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TABLETS … WHO BENEFITS MOST?

August 14, 2023 by Charles Crow

PPI TAKES A CRITICAL LOOK AT TABLET PROGRAM The Prison Policy Initiative says that profits of e-messaging vendors are taking precedence over the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Recently Posted

HELPING THEMSELVES

August 12, 2023 by Randy Thompson

J. Cole feels the confines of a prison cell

EARNED LIVING UNITS DEAL WITH LONG WAITLISTS BY STARTING THEIR OWN GROUPS San Quentin’s Earned Living Units are providing programs for themselves … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner, San Quentin State Prison

ASAMBLEA PARA INFORMACIÓN SOBRE EL MODELO NORUEGO

July 27, 2023 by Edwin Chavez

Por Edwin E. Chavezy Willy Alarcón El nuevo modelo noruego de rehabilitación en la prisión San Quentin.  La administración de San Quentin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, ESPANOL, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner, SPANISH

NO GATE MONEY FOR DEPORTEES

July 27, 2023 by Edwin Chavez

Female hand holds horizontally a bundle of money bills on a yellow background.

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of California does not pay gate money to deportees or anyone subject to extradition to another state … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, ESPANOL, ICE - IMMIGRATION, MONEY MATTERS, RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted, SPANISH

WILL COUNTY-CENTERED SYSTEM PRODUCE DESIRED REFORMS?

July 26, 2023 by Carlos Drouaillet

A young girl handcuffed on a gray background, close-up. Juvenile delinquent in a black T-shirt, criminal liability of minors.

CALIFORNIA TO FULLY SHUTTER YOUTH PRISON SYSTEM After a two-year-long realignment process, California has fully closed its youth prison system, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Recently Posted, YOUTH OFFENDERS

CALIFORNIA TO FULLY SHUTTER YOUTH PRISON SYSTEM 

July 26, 2023 by Michael Callahan

YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEMREALIGNMENT WOBBLING Even with the closure of California’s youth prisons and the state’s shift to a rehabilitation-first focus, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Recently Posted, YOUTH OFFENDERS

GOVERNOR, LAWMAKERS REACH BUDGET DEAL ON SQ REHABILITATION CENTER

July 26, 2023 by San Quentin News

The Los Angeles Times has reported on California’s new spending plan — and allocation in the budget of the $380 million Gov. Gavin Newsom asked for to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, POLITICS, Recently Posted, San Quentin State Prison

A PLACE AT THE TABLE

July 26, 2023 by Steve Brooks

The People in Bluemeet with members ofgovernor's advisory panelfor roundtable discussion On June 9, The People In Blue, a dozen San Quentin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Editorial, Recently Posted, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

ANNUAL GET ON THE BUS EVENT UNITES FAMILIES

July 26, 2023 by Randy Thompson

On June 15, multiple San Quentin residents were gifted with the opportunity to visit their children and grandchildren — some of them for the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Featured, Human Interest, Prison Stories, San Quentin State Prison

TOWN HALL HELD TO ADDRESS SQ TRANSFORMATION

July 26, 2023 by Joshua Strange

ADMINISTRATORS ANDRESIDENTS SHARE VISIONS,ANTICIPATE CHALLENGES Residents of San Quentin packed the prison’s chapel on June 9 to hear what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Featured, San Quentin State Prison

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