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Hawaii Prison Workers Against Vaccine

February 28, 2022 by Randy Hansen

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The union representing federal prison workers in Hawaii join protests against President Joe Biden’s executive order for Mandatory Vaccines for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Institutions, Legal, News Briefs, Recently Posted Tagged With: Hawaii, news briefs

NEWS BRIEFS, December 2021

December 29, 2021 by San Quentin News

New York — (Press Release) Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of criminal justice reforms Oct. 22 that give formerly incarcerated New Yorkers a second … [Read more...]

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NEWS BRIEFS, November 2021

November 26, 2021 by San Quentin News

Missouri — (NBC News) Ernest Johnson, 61, was exe- cuted Oct. 5 by lethal injection at a state prison in Bonne Terre. His lawyers claimed that he had … [Read more...]

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NEWS BRIEFS: October 2021

October 30, 2021 by San Quentin News

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Pennsylvania — The advocacygroup Straight Ahead! issupporting two new bills. Thefirst would allow the possibilityof parole for over 5,000 … [Read more...]

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NEWS BRIEFS AUGUST 2021

August 30, 2021 by Juan Haines

1. Alabama — Prison officials are asking the federal government if COVID-19 recovery funds can be redirected to improve state prisons with “better, … [Read more...]

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News briefs, July 2021

July 30, 2021 by San Quentin News

Arizona—Prison officials are taking steps to use hydrogen cyanide, the same gas used in Nazi extermina-tion camps, to kill death row inmates, The … [Read more...]

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NEWS BRIEFS, JUNE 2021

June 28, 2021 by Juan Haines

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South Carolina -The failure to find drugs to carry out lethal injections led lawmakers to pass a bill that would force Death Row prisoners to pick the … [Read more...]

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NEWS BRIEFS: All Over the U.S.

May 10, 2020 by Juan Haines

Alabama — Since September 2019, the state’s parole board denied 92% of people who sought release from prison, according to a report by ACLU, Smart … [Read more...]

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NEWS BRIEFS

February 20, 2020 by San Quentin News Staff

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USA — Private prison companies GEO and Core- Civic are being sued for forcing detainees in their private prisons to work for free, or, in some cases, … [Read more...]

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NEWS BRIEFS

January 7, 2020 by Juan Haines

Washington, D.C. — Gallup reports that for the first time in 34 years, a majority of Americans would rather sentence a murderer to life imprisonment … [Read more...]

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