Sing Sing Film Highlights The Need For Arts And Dignity In America’s Prison System
A Film Starring Colman Domingo and Alumni from the Sing Sing Prison Arts Program Changes the View of American Prison Life.
The Sacramento Observer1d
On Your November Ballot: Prop 6 Could End “Involuntary Servitude” in California Prisons
Prop 6 seeks to amend the California Constitution to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime, ...
Trump campaign skewers Harris over gov’t-funded trans surgery for migrants: ‘Kamala is for they/them’
The Trump campaign blasted Vice President Kamala Harris over her past support for government-guaranteed transgender surgeries for prison inmates and detained migrants in a new attack ad.
6 myths about California crime as voters weigh ballot measure on drugs, retail theft
Worries about retail theft and fentanyl deaths shaped a November ballot measure that would toughen some criminal penalties.
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Prison hunger strikers won limits on solitary confinement; now they are on trial again
Now, after the state was forced to settle a lawsuit that reformed the solitary confinement policy, Franco and three others ...
The Union Democrat20h
Once-abandoned castle looms over a small California town. Its story is spooky and redeeming
Edward J. Stephens Jr. couldn’t stop running away from his home in Los Angeles. So in the late 1930s, his father made a ...
In California, all eligible voters, including those incarcerated, should be able to vote | Opinion
Despite California’s reputation as a beacon of democracy, over 97,000 voting-age residents still cannot vote while serving a ...
Despite what you’ve heard, Proposition 36 will not help people struggling with addiction
We need restorative justice initiatives that focus on family reunification in rehabilitation programs, investment in reentry ...
I couldn’t vote for decades. This year, I finally get to participate in democracy.
I was sent to juvenile hall at 10 years old, and never once did I think about losing my voting rights or any other rights — ...
Coachella Valley Independent12h
Civic Solutions: Local Volunteers Are Spreading the Word About Voter Registration to People Formerly Incarcerated for Felonies
More than once, someone has told local voter-registration volunteers they can’t vote because they have a felony conviction.
SFGate8d
One man's journey from state prison to a revered San Francisco restaurant
On a recent morning in the kitchen of Flour + Water, Michael Thomas picks the stems off sungold tomatoes from Mariquita Farms. One by one, he discards the bramble of green that held the tomato ...