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IRAN – Fire kills eight in Iranian prison

January 18, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

Location Iran. Green pin on the map.

A fire killed eight detainees at Iran’s Evin prison near Terhan, which has for decades housed political prisoners as well as those convicted of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Institutions, News Briefs, Recently Posted

NEWS BRIEFS – January 2023

January 18, 2023 by San Quentin News

1. Kentucky — ( AP) State officials are promoting a Prison-to-Work- Pipeline program aimed at connecting incarcerated people with employment as they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs, Recently Posted

NEWS BRIEFS: December 2022

December 6, 2022 by San Quentin News

1. California — (The Guardian) A report derived from state data tracking racial profiling revealed that drivers of color are stopped more frequently … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs, Recently Posted

NEWS BRIEFS: November 2022

November 9, 2022 by San Quentin News

Arkansas — (The Associated Press) The state of Arkansas has been given permission to continue using the sedative midazolam in its lethal injections by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs, Recently Posted

NEWS BRIEFS – October 2022

October 7, 2022 by San Quentin News

1. Texas —  (Associated Press) A federal judge has issued a temporary ruling ordering Texas prison officials to carry out executions of death row … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs, Recently Posted

NEWS BRIEFS – September 2022

September 13, 2022 by San Quentin News

1. ALABAMA —  (Associated Press) Alabama’s plan to sell $725 million in bonds to finance the construction of two new supersize prisons is … [Read more...]

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DID YOU KNOW — YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE!

September 13, 2022 by San Quentin News

Initiate Justice member explains the Restore Democracy Act

"We just completed another voter registration drive at our local jail, and in two days we were able to register 157 incarcerated people to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs, Parole and Release, Recently Posted

NEWS BRIEFS – AUGUST 2022

August 28, 2022 by San Quentin News

1 North Carolina —  (AP) Construction has yet to begin on installing air conditioning in the state’s prison system although the General … [Read more...]

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NEWS BRIEFS – June/July 2022

July 21, 2022 by San Quentin News

1. Texas —  (AP) State prison officials will not adopt specific rules to govern how spiritual advisers may pray for and touch condemned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs, Recently Posted

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

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