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Suit alleges GEO operates ‘deadliest immigration center’

September 11, 2018 by Noel Scott

Eight Central American refugees have filed a federal lawsuit against the GEO Group, and the city of Adelanto in Riverside, reports Robert Kahn for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Immigration, Legal Tagged With: Adelanto, Central American refugees, Courthouse News Service, El Salvador, GEO Group, Human Rights Watch, Riverside

New bill keeps youth offenders out of adult prisons

July 27, 2018 by Juan Haines

HRW Senior Advocate Children’s Rights, Elizabeth M. Calvin and Antoine Brown in SQ’s Protestant Chapel

Human Rights Watch (HRW) continues to back legislation that gives youthful offenders a second chance at life after committing serious crimes. Most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal Tagged With: Department of Juvenile Justice, Elizabeth Calvin, Human Rights Watch, youthful offenders

Restuarando una comunidad por medio del dialogo

March 20, 2018 by Juan Haines

Photo courtesy of Dina Phillips

Más de dos docenas  de sobrevivientes  de crimen cruzaron las pesadas y cautivantes puertas de acero en San Quentin para enfrentar a prisioneros … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español Tagged With: ARC, Human Rights Watch, Restore Justice

Restoring a community through healing dialogue

February 19, 2018 by Jorge Heredia

“These tiny shoes represent our willingness to walk in each other’s shoes shoulder to shoulder from now on,” an inmate said. “And to unite efforts against our nonsense violence to live in peace and harmony.”

More than two dozen survivors of crime crossed the heavily riveted steel doors at San Quentin to face prisoners convicted of serious crimes, including … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anti-Recidivism Collation, ARC, Board of Parole Hearings, Healing Dialogue and Action, Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Alison Parker Addresses Juvenile Lifer Policies Across America

September 1, 2015 by Alison Parker

Back in 2004, when I first started working on the problem of children being sentenced to life without parole (LWOP), a lot of people told me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender Tagged With: Florida, Human Rights Watch

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