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CALIFORNIA – New laws to take effect Jan. 1

January 18, 2023 by San Quentin News Contributor

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Eight bills signed intolaw; governor vetoes gatemoney, prisoner pay hike Following is an excerpt from Initiate Justice’s Policy Corner - Reprinted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, Most Read, Recently Posted

LAW & POLICY – SF DA reinstates policy allowing juveniles to be charged as adults

January 18, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Newly elected San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins reinstated the policy of charging 16- and 17-year-olds as adults for crimes that she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, Recently Posted, YOUTH OFFENDERS Tagged With: Youth Offender

TEXAS – No immunity for state corrections in veteran’s medical device lawsuit

January 18, 2023 by Earl Warner

A state appeals court has denied immunity of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from a lawsuit when it refused to replace a device for Robin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, Recently Posted

Discrimination persists despite ‘Ban the Box’ laws

January 18, 2023 by Daniel Chairez

Formerly incarcerated people are still facing many obstacles finding employment despite “Ban the Box” laws.  After serving almost 20-years of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted

California offender records to be sealed under new law – SB 731

January 17, 2023 by San Quentin News Contributor

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By Henry Ortiz Reprinted by permission from Marin Independent Journal If the goal is to make California safer, the state took major step in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, LEGAL

OIG REPORT: Sanctions for staff misconduct too lenient

December 10, 2022 by Rahan Asaan

California prison officials have been strongly criticized for their internal investigations and disciplinary actions against correctional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LEGAL, Recently Posted

Jenkins to charge fentanyl dealers with murder for overdoses

December 10, 2022 by Rahan Asaan

Syringes with different medicines in yellow, red, orange and transparent colors lie on a blue background. The medicine. Vaccine. Covid 19. Coronovirus. An injection. Drugs. The close plan. Top view.

Fentanyl drug dealers will be charged with second-degree murder when a customer dies of an overdose, San Francisco’s new district attorney … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LEGAL, Recently Posted

MICHIGAN: Sixth Circuit allows ADA disability claim to proceed

December 6, 2022 by Rahan Asaan

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A man can proceed with his claim against prison officials who confiscated his medically necessary orthopedic shoes, a federal appeals court has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, Recently Posted

Federal: Detained immigrants can sue over forced labor

November 12, 2022 by Dante Jones

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Detained immigrants received a favorable judgment from a federal appeals court in June regarding labor practices during detention. The Ninth U.S. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ICE - IMMIGRATION, LEGAL, Recently Posted

Call for repeal of state’s Three Strikes law

November 12, 2022 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

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California needs to repeal the Three Strikes Law, which has lengthened sentences of more than 33,000 people, including more than 7,400 whose latest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, POLITICS, Recently Posted Tagged With: Editorial

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