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Domestic Violence 15 Percent All Violent Crime

July 18, 2017 by Wayne Boatwright

Justicia rota

Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime.  “The key question concerns the relationship between threats and actual violence,” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, Dr. T.K. Logan, Non-Violent Education, Nonviolent Communication, NVC, NVC Basics, Rehabilitation Corner, San Quentin, verbal threats, violence against women, Violence and Victims

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

Tommy Winfrey home after two decades

July 1, 2017 by Juan Haines

Tommy enjoying a taco

Tommy Winfrey’s life sentence is over. Nearly two decades ago he was convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm. His journey back to the streets … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Arts in Corrections program, Profiles, San Quentin, Tommy Winfrey

Code.7370 Graduation Day at SQ

April 24, 2017 by Juan Haines

Justin Meskan spent the last seven years behind bars, but in August he is scheduled to get another chance at putting his life back on track, with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: PRISON PROGRAMS Tagged With: Beverly Parenti, CalPIA, Code.7370, San Quentin

CALPIA’s Pattillo explains the options of prison job training

March 26, 2017 by Juan Haines

The jobs inmates do in California’s prisons are diverse, and they demand skills that can be used in the outside workforce, according to Charles … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: CAL PIA, Profiles, San Quentin, Work Opportunity Tax Credit

Barnes rekindles his sports passion while pursuing coding.

March 26, 2017 by Rahsaan Thomas

In most prisons, you won’t find a tennis court, mini-college campus, Microsoft Certification, coding program or a newspaper written and run by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: San Quentin

Tasty graduation for the first class Quentin Cooks

December 30, 2016 by Wayne Boatwright

The inaugural graduating class of “The Quentin Cooks” prepared a five-course feast as a worthy finish to the new Culinary Arts Program, a 12-week … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Allen Brothers angus, Chef Eric Hollis, Chef Lisa Dombroski, EPRD, H-Unit, Helaine Melnitzer, Jill Brown, Mike Sabells, Quentin Cooks, Ron Davis, San Quentin, ServSafe, The Chefs Warehouse, Warden Ron Davis, Where the Chefs Shop

H-Unit VOEG graduates prepare for survivor panel

November 26, 2016 by Wayne Boatwright

“If you want to change the path of your life, go to VOEG,” said Kevin Thompson, a recent graduate of the Victim Offender Education Group (VOEG) from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: H-Unit, San Quentin, Stand-up Clerk, Survivor Panel, Victim Offender Education Group, VOEG

New Tool to Analyzing Criminal Justice Policy

August 10, 2016 by Wayne Boatwright

Incarceration rates are not the entire story of the criminal justice system. For reformers seeking to rationalize our criminal justice policies, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California, community supervision, criminal justice reform, criminal justice research, criminal justice system, Georgia, Nevada, objective valuation, PPI, Prison Policy Initiative, prison reform, San Quentin, scope of correctional control

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