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Distance Determines if Prisoners Receive Visits

April 1, 2016 by Kevin D. Sawyer

US States

Research indicates prisoners who are visited by family and friends are less likely to return to incarceration. Distance plays a major role in why many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement, PPI, visitation rights

Prop. 47 Results in Lower Recidivism for State

April 1, 2016 by Tommy Bryant

The effects of Prop. 47, now at the one-year anniversary point, are still being analyzed. Statistics are slowly trickling in about the effects Prop. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Reforming Our Way of Thinking

April 1, 2016 by Malik Harris

Governor Jerry Brown is backing an initiative titled “The Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016.”. The initiative changes the way juveniles are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Editorial

SQ Celebrate Annual Black History Month

April 1, 2016 by Marcus Henderson

Kathleen Cleaver, secretary of information for the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense

In the midst of mass incarceration, Black Lives Matter and an election year, San Quentin prisoners celebrated their Second Annual Black History Month … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Black activism, Black community, Black Lives Matter

Court Blocks FCC Ruling to Lower Prison Phone Rates

April 1, 2016 by Kevin D. Sawyer

A federal court order temporarily blocked a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling that placed a cap on the cost of calls that inmates make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Blues Quartet Sings Classics to Prisoners

April 1, 2016 by Juan Haines

On a Sunday night more than 100 men, most slightly older than your average prisoner, gathered in a chapel to hear a Blues Quartet brought into San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Renown Photographer Shares Life Stories at SQ

April 1, 2016 by Eddie Herena

Pictures help people to understand and appreciate others, a noted Black photographer said in a recent visit to San Quentin State Prison. David Johnson … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Trade Program Assists Graduates for Re-entry

April 1, 2016 by Rahsaan Thomas

Ten San Quentin residents have graduated from a pre-apprentice construction labor program that will help them get jobs when they return home. “We want … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

April 2016 News Briefs

April 1, 2016 by San Quentin News Staff

Seattle, Wash. — The state’s highest court is taking a new look at the death penalty. Dozens of former state judges are claiming the state’s death … [Read more...]

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Gobierno Beneficia al Sector Privado

April 1, 2016 by Thomas Gardner

El gobierno de los Estados Unidos necesita dejar de trabajar a la par con el sector corporativo con el fin de aumentar el número de inmigrantes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

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