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S.Q. Baseball Season Opener

August 5, 2012 by GARY SCOTT

The San Quentin Athletics outlasted the San Quentin Giants in their much-anticipated season opener before several hundred cheering fans, defeating the … [Read more...]

Study Rebuts Theory Behind Longer Prison Sentences

August 5, 2012 by Richard Richardson

Locking up non-violent criminals for lengthy prison terms fails to improve public safety, a public-interest research report concludes. “There is … [Read more...]

Gov. Brown Appoints New Corrections Board

August 5, 2012 by San Quentin News Staff

A new board has been created to cope with the major changes in the future of California prisons. Creation of the board is in response to last year’s … [Read more...]

Death Penalty and Wrongful Executions

August 5, 2012 by Charles David Henry

There is no credible evidence that an innocent person has been executed in California, a state commission report concludes. However, the commission … [Read more...]

Brazilian Prisoners Generate Electricity To Cut Sentences

August 5, 2012 by Kris Himmelberger

A Brazilian prison is taking the idea of good-time credits to another level: prisoners can get days time off their sentences for reading books and for … [Read more...]

Jurors’ Mixed Views About Capital Punishment Focus of High Court Ruling

August 5, 2012 by Charles David Henry

Jurors cannot be excluded from death penalty trials because they have mixed views about capital punishment, the California Supreme Court has … [Read more...]

Releasing Older Prisoners Would Save Money

August 5, 2012 by A. Kevin Valvardi

With an increasingly aging prison population in the United States, a new report says it would be less costly to release elderly prisoners who are no … [Read more...]

Seven Ways State Prison System Can Save Money

August 5, 2012 by Tommy Winfrey

California has tremendous potential to save money by revamping its prison system, says a college professor in a Los Angeles Times column. “We need the … [Read more...]

California Schools Struggling to Help Students

August 5, 2012 by San Quentin News Staff

LAYOFFS, LARGER CLASS SIZES AND FEWER INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS ADDING STRESS A new report says 6.2 million K-12 students in California’s 30 largest school … [Read more...]

Education Department Scheduled to Expand

August 5, 2012 by Richard Lindsey

Plans to begin San Quentin’s newest vocational programs are now underway, said the prison’s educational principal. Sacramento has approved the hiring … [Read more...]