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FREEDOM THROUGH FITNESS

August 30, 2021 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

Old gym interior with equipment

A workout program started in prison has turned into a successful business training more than 200 formerly incarcerated people as physical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Profiles, Reentry

NEWS BRIEFS AUGUST 2021

August 30, 2021 by Juan Haines

1. Alabama — Prison officials are asking the federal government if COVID-19 recovery funds can be redirected to improve state prisons with “better, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: news briefs

Aug 2021-Sports Tier Talk With Tim Hicks

August 30, 2021 by Timothy Hicks

The New York Knicks could not get out of the first-round playoffs and got put out by the Atlanta Hawks. After almost nine years of not being in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: sports

GOVERNORS USE OF CLEMENCY

August 30, 2021 by Kevin Sawyer

Governors can increase the use of their executive authority clemency as a corrective tool in order to reduce mass incarceration in the United States, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: clemency

California governor pardons formerly incarcerated firefighters

August 30, 2021 by Jad Salem

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pardoned two youth offenders from Laos who became firefighters. Bounchan Keola, 39, and Kao Saelee, 41, were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Parole and Release

Veterano de la NBA sufre racismo en la cancha

July 31, 2021 by Timothy Hicks

Nativo de San Francisco y de la NBA Jeremy Lin aguanto racismo en la cancha de baloncesto, reporto el Daily Jornal. Lin está en la Liga G del los … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Human Interest, Spanish, sports, SQ News Espanol

Dana Cheatum: From Life Sentence to Life Coach

July 31, 2021 by Vincent O'Bannon

A former lifer now offers hope and direction to hundreds of abused women in California with a sole purpose – help incarcerated women gain a renewed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Profiles, Reentry

LWOP women released after years behind bars

July 31, 2021 by Nathan McKinney

Women who have served decades in California's state prisons are given a second chance at life after enduring some of the state’s harsher sentencing. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: women in prison

Prosecutors sue to block credit changes

July 31, 2021 by Charles Crow

Wood hammer court judge

Forty-four of California’s 58 district attorneys have sued the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to block recent changes in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: District Attorney, prosecutors

SQ’s Newest Quarantine: Gastroenteritis

July 31, 2021 by Timothy Hicks

San Quentin has been hit with another virus. Residents seem to not be able to catch a break from suffering through the effects and consequences caused … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID-19, Health Care

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