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Higher age, fewer write-ups boost parole chances

March 26, 2017 by Wayne Boatwright

Recent legal and regulatory changes have vastly improved the likelihood of an inmate being granted parole. During the past decades of California’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, BPH, Federal Sentencing Reporter, Jody Lewen, National Humanities Medal, Prison University Project, PUP, tough on crime

Estudio examina como los presos pueden mejores oportunidades ante el comité de audiencias

February 9, 2017 by Wayne Boatwright

Por décadas, los presos con una sentencia de vida difícilmente obtenían su libertad condicional. Actualmente, más del 20% están siendo liberados. Todo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BPH, Federal Sentencing Reporter, La Comisión de Audiencias, libertad condicional, Prison University Project, PUP

Study explores lifers going before the parole board

February 3, 2017 by Wayne Boatwright

California is releasing more lifers on parole, according to a Stanford University report. Between 2008 and 2015, the parole grant rate increased from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, California Supreme Court, Federal Sentencing Reporter, Gov. Jerry Brown, indeterminate life sentences, Marsy's Law, parole grant rate, Prison University Project, PUP, Stanford University

How lifers get better parole board deal

January 31, 2017 by Wayne Boatwright

For decades, lifers were rarely found suitable for parole. Now more than 20 percent are being paroled. Why? Thanks to changes at the legal, executive, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, California Supreme Court, Federal Sentencing Reporter, indeterminate terms, Prison University Project, Proposition 57, PUP, Stanford University

White House award to Jody Lewen

November 27, 2016 by Marcus Henderson

As students with makeshift backpacks and see-through plastic folders hustle in and out of an education building, teachers greet their students by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Jody Lewen, Obama, patten University, President Obama, Prison University Project

Sacramento Judge and CCPOA President Visit SQ

May 1, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

A judge and peace officer leader, who visited San Quentin recently, said they want to support reforms in the criminal justice system. They visited the … [Read more...]

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

Two Key Personnel Depart From the Prison University

January 2, 2012 by Angelo Falcone

San Quentin’s Prison University Project will lose two of its most valuable administrators. They are David Cowan, who was assigned to the Prison … [Read more...]

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

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