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$7 million settlement over death in Santa Rita County jail

January 9, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

Nine deputy sheriffs and two health care workers face abuse charges after a man was found unresponsive in a Santa Rita jail cell. Adanté Pointer, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT Tagged With: Maurice Monk, Santa Rita County Jail, settlement

Incarceration rates for Black men trending downward

January 14, 2024 by William Burley

Despite earlier predictions, overall incarceration rates across the nation are down, with Black men seeing the largest percentage decline. In 2003, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Recently Posted

Racial justice policies can make communities safer

January 14, 2024 by William Burley

Policies aimed at reducing racial inequality within the criminal justice system make communities safer and contribute to the overall reduction in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, POLITICS, Recently Posted

Juvenile hall still not shut down despite vote

January 11, 2024 by Andrew Hardy

San Francisco has abandoned its commitment to shutter its juvenile hall, where young people remain incarcerated four years after county supervisors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, POLITICS, Recently Posted Tagged With: Board of Supervisors, juvenile hall, San Francisco

Protection or punishment: Trans people held in solitary at disproportionate rates

January 8, 2024 by Cassandra Evans

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Transgender people serving time in prison are placed in isolation cells at exceedingly high rates, according to The Nation. After threats to her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Recently Posted, WOMEN IN PRISON Tagged With: Federal Bureau of Prisons, James Lyndon, Jennaya Bennett-Werra, Jessica Hicklin, Milo Inglehart, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Tahj Graham

CA crime declining last 30 years

January 5, 2024 by Larry Ali Deminter

The California Department of Justice has released their annual reports on homicide, use of force, and other crimes in California, as well as the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Recently Posted Tagged With: AB1191, California Department of Justice, California Incident Based Reporting System, Rob Bonta

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

INCARCERATED WORKERS PENALIZED FOR REFUSING TO WORK, DESPITE ENDING FORCED LABOR

November 30, 2023 by Stuart Clarke

Incarcerated persons in Colorado have been written up hundreds of times for refusing to work despite a recent constitutional ban on forced labor in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE

CONCEPT OF SLAVERY ALIVE AND WELL IN FORCED PRISON LABOR

November 29, 2023 by Stuart Clarke

The United States is one of only 17 countries that still impose state-sanctioned forced labor, according to a 2023 report by Walk Free, an Australian … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Human Interest

BOP CONSIDERS TAKING 75% OF TRUST FUNDS TO COVER RESTITUTION, FINES

November 29, 2023 by San Quentin News

The federal government is proposing that 75% of the money sent to people’s trust accounts in federal prisons would go to pay fines and victim … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BOARD OF PAROLE HEARINGS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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