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Cultural differences affect the way peoples’ sexual orientations are treated

June 25, 2019 by Juan Haines

Acting with Compassion and Truth (ACT) is a first of its kind of prison program that explores how cultural differences affect the way people with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Acting with Compassion and Truth, Juan Haines, LGBTQ, Pride in Prison, Prison Stories

Florida DAs charge fentanyl dealers with murder in cases of overdose

June 24, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

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A woman overdosed and died in jail. As a result, another faces first-degree murder charges. On Sept. 7, 2018, 24-year- old Jeniffer Patrick was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Florida, marion county, MDMA, Prison Stories

An interview with former Death Row prisoner Alfred Sandoval, from Pelican Bay’s Newsletter “The Pelican”

May 15, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

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K: Thank you for sitting down with me and for agreeing to do this interview. If I remember correctly, you said you’ve been in prison for about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH ROW, PROFILE Tagged With: Inmate, Institutions, Pelican Bay, Prison Programs, Prison Stories, The Pelican

Bread & Roses presents tribute to honor Audrey Auld

May 15, 2019 by David Ditto

A parade of San Quentin musicians entertained about 100 inmates while honoring the late folksinger Audrey Auld, a favorite performer at the prison. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bread & Roses, music, Prison Stories

Shedding reputation to step into a new role in society

May 15, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

KidCAT Speaks! Editor’s Note: This is the third in a three-part series on the cost of earning a reputation in prison. A person can earn a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Inmate, Institutions, Prison Gangs, Prison Stories, SNY

Solitary: Book depicts one man's journey through hell

May 15, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

Albert Woodfox spent almost 45-years in solitary confinement in Louisiana for a murder he insists he didn’t commit and has written a book detailing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: federal courts, Health and Wellness, Human Interest, Inmate, Prison Stories, Solitary confinement

CDCR agrees to legal settlement over disciplinary documents

May 15, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

“I spent five years to get them to dismiss the write-ups which should never have been filed in the first place” The California Department of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: legal, Prison Stories, settlement

Virginia believes women’s sanitary products pose a threat to prisons

May 15, 2019 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

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Female visitors entering Virginia State Prison have been forced to remove certain feminine products to visit their family member or friend, according … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Capital News Service, drugs, Health and Wellness, Human Interest, Prison Stories, Virginia, visitors

Iranian legal reforms reduce executions

May 15, 2019 by Charles Stanley Longley

Capital punishment in Iran has roughly been cut in half because of drug law reform, a human rights organization reports. Executions in Iran have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: capital punishment, human rights, Iranian, Prison Stories

Wisconsin governor submits proposal to build more prisons

May 15, 2019 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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Wisconsin’s Governor Tony Evers, whose campaign pledged to cut his state’s prison population in half, has instead recommended a $259 million … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, POLITICS Tagged With: DOC, Institutions, Prison Stories, prisons, Wisconsin

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