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Inmates win ethics bowl against college students

October 15, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

The California Correctional Institution (CCI) Mental Health Department sponsored an unusual event once again on Aug. 3. Last year, this group won an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: CCI, cdcr, CSUB, Health and Wellness, Mental Health

Inmate wins $1,000 scholarship toward BA degree

October 15, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

One of the California Health Care Facility’s inmate trainers for the CHCF puppy program was awarded the Chung-Ahm Scholarship for the 2018 academic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California Health Care Facility, cdcr, Prison Education

Largest private prison population

September 11, 2018 by Juan Haines

The United States has the world’s largest private prison population, according to a study by The Sentencing Project. The study compares America’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California, California Department of Rehabilitation, cdcr, Core Civic, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Freedom of Information Act, GEO Group, ICE, Mississippi, Tallahatchie

San Quentin’s big transition as non-designated facility

August 8, 2018 by Jesse Vasquez

San Quentin State Prison’s transition from a General Population (GP) facility to a non-designated programming facility has uncovered old prejudices … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, cdcr, change, drop-outs, Editorial, gang members, General Population, GP, non-designated programming facilit, RCGP, Restrictive Custody General Population, San Quentin State Prison, Sensitive Needs Yard, SNY

Prison death a mystery after year-long investigation

August 8, 2018 by William Harris

One year and a transparent investigation later, the death of inmate James Leonard Acuna remains undetermined. Acuna’s decomposing body had been found … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ACLU, ACLU of Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, Amitriptyline, antidepressant, cdcr, Nortriptyline, Patch, Venlafaxine

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

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