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Former life-without-parole prisoner advocates policy change

May 31, 2025 by Vincent O'Bannon

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...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: Human Rights Watch, Joseph Bell

Community-based organization programs excel

May 10, 2025 by Vincent O'Bannon

Peer-led groups are driving force for rehabilitative success Peer-to-peer self-help programming at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center finds … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rehabilitation Corner, San Quentin State Prison, Uncategorized Tagged With: American Sign Language, Awareness Into Domestic Abuse, Back to the Start, BRAVE, Concrete Rose Truck Driver Training, Emotional Awareness Therapy program, Exploring Leadership and Improving Transitional Effectiveness, Hope for Lifers, No More Tears, Trusting Rehabilitation Utilizing Sociological Teachings, Veterans Healing Veterans, VOICES HEAL

Prison politics and ethics problem

May 7, 2025 by Vincent O'Bannon

Still-upheld "Convict Code" belief system facilitates segregation For decades, incarcerated people have used prison politics and convict codes to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read, San Quentin State Prison Tagged With: convict code, prison politics

Long program waitlists concern residents 

May 6, 2025 by Vincent O'Bannon

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...]

Filed Under: Rehabilitation Corner, San Quentin State Prison Tagged With: California Model, Reimagining San Quentin

Residents face penalties over circumvented restitution

December 23, 2024 by Vincent O'Bannon

California prisoners serving life terms face harsh penalties for “circumventing or avoiding” restitution. Since 2022, Board of Parole Hearings … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BOARD OF PAROLE HEARINGS, CDCR, LAW ENFORCEMENT, Most Read, PAROLE & HEARINGS Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, cdcr, restitution

New San Quentin program aims to stop misuse of guns and safer communities

August 14, 2024 by Vincent O'Bannon

Over 70 gun offenders gather in San Quentin’s Chapel B every Friday to discuss the factors surrounding their incarceration. Gangs, anger, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner

Self-help and self-discovery programs provide insight on victimization

August 7, 2024 by Vincent O'Bannon

Volunteers exchanging views on the self-help programs offered at SQ

Incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people are proving skeptics wrong by transforming themselves through self-help and self-discovery … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner

Fiscal watchdog tells California to close five more prisonsin report to legislature

May 21, 2024 by Vincent O'Bannon

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...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Recently Posted

THE UNCHECKED POWER OF THE PROSECUTOR

November 29, 2023 by Vincent O'Bannon

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...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE

TABLETS FINALLY ARRIVE AT SQ

July 6, 2023 by Vincent O'Bannon

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...]

Filed Under: CDCR, EDUCATION, Recently Posted

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