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NEWS BRIEFS April 2022

May 2, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

New York — ( AP) The author of “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971” has sued New York’s prison authorities for banning the book in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs, Recently Posted

News Briefs-April 2022

April 22, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

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Arkansas — (AP) The state Department of Corrections began 2022 with a statewide lockdown of prisons due to rising COVID-19 cases among prisoners and … [Read more...]

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Biden Helps Foreign Workers 

February 28, 2022 by George Franco

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President Joe Biden has unveiled a social policy and climate change bill that includes an immigration provision that could help millions of families … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Immigration, News Briefs, Recently Posted Tagged With: employers, green card, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Hawaii Prison Workers Against Vaccine

February 28, 2022 by Randy Hansen

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The union representing federal prison workers in Hawaii join protests against President Joe Biden’s executive order for Mandatory Vaccines for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Institutions, Legal, News Briefs, Recently Posted Tagged With: Hawaii, news briefs

NPR Lose Talent Due to Lack of Opportunities 

February 28, 2022 by Charles Crow

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“62% White, 15% Black/African American, 12% Asian American, and 7% Latino or Hispanic” NPR’s recent losses of talented Black and Latino program … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs, Recently Posted Tagged With: money, NPR

Riker’s Island Jail in Chaos

February 28, 2022 by Raymond Torres

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New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail is in a constant state of chaos due to violence and inadequate staffing, the New York Times … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal, News Briefs, Recently Posted Tagged With: New York’s Riker’s Island Jail, Rikers Island, SQ Journalism Guild

U.S. prison population drops by 300K

January 27, 2022 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

The number of incarcerated adults dropped by nearly 300,000 in America the past decade, new U.S. Census figures show.  Almost two million … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs, Recently Posted Tagged With: mass incarceration

But U.S. still leads world in global incarceration rates

January 15, 2022 by John Krueger

Louisiana has recorded the highest incarcerated rate in the world, with California not far behind, Prison Policy Initiative … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, News Briefs, Recently Posted Tagged With: mass incarceration, United States

NEWS BRIEFS, January 2022

January 10, 2022 by San Quentin News

1. Ohio — (Associated Press) The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction plans to supplement its more than 6,000 fixed security cameras by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs

NEWS BRIEFS, December 2021

December 29, 2021 by San Quentin News

New York — (Press Release) Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of criminal justice reforms Oct. 22 that give formerly incarcerated New Yorkers a second … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs, Recently Posted Tagged With: news briefs

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