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Early release of court juveniles

November 27, 2020 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

From last in the league to playing in the championship.  Hard work and dedication have once again paid off.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2021, four California state-run juvenile facilities are slated to close, according to a Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: Governor Gavin Newson, Juvenile Justice, Youth Offender, youth offenders

Measures adopted by CDCR:

September 30, 2020 by Administrators

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/

At the California Senate Public Safety Committee Meeting on July 7, Ralph Diaz, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read

Prison University Project contributes to well-being of the incarcerated

August 27, 2020 by Administrators

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Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: Human Interest, Prision University Project (PUP)

In Memoriam for those taken by COVID-19 on SQ Death Row

August 22, 2020 by Jonathan Chiu

Death Row

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Filed Under: COVID-19, DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Featured, Most Read Tagged With: COVID-19, Death Row, Pandemic, San Quentin prisoners

Dual Epidemics of COVID-19 and Influenza (the flu)

August 20, 2020 by Wayne Boatwright

The flu, a different coronavirus, will be back this winter, as usual, starting in November and getting worse December and January. As the early … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: COVID-19, Flu, Health and Wellness, Pandemic

COVID-19 Took Away This Father’s One Chance a Year to See His Kids

August 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

This was going to be the year that Dion DeMerrill would fully explain to his sons why he is in prison. The virus lockdown made that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: COVID-19, Father’s Day, Fathers and Families, Get on the Bus (GOTB)

AT SAN QUENTIN, OVERCROWDING LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EXPLOSIVE COVID-19 OUTBREAK

August 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

Coronavirus has no race

All but nine of California’s 35 prisons house more people than the facility was designed to hold.  The following article by Juan Haines, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Featured, Most Read Tagged With: COVID-19, Overcrowding, Pandemic

CDCR Struggles to Stop The Flow of Contraband

May 10, 2020 by Kevin D. Sawyer

pile of smartphones

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) continues to struggle in its effort to stop the introduction of contraband inside … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: cdcr, contraband cellphones, Conttraband

Nearly 15,000 meals per day served at San Quentin with a special touch

March 16, 2020 by Timothy Hicks

San Quentin’s newest food manager says in a predominately-male prison, it takes a woman’s touch to balance out the population, especially when it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read, Recently Posted Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Healthy Food

SQN Jonson earns first Master’s Degree in 10 years

March 10, 2020 by Timothy Hicks

Michael Johnson

Striving for a good education has its challenges for anyone, but for incarcerated students those trials and tribulations are greater. However, one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read, Recently Posted Tagged With: Adams State University, MBA, michael johnson, PUP, Rehabilitation Corner, San Quentin State Prison

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