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Sacramento Bee
2 months ago
California

Gavin Newsom wanted $380 million for San Quentin reforms. Why advisers suggest a different plan

The San Quentin Advisory Council recommends scaling back the $380 million plan to convert an existing space into an education center and using the extra money for other infrastructure projects.
The council envisions turning San Quentin State Prison into a facility modeled after Norwegian prisons that prioritize services and support over punishment.
Sacramento Bee
2 months ago
California

San Quentin project's $360 million price tag should be slashed, governor's advisory group says

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's advisory council recommends reducing the cost of a $360 million project to remake San Quentin State Prison by at least a third.
The saved money can be used to improve living conditions at the facility.
San Jose Inside
2 months ago
California

2023: California Closes Prisons and Transforms Others

The long, loud fights over prison closures in 2022 spilled into 2023 as communities dependent on prison dollars continued to argue for their own survival.
KQED
1 year ago
California

A Wedding Behind the Walls of San Quentin | KQED

On this week's show, we're sharing an episode of the KALW podcast Uncuffed, which is made by inmate journalists at Solano State Prison and San Quentin State Prison.A prison might not be the first place you'd think of to celebrate a wedding.But it's where Uncuffed producer Edmond Richardson is marrying the love of his life,  Avelina.
Los Angeles Times
2 months ago
Social justice

Column: Tinkering with Prop. 47 won't lower crime. Fixing San Quentin will

California may be moving towards a new tough-on-crime era
Proposition 47 is likely to be rolled back or undone
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
Los Angeles

'Big Evil' was 'programmed to kill' in L.A. Now he's eligible for parole after plea deal

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

A notorious Los Angeles killer from the 1990s known as "Big Evil" is eligible for parole after serving more than 25 years on charges that once landed him on death row.Cleamon "Big Evil" Johnson, 55, pleaded no contest and was convicted Thursday of a sole count of murder in a case stemming from five murders in the early 1990s, when he was the leader of a small but disproportionately violent subset of the Bloods - the 89 Family Swans - in South Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Rahsaan Thomas of 'Ear Hustle' released from prison a year after commutation from Newsom

Rahsaan Thomas was released from San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday, more than year after he was granted a commutation from Gov. Gavin Newsom for his rehabilitation behind bars, including his work for the Pulitzer Prize-nominated "Ear Hustle" podcast.Thomas' supporters had advocated for his release for years.
Nieman Lab
1 year ago
Media industry

Incarcerated reporters get more bylines

I'm an organizer with Empowerment Avenue, a program started at San Quentin State Prison to help incarcerated writers and journalists (who don't have access to internet or email) get their work outside prison walls, get published, and paid for it.We began in 2020, seeing what would happen if we paired editors and writers on the outside with incarcerated writers, to help them build their writing careers.
KQED
1 year ago
California law

Effort to Block Prison-to-ICE Transfers in California Fails in Final Hours of Legislative Session | KQED

"Whether you are an American citizen or ... a refugee, if you have served your time you have a right to be treated equally in the state of California," Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, D-Los Angeles, argued in support of her bill, AB 937, in advance of the Senate's consideration.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Podcast

San Quentin releases Ear Hustle' podcast co-host

A co-host of Ear Hustle, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast produced behind bars, was released from San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday, a year after Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted his sentence.Rahsaan Thomas, 52, left the prison and was greeted by his fellow podcast co-hosts Walter Woods, who was freed in 2019, and Nigel Poor.
San Francisco Bay Times
1 year ago
SF LGBT

The 1000 Mile Running Club at San Quentin - San Francisco Bay Times

By Jim Maloney-
It was a Monday afternoon in February of 2016, and I met up with the other volunteer running coaches of the 1000 Mile Club outside the East Gate of San Quentin State Prison in Marin County.This was my first day and I was nervous as I had never been inside a prison before.The coaches reassured me and put me at ease.
Los Angeles Times
2 years ago
Los Angeles

Podcast: California's death penalty flip-flops

For decades, California voters and politicians have vacillated over the future of the death penalty.
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