Depression affects millions of people each year, but hits prison inmates especially hard during the holidays, says Dr. Ruth Bertrand, a San Quentin … [Read more...]

Since 1980, there has been an almost tenfold increase in the federal prison population. The current population is about 218,000 offenders and growth … [Read more...]

A slim majority of Americans favor life in prison over the death penalty for murders, a recent poll disclosed. The margin was 50 to 48 percent. Even … [Read more...]

Condemned people, lifers, and those with long prison sentences can easily relate to the protracted demise of the main character in Leo Tolstoy’s The … [Read more...]

Former Californian prisoners are gaining much-needed access to medical care, thanks to the state’s expansion of Medicaid, according to a National … [Read more...]

Influenza (“the flu”) has recently arrived in Marin County, and it’s occurring in congregate living settings and in other places where people live in … [Read more...]

The San Quentin peer-education group Centerforce received support from two Bay Area experts in providing more health-related help to prisoners. Sandra … [Read more...]

Due to a growing number of prisoners, Nebraska is proposing to reverse last year’s prison cutbacks. Officials are seeking $5 million to hire new staff … [Read more...]