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Supreme Court to Decide if Juveniles’ Mandatory Life-Without-Parole Ruling Applies Retroactively

March 1, 2015 by Marcus Henderson

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if mandatory life-without-parole sentences apply retroactively for juvenile offenders. The court picked the case of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal

Fox Report Cites Progress And Challenges of Realignment

March 1, 2015 by Wesley Eisiminger

Gov. Jerry Brown met with sheriffs and probation and county administrators at a conference in Sacramento in January to get their thoughts about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice

Federal Judge Dumps ‘Postcards Only’ Rule

March 1, 2015 by Salvador Solorio

A federal judge has tossed out a Ventura County jail policy limiting prisoners to postcard mail, Courthouse News Service reports. The September ruling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal

New ‘Blueprint’ Aims to Reduce Mass Incarceration

March 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

A rare detailed plan to slash the 2.3 million population in the United States prisons and jails was published recently in a special issue of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice

Prison More Desirable Than County Jail for Many Prisoners

October 6, 2012 by Tommy Winfrey

Inmates sent to Fresno County jail say they would rather serve their sentences in state prison, reports KQED. The jail is seeing an influx of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Prison Reform

Campaign to Stop Transfers Sparks Plea to State Leaders

September 6, 2012 by Charles David Henry

Opposition has surfaced to transferring most of the prisoners in a popular program at California State Prison at Lancaster. More than three-quarters … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Criminal Justice

Faulty Lab Testing Spurs Review of Convictions

September 6, 2012 by A. Kevin Valvardi

Federal officials are reviewing convictions based on potentially flawed hair sample lab analysis. The concern surfaced when The Washington Post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal

S.F. Launches Neighborhood Courts

September 6, 2012 by San Quentin News Contributor

San Francisco’s Neighborhood Courts were created by the District Attorney’s Office as a means to use restorative justice to reduce recidivism and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice

Tax Initiative Props. 30 vs. 38

September 5, 2012 by San Quentin News Staff

Gov. Jerry Brown’s Proposition 30 ballot proposal is aimed at funding public schools, prison realignment, and reducing the state’s debt. A competing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Criminal Justice

Gov. Brown Appoints New Corrections Board

August 5, 2012 by San Quentin News Staff

A new board has been created to cope with the major changes in the future of California prisons. Creation of the board is in response to last year’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Criminal Justice, Prison Reform

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