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 BLUE & BLUE RETURNS TO SAN QUENTIN 

July 20, 2022 by Joshua Strange

 San Francisco Police return to SQ for talks on social justice, reform   Top leadership of the San Francisco police department gathered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Featured Tagged With: San Francisco

San Francisco D.A’s New Website Tracks Arrests and Prosecutions

February 28, 2022 by Jad Salem

“SFDA filed new charges in 71.79% and took action on 84.64% of them" A new website portal was created by the San Francisco District Attorney's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal, Recently Posted Tagged With: California, legal, San Francisco

SF public defenders protest delays, court closures

January 14, 2022 by Joshua Grant

Wood hammer court judge

San Francisco public defenders gathered outside City Hall in protest of court closures and delays that continue through the COVID-19 era — in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal, Recently Posted Tagged With: Courts, COVID-19, Public Defenders, San Francisco

SF may close juvie, divert money to community-based youth offender services

January 14, 2022 by William Tobert

The COVID pandemic has slowed down plans to close San Francisco’s Juvenile Hall, but alternative actions have decreased the number of occupants, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Juvenile Justice, Recently Posted, Youth Offender Tagged With: San Francisco, youth offenders

Boudin’s connection to ‘incarceration crisis’

January 12, 2022 by Bruce Bowman

Jail Cell

San Francisco’s top prosecutor, Chesa Boudin, raised some eyebrows when he said that the vast majority of American households have had a family member … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, Recently Posted Tagged With: Chesa Boudin, mass incarceration, San Francisco

New San Francisco DA to reform criminal justice system

March 12, 2020 by Vincent O'Bannon

Recently sworn in as San Francisco’s new District Attorney, Chesa Boudin has bold plans to reform the city’s criminal justice system. “Our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Recently Posted Tagged With: Chesa Boudin, District Attorney, San Francisco

San Francisco to replace Juvenile Hall with rehabilitative center

January 2, 2020 by San Quentin News Contributor

By Dillon Kim, Journalism Guild Writer San Francisco voted to close its Juvenile Hall and replace it with a smaller “rehabilitative center” to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Re-Entry, Recently Posted Tagged With: replace Juvenile Hall with rehabilitative center, San Francisco

San Francisco sugiere humanizar el lenguaje hacia los presos

December 16, 2019 by Juan Espinosa

La Junta de Supervisores de la Ciudad de San Francisco aprobó recientemente una resolución que pretende humanizar el lenguaje que se utiliza para … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español, Recently Posted Tagged With: San Francisco

San Francisco looks towards changing its language relative to justice involved persons

November 18, 2019 by San Quentin News Staff

Supervisors hope to eliminate stigmatization by changing criminal justice labels By Charles Crowe Staff Writer San Francisco officials urge a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: justice involved persons, San Francisco

San Francisco adopts free phone calls for inmates

August 14, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

Inmates in San Francisco county jails will be allowed to make free telephone calls, which is expected to reduce these costs passed on to their family … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Institutions Tagged With: free telephone calls, San Francisco, San Francisco county jails, San Francisco’s Finan- cial Justice Project

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