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University helps prisoners learn

January 18, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

The University of Arizona English Department, with the encouragement of the state of Arizona, has initiated a writing and literary program to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Arizona, Literacy program, PRISM

The Prisoner in His Palace by Will Bardenwerper

January 18, 2018 by Juan Haines

                    What history leaves unsaid will always be a point of controversy, especially for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Program celebrates 50 years of success

January 18, 2018 by Jesse Vasquez

Project Rebound celebrates 50 years of giving former prisoners a second chance and promotes public safety by providing college educations to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

News Briefs

January 18, 2018 by Juan Haines

Texas – Formerly incarcerated men and women won a major victory to end employment discrimination against hiring ex-offenders and to restore their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

L.A. Kitchen helps those in need

January 18, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Kevin Williams in the L.A. Kitchen

After serving 31 years in various California state prisons, Kevin Williams, 52, was finally paroled and found his way to a job-training program … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

Inside Garden Program creates beauty in prison

January 18, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Volunteers, staff and the men in front of a garden

Dragonflies, bumblebees and Monarch butterflies are daily visitors to the H-Unit garden planted and maintained by the Insight Garden Program (IGP). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cdcr, Haleh Zandi, IGP, Innovative Grants Program, Insight Garden Program, Planting Justice

G.R.I.P. graduates five tribes in 2017

January 18, 2018 by Juan Haines

One of five GRIP tribes at graduation

Families braved fog and rain to watch their loved ones graduate from one of San Quentin Prison’s most highly touted self-awareness programs. A week … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: GRIP, Guiding Rage Into Power (GRIP), Jacques Verduin

Folsom women receive 3-D design training

January 18, 2018 by Amir Shabazz

A female offender learns job skills at one of two new tech facilities

Behind battleship gray walls and razor wire fences, women inmates are training for future jobs in technology at Folsom Women’s Facility, according to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Criminals and Gangmembers Anonymous graduation

January 18, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Top: Armando Flores, Manuel Negrete, Jorge Heredia, Chad Cleveland Bottom: Milo Flores and Rodolfo Torres

At age 19, having grown up in Los Angeles, Corey Willis was a gang member and a criminal who sold drugs. On the streets, he answered to the moniker … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Los Angeles County

Casting away hate and separation: views on building a better world

January 18, 2018 by Juan Haines

A religious historian told a San Quentin audience that not understanding the difference between religion and faith makes it easy for bigotry and fear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children of God, Juan's Book Review

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