California welcomed the New Year with 725 new laws. One was Assembly Bill 1399, the California Medical Parole Bill. It allows medical parole for … [Read more...]

A second lawsuit aimed at reform for California’s public education finance system has been filed in Alameda County Superior Court. This lawsuit is … [Read more...]

SanRafael — Marin County officials have filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order to block San Quentin’s new 541,000-square-foot Death … [Read more...]

How would you solve California’s budget problems? Ke Lam: There is a need to reconstruct the penal system with more effort towards restorative justice … [Read more...]

A judge has overturned the double-murder conviction of a man who spent 18 years in prison. The judge found that police investigators knew that the … [Read more...]

The United States military and allied forces face increased risk due to the disclosure of classified documents, according to the Pentagon. Last June … [Read more...]

The words “ray gun” usually brings to mind an imaginary future technology associated with science fiction movies such as The Terminator, Star Wars, … [Read more...]

Coming to San Quentin with experience teaching at UC Berkeley, many of us come to the Prison University Project (PUP) not knowing what to expect, but … [Read more...]

Sacramento — The California Research Bureau estimates 292,000 California children had a parent in prison or jail. The 2000 survey also showed another … [Read more...]

Tom Harrell is a world-renowned trumpeter who suffers from schizophrenia. While playing, and only while playing, all symptoms of his illness, … [Read more...]