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‘Carveouts’ excluded from justice reform

January 22, 2024 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Large categories of incarcerated people are being excluded from criminal justice reforms because of their convictions of specified crimes, the Prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Recently Posted Tagged With: Prison Policy Initiative

Preventive efforts found to lower crime rates

January 21, 2024 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

An 18-month-long law enforcement collaboration with community programs resulted in a drop in serious and violent crime rates. Sacramento Police … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Recently Posted Tagged With: Kathy Lester, Sacramento, violence prevention

Game 4 Peace Forum takes on crime, violence

January 17, 2024 by Simeon Alexander

Change discussed in barbershop-style symposium Politicians, entertainers, and social-justice advocates convened at San Quentin’s first ever … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Recently Posted, San Quentin State Prison Tagged With: Alex Walker-Griffin, Anand Alexander, Angela Everett, Game 4 Peace, Hakim Brown, Jeanne Andrade, Mack Mall, Steve Brooks, Steven “Rashyd” Zinnamon, Walter Burns

UC Berkeley students leave their mark on SQNews journalism

January 13, 2024 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Some visitors come to San Quentin to satisfy their curiosity, some come because they want to contribute to social justice, and some come because they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Recently Posted, San Quentin News Tagged With: UC Berkeley, William Drummond

Connecticut justice reforms set example for rest of nation

January 7, 2024 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

The Connecticut Legislature adjourned in June after six months of committee meetings, public hearings, closed-door negotiations, and floor debates. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Recently Posted Tagged With: Clean Slate initiative, Connecticut Legislature, Gary Winfield, Gus Marks-Hamilton

Major changes ahead for solitary confinement

January 6, 2024 by Marcus Henderson

Segregation, security housing reclassified under new 'Restricted Housing Units' The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, LEGAL, Recently Posted Tagged With: Administrative Segregation Units, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, cdcr, General Population Restricted Housing Units, RHU, Security Housing Units

Human rights center introduces doctors into justice reform discussions

December 27, 2023 by Donald Lewis

A group of advocates has set its sights on reforming Rhode Island’s criminal justice system through a variety of social services programs. Doctors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, HEALTHCARE, Recently Posted Tagged With: Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, Josiah “Jody” Rich, Scott Allen

Another year down, another year forward

December 19, 2023 by Steve Brooks

As this year comes to a close, we leave behind twelve notable months of historic endings at San Quentin and throughout the California prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Recently Posted Tagged With: California Model, COVID-19, Death Row, Gavin Newsom, J. Clark Kelso, Jeffrey Macomber

JOURNALISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TOUR SAN QUENTIN

December 1, 2023 by Timothy Hicks

International journalists visited San Quentin on Apr. 8 to gain an inside perspective on American prisons and how residents are making changes to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FIND FEW ACCOMODATIONS 

August 14, 2023 by San Quentin News Contributor

The article was co-publishedwith the Prison JournalismProject “You find the measure of slope by dividing the change in the two Y points, by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, EDUCATION, Recently Posted

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