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NY’s pilot inmate package program not well received

June 11, 2018 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

Earlier this year, New York state suspended a pilot program forcing families of inmates to buy from a limited number of  private vendors when sending … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Caroline Hsu, cdcr, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Green Haven Correctional Facility, Greene, New York prisons, Prisoners’ Right Project, Taconic, The Marshall Project, Thomas Mailey

New 50-bed mental health facility in Southern California

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Staff

Nurse providing information about medical Advance Directives

The state’s prison system plans to build a new 50-bed mental health facility in Chino for Southern California inmates. ICE reported “24,476 of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 50-bed mental health facility, Bill Sessa, California Institution for Men, cdcr, Chino inmates, mental health beds

CA bills aim to reform law for juveniles and adults

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

US Monuments

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

Valley State Prison holds inaugural YOP graduation

May 17, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Valley State Prison’s YOP graduates

Valley State Prison (Chowchilla) celebrated a milestone earlier this year when it hosted its inaugural Youth Offender Program (YOP) graduation. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, cdcr, Chowchilla, Defy Ventures, Valley State Prison, Warden Fisher, Warden R. Fisher Jr., YOP, YOP coordinator, Youth Offender

Death Row inmate freed after serving more than 25 years

May 11, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

A man who spent 27 years on Death Row walked out the prison gates on April 17, 2018. “He appeared amazed to be on the other side of the wall,” Public … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Benavides, cdcr, Death Row, ern County District Attorney Lisa Green, Lt. Sam Robinson, PIO, Public Information Officer, Sacramento Bee, San Quentin, San Quentin’s Death Row, Terry Thornton, Vicente Benavides

Taking on the task to teach a new way of thinking in coding

May 8, 2018 by Juan Haines

In spite of the monumental challenges, Jon Gripshover, a supervising instructor, without fail, walks to a classroom in prison industries four times a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: CAL PIA, cdcr, Code.7370, Geek Sheet, geekie, Jon Gripshover, Profiles, San Quentin, Silicon Valley, Slack executives

Prisoners arraigned via Court video

April 19, 2018 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

Court proceedings with an inmate on television screen (top left)

The use of court video arraignments inside California prisons is gaining endorsements and could become a permanent part of the prison system, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cdcr, Kern Valley State Prison

Billing inmates $600 by medical provider-CCHCS

April 19, 2018 by Charles David Henry

Men who received treatment from hospitals outside the prison were surprised to receive medical bills along with a notice that they had to pay for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: cdcr, medical

Overview of inmate deaths in 2017 in CDCR

April 19, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Chart of the top seven causes of death in 2016, where 334 inmate died in CA. 325 men and nine women

The thought of dying in prison is every inmate’s worst fear, be it the death from violence, old age or disease. It’s a nightmare. Nevertheless, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: cdcr, Deaths

CDCR ordered to rewrite regulations for Prop. 57

March 20, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/

Sacramento County Superior Court judge Allen Sumner preliminarily ordered prison officials to rewrite the early parole regulations consistent with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California District Attorneys Association, cdcr, Proposition 57

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