Pensilvania aprueba leyes para reformar el sistema de libertad condicional y permite a los tribunales sellar más antecedentes penales. Según la Prensa … [Read more...]
Palm Springs approves $27 million reparations package for Black, Latino families
Palm Springs, Calif., officials have approved a $27 million reparations package for Black and Latino families displaced in the 1960s. The … [Read more...]
Apelando por la libertad en corte ― Prop. 57
La Audiencias de Libertad Condicional (BPH por sus siglas en inglés) dio una actualización de la demanda en contra de la Proporción … [Read more...]
Transgender community reacts to executive order
Dismay and concern over changes to transgender rights impacts incarcerated persons’ mental state Hours after taking the oath of office, … [Read more...]
Signed and vetoed bills impact incarcerated effective 2025
The following list are of bills signed or vetoed by the Governor of California and could have an impact on the SQ community. Here is what was signed … [Read more...]
Organization fights to repeal Three Strikes Law
The public may have lost interest in the efforts to repeal California’s controversial three strikes law, but the 30,000 second-strikers and the 7,000 … [Read more...]
Second Look movement reassesses lengthy sentences
The phenomenon of mass incarceration changed criminal justice in important ways, particularly with sentencing policies. Ever younger defendants, … [Read more...]
Act funds legal representation as a human right
6th Amendment of U. S. Constitution ensures criminal defendant's right to counsel The Criminal Justice Act provides funding for a person defending … [Read more...]
Proposition 6 furthers slavery in prison, SQ residents say
In 2023, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 3089, which would act as California’s official apology for chattel slavery. AB 3089 … [Read more...]
Passing of Prop 36 set to reboot mass incarceration
During the final inning at the 2024 ballot box, criminal justice reform took three strikes with the defeat of reform-minded prosecutors, the defeat of … [Read more...]