Bill to Open State Prisons to Media Access Heads to Governor’s Desk
A bill that would allow greater media access to California prisons to improve transparency and oversight is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk....
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Aug
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Aug
A Softball Game Inside San Quentin
A formerly incarcerated, now sober softball team played July 23 against the Hardtimers — the San Quentin softball team — inside the walls of San Quentin Prison....
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Apr
Community Leaders Honored for Making Change Happen at the Grassroots
Three organizers who recently won James Irvine Foundation 2023 Leadership Awards spoke on Ethnic Media Services’ weekly national news briefing April 7....
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Mar
Newsom Wants to Change Criminal Justice and Healthcare in California
Change is coming to California’s oldest and most notorious prison and entire criminal justice system, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday....
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Jul
Bill Ending ‘Slavery’ in Prisons Advances in Cal Legislature
The California Abolition Act seeks to remove language from the California Constitution that allows "involuntary servitude ...
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Jul
COVID Prison Release: State To Start With Nonviolent Inmates Over Age 30
An estimated 8,000 incarcerated individuals will be made eligible for early release by the end of August to stem the COVID-19 outbreak in California’s prison system. ...
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Jan
Poblaciones Vulnerables Siguen Excluidas de la Reforma de Justicia Penal
La Ley del Primer Paso, un proyecto de ley bipartidista que se promulgó justo antes de Navidad, se considera una legislación histórica de reforma de justicia penal. Pero mientras que...
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Jan
Vulnerable Populations Still Excluded From Justice Reform
Keith Watley, founder and executive director of UnCommon Law, says while thousand of people will benefit from the First Step Act, he has concerns about its exclusions....
Hermanas Guerreras se Reúnen en Oakland para Discutir la Vida Después de la Prisión
Un grupo de mujeres anteriormente encarceladas se reunió en Oakland el mes pasado para discutir trabajos, vivienda y cómo transformar el sistema penitenciario para ayudar a las mujeres a prosperar....
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Jun
Beyond Reducing Prison Population, Can Prop. 47 Reduce Crime?
The question now: how to go beyond sentencing reform and do the work of making communities safer and the families within them stronger....
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Apr
Mumia Case Highlights Lack of Health Care in Prison
Commentary, Asani Shakur Mumia Abu-Jamal’s recent trip to the hospital should make us take a second look at the way we provide health care to those who need it most. Abu-Jamal, who...
Una Carta para la Juventud, desde la Prisión
Read in English por Asani Shakur Queridos Reyes y Reinas Jóvenes, Ustedes no me conocen personalmente, pero me conocen a través de un personaje de película del barrio o mejor aún, a través...
Letter to the Youth, From Prison
Leer en Español by Asani Shakur Editor’s Note: Asani Shakur, from Richmond, spent four years in prison. He wrote this letter to the youth while incarcerated. Dear young kings and queens, You do not...
