By Cainen ChambersContributing Writer Has the mental health of incarcerated persons declined because the state has turned to private contractors to … [Read more...]
SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS INTERSECT LINES OF RACE AND SOCIAL CLASS
Research reveals that school suspensions disproportionately impact black female students at a higher rate than their white counter … [Read more...]
FADDD – NICHE PROGRAM SERVES DISTINCT REHABILITATIVE NEED
Retired Chief Deputy Warden Velda Dobson-Davis introduced the incarcerated community at San Quentin to the self-help program, Felons Against … [Read more...]
MAKING HEALTH CARE PART OF A SUCCESSFUL REENTRY
MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF CARE FROM PRISON TO SOCIETY Why should healthcare be a part of your reentry plan? How often do you hear people … [Read more...]
CORCORAN PRISONERS RAISE SUICIDE AWARENESS THROUGH CREATIVE ARTS
Incarcerated people at CSP Corcoran worked together to create chalk art throughout the prison, aimed at increasing awareness of suicide in … [Read more...]
WORKERS EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT OF MOCK EXECUTION
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
Yolo County’s new mental health diversion court addresses treatment of mental health issues and alcohol or other drug addictions. The program … [Read more...]
REPORT: CHRONIC FEAR HAS NEGATIVE EFFECT ON PHYSICAL, MENTAL HEALTH
Chronic fear can negatively affect an individual’s physical, emotional, environmental, and spiritual health, contributing to a variety of anxieties … [Read more...]
PRISON TO EMPLOYMENT’S FIRST POST-COVID GRADUATION, EMPLOYER EVENTS HELD AT SQ
Employers, reentry, and other job placement professionals convened at Prison 2 Employment Connection’s first post-COVID Employer Day at San Quentin … [Read more...]
SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION
Prison Fellowship Academyholds graduation ceremony A celebration of 19 men who completed the one-year program for the Prison Fellowship Academy … [Read more...]