Award-winning podcaster starts career with KALW radio Two life sentences that had him face 58 years behind bars did not deter longtime San … [Read more...]
Newly paroled residents face challenges and obstacles in reentry
People who leave prison face challenges such as mental stability, drug use, and staying connected to family. Incarceration can have an impact on … [Read more...]
Broken reentry system costs taxpayers billions
Probation and parole, as alternatives to a brutal penal system, fail American communities and cost taxpayers billions. According to the opinion of a … [Read more...]
Bill to allow a person with LWOP an opportunity to parole
North Carolina lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow those sentenced to life without parole to earn their way out of prison, … [Read more...]
VIETNAM VET GARY COOPER EARNS RELEASE
BELOVED WEST BLOCK RESIDENT LEAVES LAUGHTER, FRIENDSHIPS IN HIS WAKE San Quentin resident Gary Cooper found freedom at the age of 74. A parole … [Read more...]
SOUTHBOUND: TARE BELTRANCHUC GOES HOME
After three parole grants, Tare Beltranchuc, better known to friends as Cancún, finally signed his release papers in April after 12 commissioners … [Read more...]
PAROLE BOARD: Jennifer Shaffer packs San Quentin chapel for face-to-face Q&A
Parole board’s Executive Officer offers powerful insights The Board of Parole Hearings Executive Officer Jennifer Shaffer visited San Quentin on … [Read more...]
Guadalupe ‘Silencio’ Leon released after suffering heart attack during BPH hearing
Former San Quentin resident Guadalupe Leon suffered a heart attack during a parole board hearing that resulted in him being found suitable for parole … [Read more...]
Aaron Martin granted medical parole
Two state senators and two San Quentin program coordinators assisted Aaron Martin to win a medical parole after he suffered two post-COVID strokes. … [Read more...]