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21st century solutions to 20th century problems

December 29, 2018 by San Quentin News Staff

PUP Academic Conference

They came from all over the prison and the nation. Scholars dressed in standard blue prison uniforms walked down a staircase that leads from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: Prison University Project

139 prisoners nationwide were exonerated in 2017

August 8, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Ledura Watkins spent more than 41 years in a Michigan prison before being cleared of a murder he did not commit. He was just one of 139 exonerations … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California’s prison system, Conviction Integrity Units, Innocence Organizations, Prison University Project, The National Registry of Exonerations, Ventura County Conviction Integrity Unit

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) aids programs

July 25, 2018 by Kevin Sawyer

PUP and Ear Hustle

  The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) will provide grant funding to the Prison University Project (PUP) and Ear Hustle, an award-winning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ear Hustle, Prison University Project, PUP, Raidotopia

A look inside the bustling San Quentin prison library

June 11, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

Worker Coles-El showing a patron info from a catalog

Every day, the San Quentin State prison library is bustling with activity. Inmates might be ordering books from the clerks at the counter. Other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Featured Tagged With: Douglas Jeffrey, Eric Cummings, Gabriel Loiederman, George “Mesro” Coles-El, Glen Mason, Joseph Krauter, Neuro-Tribe, prison library, Prison University Project, PUP, Restorative Justice, Ronald Chatters, San Quentin, San Quentin State prison library, Steve Silverman, The Rise and Fall of California’s Radical Prison Movement

Prison University Project wins ethics debate

March 20, 2018 by Juan Haines

PUP students discussing their strategy to argue

A team of philosophy students from University of California at Santa Cruz ventured inside San Quentin on Feb. 13 for an ethics debate against inmates … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ethics Bowl, Kyle Robertson, Prison University Project, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, Vimeo, Warden Ron Davis, Wayne Boatwright

Education organizations trade ideas at national conference

February 16, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Jody Lewen addressing the audience while former students Dmitry Orlov and David Cowan listen

Exchanging ideas on how to create educational opportunities for incarcerated people and reentry services was the topic of a national conference held … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EDUCATION, Featured Tagged With: Alliance for Higher Education in Prison, Amy Jamgochian, Jody Lewen, Life After Life, Prison University Project, PUP, The Marshall Project, The Return

Veteran benefits helping of the incarcerated

October 31, 2017 by Wayne Boatwright

Veteran Johnny Gomez

Johnny Gomez, 50, has been down 21 years, but thanks to being a veteran, he can still help his child. Gomez’s first parole suitability hearing will be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: California state university, Johnny Gomez, Marine Corps, Mary Donovan, Prison University Project, PUP, Ron Self, San Quentin State Prison, Shawn Stevens, VA benefits, Veterans Healing Veterans from the Inside Out, Veterans Information Project, VHV, VHV program, VIP

San Quentin celebrates Day of Peace 2017

July 1, 2017 by Marcus Henderson

Day of Peace Event in San Quentin 2017

The rehabilitative spirit flowed deeply at San Quentin’s 11th Annual Day of Peace celebration. The San Quentin community came together on the Lower … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: Day of Peace, Francesca Lee Trio, Prison University Project, San Quentin, San Quentin State Prison

14 PUP graduates bright future with college degrees

July 1, 2017 by Rahsaan Thomas

The mark of a champion is turning tragedy into triumph. 14 incarcerated men, new champions, marched down the aisle wearing black caps and gowns to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Prison University Project, PUP

La tasa de concesión de libertad condicional continua incrementando

April 24, 2017 by Wayne Boatwright

En California existen aproximadamente 35,000 presos con sentencias indeterminadas. California esta experimentando un aumento en el número de presos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BPH, Brown v. Plata, Federal Sentencing Reporter, In re Lawrence, In re Shaputis, Marcy’s Law, Panel del Comité de Audiencias, Prison University Project, Proposición 9, Proyecto Universitario de la Prision, PUP, razonamiento estadístico, sentencias indeterminadas, Stanford

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