Prison Reform

Prosecutors sue to block credit changes

July 31, 2021 by Charles Crow

Forty-four of California’s 58 district attorneys have sued the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to block recent changes in the … [Read more...]

Closing LA County’s Men’s Jail

May 31, 2021 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

A task force was created to map out a pathway to close the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail (MCJ) by July 2021, according to the Los Angeles … [Read more...]

Boudin in his first year faces backlash, opposition and controversy

March 31, 2021 by Vincent O'Bannon

From policing his city through a global pandemic, controversies in policy, political opposition, the backlash of a homicide, and excessive force by … [Read more...]

Interview with Emily Harris of Ella Baker Center

February 26, 2021 by San Quentin News

In her role, Emily oversees state and local campaigns, develops membership structures, and builds and coordinates relationships with other state … [Read more...]

Ella Baker: Civil and human rights activist

February 23, 2021 by San Quentin News Contributor

Ella Baker was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more … [Read more...]

Our honors list for criminal justice work

January 31, 2021 by San Quentin News Contributor

San Quentin News would like to honor and recognize these individuals for their work and contributions to social and criminal justice reform. There is … [Read more...]

Judge orders CA prison guards to wear cameras

December 31, 2020 by Kevin Sawyer

A federal judge responding to prisoner abuse claims has ordered corrections officers at California’s Richard J. Donovan prison in San Diego to wear … [Read more...]

ACLU aims to free 50,000 from prisons

November 30, 2020 by Vincent O'Bannon

A nationwide campaign by the ACLU that urges state governors to broaden their executive clemency powers to release 50,000 prisoners over the next five … [Read more...]

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

August 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

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...]

Pelican Bay’s new podcast ‘UNLOCKED’

March 16, 2020 by Vincent O'Bannon

Creators of a new Pelican Bay podcast look to build community and prisoner relationships—one story at a time, reported the Lost Coast … [Read more...]