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California’s next governor faces executions

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

California’s next governor could be forced to make a life-or-death decision that the state’s top executive hasn’t faced in over a decade; whether to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: anti-capital punishment campaign, California Supreme Court, Calvin Thomas, Clarence Ray Allen, Commutations, Death Row, Gavin Newsom, Martin O’Malley, Pat Quinn, Prop 66, Ronald Reagan, San Quentin State Prison, Travis Allen, ttps://sanquentinnew.wpengine.com/low-execution-rate-2017, U.S. Supreme Court

CA Supreme Court juvenile sentence cruel and unusual punishment

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Sentencing a juvenile to 50-to-life for rape and kidnapping may be cruel and unusual punishment, according to a recent California Supreme Court … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California Supreme Court, California’s One Strike law, California’s Youth Offender Parole, Elderly Parole Program, Graham v. Florida, Leonel Contreras, People v. Contreras, rehabilitation, William Rodriguez, YOP

CA bills aim to reform law for juveniles and adults

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

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Sacramento, CA —On April 4, the California Senate Public Safety Committee voted to pass Senate Bills 1392 and 1393, half of the Equity and Justice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 64 and 57, ACLU of California, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, California Senate Public Safety Committee, Californians for a Responsible Budget, Californians United for a Responsible Budget, cdcr, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, CURB, Drug Policy Alliance, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Fair and Just Sentencing Reform Act of 2018, Friends Committee on Legislation California, Holly J. Mitchell, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Pillars of the Community, PPI, Propositions 47, Public Policy Institute of California, Ricardo Lara, Romarilyn Ralston, SB 180, SB 620, Steven Bradford, Tides Advocacy, Women’s Foundation of CA, Women’s Policy Institute

Aging cons fear parole after incarceration

June 11, 2018 by William Harris

Aging cons who survived the causes and consequences of long-term incarceration are being released from prison cross the country. They are paroled into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ex-felon, government support, President Obama clemency, reentry programs, rehabilitative services, stigma, Urban Institute

Clean water for Massachusetts prisoners

June 11, 2018 by Amir Shabazz

Advocates in a Massachusetts community are raising money to supply prisoners with  bottled water at the state’s MCI-Norfolk facility due to complaints … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christine Mitchell, Deeper Than Water, DOC, Greg Diatchenko, Massachusetts Department of Correction, MCI-Norfolk facility, WBUR News

Tennessee schedules three executions

June 11, 2018 by William Harris

Tennessee has scheduled three executions this year, after nearly a decade without them, according to USA Today. Dozens of Death Row prisoners lost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Barbara Peck, Bill Haslam, Chief Justice Jeffrey Bivins, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, Jennifer Donnals, Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee Supreme Court, USA Today

Abogado señala: ‘prepárense para su libertad’

June 11, 2018 by Juan Haines

Abogado señala: “prepárense para su libertad.” El camino a la libertad es riguroso para los hombres y las mujeres encarceladas en las prisiones de … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BPH, Chatman, Gobernador Jerry Brown, libertad condicional, Marco Villa, Mike Romano, Prisión de San Quentin, San Quentin, Tare Beltranchuc

Hermanos Unidos wins, 8-0, over SQ soccer team

June 11, 2018 by Eddie Herena

San Quentin’s B-Team opened its season with an 8-0 loss in a friendly match against U.C. Berkeley’s Hermanos Unidos (United Brothers). Both A and B … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Crawford, Hermanos Unidos, Manuel Esqueda, San Quentin, San Quentin State Prison, Tare “Cancun” Beltranchuc, U.C. Berkeley, United Brothers

The Manson Women and Me; Monsters, Morality, and Murder by Nikki Meredith

June 11, 2018 by Juan Haines

  It took Nikki Meredith more than two decades of prison visits, trips into the California desert, and prolonged research to knit her memories, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: infidels, Leslie Van Houten, Nikki Meredith, Patricia Krenwinkel, Robert Jay Lifton, San Quentin News, Susan Atkins, Tate-LaBianca, Tate-LaBianca murders, The Manson Women and Me

Unfretted about Cellist Zuill Bailey

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Armed with horsehair bow, The cellist reaches down through, Vertical teachings, Through horizontal stratagem, Discovering subtle, powerful sound … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ‘Unfretted’, Cellist Zuill Bailey, classical sound, Drawing, Mike (Muddy Six-Nine) Hedger, Mike Hedger, Muddy Six-Nine, poem, poetry, Zuill Bailey

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