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Youth Offender Program recognizes 43 resident mentors

January 6, 2025 by Larry Ali Deminter

The Youth Offender Program’s Inside Peer Mentor Training Program closed its fourth and final cohort after graduating 43 residents. The program aims … [Read more...]

Filed Under: YOUTH OFFENDERS Tagged With: Every Student Succeeds Act, Inside Peer Mentor Training Program, Peer Mentors, YOP, Youth Offender Program

Valley State Prison honors program participants

October 23, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

Its annual Motivational Tour highlighted the group's progress By Joseph Hader, Contributing Writer For the past three years, the Youth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Institutions, Valley State Prison, YOP

Young inmates are creating positive rap music at San Quentin State Prison

December 25, 2018 by Kevin.Sawyer

Young inmates are creating positive rap music at San Quentin State Prison, under the guidance of hip-hop artist and music producer David Jassy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Profiles, SQ Music Program, YOP, YOP mixtape

CA Supreme Court juvenile sentence cruel and unusual punishment

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Sentencing a juvenile to 50-to-life for rape and kidnapping may be cruel and unusual punishment, according to a recent California Supreme Court … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California Supreme Court, California’s One Strike law, California’s Youth Offender Parole, Elderly Parole Program, Graham v. Florida, Leonel Contreras, People v. Contreras, rehabilitation, William Rodriguez, YOP

Youth offender who realizes opportunity a little too late

June 11, 2018 by John Lam

Andrew Joseph Biovin with NFL player Brendon Ayanbadejo

Many youth offenders who find themselves incarcerated at San Quentin fail to recognize the opportunities available to them and end up transferred to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: “BE-IT”, AB1276, Benefiting Each Individual Together, Biovin, California’s Men’s Colony, kid cat, Level 4 prison, Miguel Sifuentes, Receive and Release, YOP, Youth Offender

Valley State Prison holds inaugural YOP graduation

May 17, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Valley State Prison’s YOP graduates

Valley State Prison (Chowchilla) celebrated a milestone earlier this year when it hosted its inaugural Youth Offender Program (YOP) graduation. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, cdcr, Chowchilla, Defy Ventures, Valley State Prison, Warden Fisher, Warden R. Fisher Jr., YOP, YOP coordinator, Youth Offender

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