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Newsom focuses on California’s homeless epidemic

January 17, 2022 by Joshua Grant

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently focused attention on California’s growing crisis of unhoused residents and signed new legislation aimed at getting them the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Politics, Recently Posted Tagged With: California, Governor Gavin Newson, Homelessness

Prisoner uses life experience to teach young men

January 14, 2022 by Kevin Sawyer

After decades of incarceration, personal study and self-exploration, Harry Goodall Jr. decided it was time to own up to the part he played in his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Health and Wellness, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Profiles, Recently Posted Tagged With: book review, KidCAT, The Beat Within

Staff shortages mean more cell time in Kansas

January 14, 2022 by David Oranje

Staff shortages in a Kansas maximum security correctional facility have resulted in dramatic increases in cell confinement and decreased accessibility … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Recently Posted Tagged With: Kansas, staff

El proyecto AB 2054 cambia a trabajadores de salud mental en ‘first responders’

January 14, 2022 by Heriberto Arredondo

firefighter paramedics loading patient into ambulance

Nuevas leyes exigen a los Departamentos de Policía poner más attención cuando intervienen en la comunidad En solo 11 segundos hubo 11 disparos y … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español, Mental Health, Public Services, Recently Posted, Spanish Tagged With: Mental Health, SQ News Espanol

SOLIDARIDAD SILENCIOSA

January 14, 2022 by Carlos Drouaillet

Lamentando Nuestras Pérdidas (MOL) efectúa una marcha silenciosa en el campo deportivo de San Quentin, en honor a las vidas perdidas por … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español, Mental Health, Recently Posted, Spanish Tagged With: COVID-19

Grass-roots domestic abuse program holds workshop on Lower Yard

January 14, 2022 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Mother and daughter suffering from domestic violence of father

The widespread, epidemic problem of domestic abuse throughout the country was the recent focus of a group of San Quentin prisoners.  Sixty men … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Recently Posted Tagged With: domestic violence, Prison Programs

Compassion Prison Project takes aim at prisoner trauma

January 10, 2022 by Steve Brooks

 Group promotes safer society by treating root causes of incarceration  Compassion Prison Project (CPP) founder Fritzi Horstman and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Mental Health, Prison Programs, Recently Posted Tagged With: Compassion Prison Project, Mental Health, Prison Programs

Aerial dance addresses mass incarceration

December 30, 2021 by Randy Hansen

An aerial dance show that addresses mass incarceration was brought to the public to raise the awareness of life behind bars and the parallels of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Music, Performances, Recently Posted Tagged With: arts, mass incarceration

Executives, corporations step up to provide video visits for prisoners

December 30, 2021 by Rickey Goins

Journalism Guild Writer  A new nonprofit corporation is seeking to establish free video conferencing between the incarcerated and their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Public Services, Recently Posted Tagged With: prison video calls

Prison ARTS Collective: Program offers incarcerated artists a platform for self-healing

December 27, 2021 by Edwin Chavez

The universal language of art is being used to transform incarcerated men and women by giving them the tools for self-discovery, self-reflection and a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Featured, Mental Health, Prison Programs, Recently Posted Tagged With: arts, Arts in Corrections program, Mental Health

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