbolized in the statement "justice is blind," is a fundamental principal in American democracy. In a court of law, the … [Read more...]
TABLETS FINALLY ARRIVE AT SQ
GlobalTel Link technology finally reached San Quentin after nearly a two-year wait. Residents in SQ’s Donner section were the first to … [Read more...]
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