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Parole hearings create dilemma for innocent supplicants

September 13, 2022 by Vincent O'Bannon

Some people confess to a crime they did not commit to avoid the threat of a more severe sentence, the New York Times reports. A result can be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Parole and Release, Recently Posted

Author of 1893 parole law remembered

September 13, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

California’s first parole law crafted by state’s first female attorney Thanks to the 1893 parole law, those serving sentences in California’s two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Parole and Release, Profiles, Recently Posted

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

Restricting medical parole

July 23, 2022 by George Franco

California is implementing a new policy of only granting medical parole to those so ill they need to be hooked to ventilators in order to breathe, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Health Care, Parole and Release, Recently Posted

Nathan McKinney — free at last

May 1, 2022 by Kevin Sawyer

The San Quentin News managing editor, Nathan McKinney, paroled just before the Omicron variant placed the prison on a 60- day lockdown.  McKinney … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parole and Release, Profiles, Recently Posted

Veteran SQNews layout designer paroled, now fighting deportation

May 1, 2022 by Wayne Boatwright

Another longtime member of the San Quentin News team, Phoeun You, paroled before the COVID-19 Omicron variant placed the prison on a 60-day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Immigration, Parole and Release, Profiles, Recently Posted

Guadalupe ‘Silencio’ Leon released after suffering heart attack during BPH hearing

April 18, 2022 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Parole and Release, Recently Posted

DAPO’s Parole Reentry Expo puts resources front and center in Oakland

January 25, 2022 by Vincent O'Bannon

In October, a Parole Reentry Center was opened in Oakland, California, that promises a new approach to parolee services. The California Department of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Parole and Release, Re-Entry, Recently Posted Tagged With: cdcr, reentry programs

Experts question role of victims, survivors in parole hearings

December 30, 2021 by Vincent O'Bannon

Years after a conviction, prisoners still face the same scrutiny at parole board hearings they did during their jury trial — when facing prosecutors, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal, Parole and Release, Recently Posted Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, legal

Parole Board implements no changes despite millions in new funding

December 27, 2021 by San Quentin News Contributor

American money- cash

On Aug. 30, 2021, UnCommon Law filed a petition in California’s First District Court of Appeal in the case In re Darryl Poole. The petition … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parole and Release, Recently Posted Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings

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