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Revive Oakland Coalition offering jobs to ex-offenders

December 11, 2017 by Salvador Solorio

The Revive Oakland Coalition and labor unions have negotiated an agreement with CenterPoint to give jobs to people with a criminal record. The jobs … [Read more...]

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News Briefs October 2017

December 11, 2017 by Juan Haines

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Phoenix, Arizona — A judge has warned the state’s top corrections officials that they could be held in civil contempt of court and could face fines … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Criminal Legal News

Michigan and Ohio bans coding books

December 11, 2017 by Joe Garcia

Vocational programs such as auto mechanics, carpentry, masonry and welding offere

Corrections officials in Michigan and Ohio are stopping their prisoners from receiving educational books that teach computer programming skills. Just … [Read more...]

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Holiday Memories

December 11, 2017 by San Quentin News Contributor

Bruce Cooper of Los Angeles, 58, recalled: “My baby brother Charles was the first in my family to attend college, which he did on a football … [Read more...]

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Going against the machismo culture against women

December 11, 2017 by Wayne Boatwright

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto honored Women’s Day this March by urging an assault against the machismo culture that generates violence against … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Antonio Vargas, Arnulfo T. Garcia, domestic violence, Enrique Pena Nieto, Gendes, machista, Mexican macho man, The New York Times, VOEG, Women’s Day

Free to Succeed tutor students for 20 years

December 11, 2017 by Juan Haines

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For more than six years, Joe Spinelli and Carter Schwonke have spent their Friday evenings inside San Quentin tutoring inmates in math and literature … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Free to Succeed

Domestic violence advocate speaks at Restorative Justice symposium

December 11, 2017 by Rahsaan Thomas

Forgiveness is a key component of healing from abuse and achieving a successful life. And lawsuits can be an alternative to prison sentences, speakers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: domestic violence, Restorative Justice

What We Never Had by Zach Wyner

December 11, 2017 by Juan Haines

What We Never Had by Zach Wyner

Imaginative storytelling, tension and drama linked to how we see the world are what good novels are made of — Zach Wyner does this in: What We Never … [Read more...]

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Pope calls teaching capital punishment inadmissible

December 11, 2017 by Charles David Henry

When the Vicar of Christ speaks about the death penalty, shouldn’t the world listen? Pope Francis visited the United States two years ago and told … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Dead Man Walking, DEATH PENALTY, Pope Francis

CLEMENCY PROJECT

November 30, 2017 by Charles David Henry

Three criminal justice organizations are campaigning for more clemency initiatives. “The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and … [Read more...]

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