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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...]

Filed Under: Institutions, Prison Reform

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...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal, Prison Reform Tagged With: Chesa Boudin, criminal justice reform

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...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, Prison Reform, RESOURCES Tagged With: Ella Baker Center, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

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...]

Filed Under: Featured, Prison Reform, Profiles Tagged With: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

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...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Featured, Prison Reform, Profiles, SQ News Tagged With: criminal justice reform

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...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Legal, Prison Reform Tagged With: cdcr, police misconduct, Police transparency

ACLU aims to free 50,000 from prisons

November 30, 2020 by Vincent O'Bannon

people holding white printer paper

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...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, Prison Reform Tagged With: ACLU, prison reform

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

August 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

Coronavirus has no race

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...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Featured, Most Read, Prison Reform, SQ News Tagged With: COVID-19, Overcrowding, Pandemic

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...]

Filed Under: Arts, Inmate, Performances, Prison Media, Prison Reform, Public Services, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: making a chance, Pelican Bays Unlocked, Restoring Communities

Storytellers polish their craft through the San Quentin News Journalism Guild

March 16, 2020 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

The second annual San Quentin News Journalism Guild Graduation took place in the Garden Chapel on Jan. 17. Twelve graduates from November’s class … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Español, Performances, Prison Media, Prison Programs, Prison Reform, Prison Stories, Public Services, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner, SQ News, WALL CITY Tagged With: Social Reforms, SQ Journalism Guild, SQ Spanish Guild, Voices Matter

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