HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – As of Jan. 31, 1980, 98.2 percent of prison escapees for the years 1945 through 1978 have been apprehended. The rate for … [Read more...]

LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA – Former Lee County sheriff E.J. Melvin faces possible federal and state drug charges which allege that he sold drugs from … [Read more...]

Operations at San Quentin’s new Central Health Services Building (CHSB), have been under way for several months now. There are five floors in the new … [Read more...]

A legal battle is under way over whether prison inmates have the right to vote. In April a three-judge panel for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals … [Read more...]

San Quentin’s seventh annual Health Fair brought out approximately 80 health care professionals from throughout the Bay Area,according to Laura Bowman … [Read more...]

Milestone credits awarded under the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) new Credit Earning Program have begun to reach … [Read more...]

Whether we blame it on a court order or the budget crisis, the San Quentin gymnasium that once held over 350 Reception Center inmates because of an … [Read more...]

An estimated 297,000 California children have a parent in jail or prison, and 60 percent of those parents are held more than 100 miles from their … [Read more...]

PROGRAM HEAD LISTS PRIORITIES Six months after the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced plans to cut $250 million … [Read more...]