CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

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...]

SAN QUENTIN ADMINISTRATION SETS NEW EXAMPLE

July 7, 2023 by Timothy Hicks

The pickleball event on May 5 set a historic precedent for San Quentin. Not only did Oak Smith, the acting warden at the time, bring a new sport to … [Read more...]

PELL GRANTS COMING BACK

July 6, 2023 by Pheng Ly

After a thirty-year absence, July 2023 marks the full return of federal Pell Grants for incarcerated students and a new chapter of hope for a better … [Read more...]

WORKERS EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT OF MOCK EXECUTION

July 6, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

Performing executions, whether authentic or simulated, causes long-term side effects for workers both in and outside of prisons, according to … [Read more...]

MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION PROGRAM CELEBRATES FIRST ROUND GRADUATES

July 6, 2023 by Randy Hansen

Yolo County’s new mental health diversion court addresses treatment of mental health issues and alcohol or other drug addictions. The program … [Read more...]

MAKING IT REAL: PROSECUTORS TO VISIT JAILS AND PRISONS

July 6, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

A challenge from a criminal justice reform organization resulted in 66 elected prosecutors agreeing to visit the very correctional facilities their … [Read more...]

CASH BAIL ALTERNATIVE

July 6, 2023 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

SCIENCE-BASED ALGORITHM FOCUSESON ISSUES OF FAIRNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY A new procedure for releasing detainees focuses on public safety and fairness … [Read more...]

THREE-STRIKE STRUGGLES

July 6, 2023 by Kevin Sawyer

PRISONERS SENTENCED UNDER THREE-DECADE OLD LAW FIGHT TO EARN RELEASE As California’s Three Strikes law approaches its 30- year anniversary, … [Read more...]

TRANS PRISONERS FORCED TO SUE FOR GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE

July 6, 2023 by Cassandra Evans

Incarcerated transgender people struggle to access gender-affirming care in prisons around the U.S. and often must resort to lawsuits to get the care … [Read more...]

COMPASSIONATE RELEASE PROVISIONS LARGELY IGNORED

July 6, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

The release of elderly prisoners is significantly underused, a criminal justice professor says. Every state except Iowa has a law allowing … [Read more...]