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Newsom pardons 19 people, including co-founder of San Quentin podcast ‘Ear Hustle’
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Newsom pardons 19 people, including co-founder of San Quentin podcast ‘Ear Hustle’

LA Times  

In this Dec. 19, 2018, photo, Earlonne Woods gestures while speaking during an interview in Oakland, Calif. Gavin Newsom granted pardons for 19 people, including award-winning San Quentin podcaster Earlonne Woods. “Ear Hustle,” the popular and critically-acclaimed podcast that Woods co-founded from inside San Quentin State Prison in 2017, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2020. The grantees …

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Lethal injection, electric chair, firing squad or even nitrogen gas: the execution methods still used in the world today as one death row inmate in the US faces an impossible choice
2 months, 1 week ago

Lethal injection, electric chair, firing squad or even nitrogen gas: the execution methods still used in the world today as one death row inmate in the US faces an impossible choice

Daily Mail  

After languishing on Death Row for almost 25 years, convicted murderer Richard Moore now faces an agonising decision – choosing how he will be executed. Richard Moore, 59, a South Carolina Death Row inmate, has the choice to either die by the firing squad, electric chair or lethal injection Moore has now been on South Carolina's Death Row for 23 …

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California death row inmate who received Oprah support loses effort to overturn conviction
3 months, 1 week ago

California death row inmate who received Oprah support loses effort to overturn conviction

LA Times  

Oprah Winfrey holds up “That Bird Has My Wings,” the autobiography of California death row inmate Jarvis Jay Masters. “We knew this battle for Jarvis’ exoneration from death row would not be easy, but we remain confident in the strength of our evidence and legal arguments,” attorney Michael F. Williams said. “I’m very upset with the system.” Masters had spent …

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The last sentence: How I became pen pals with an inmate on death row
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The last sentence: How I became pen pals with an inmate on death row

The Independent  

The first letter he sent was three pages long and penned in elegantly looped handwriting. Death row in California's San Quentin prison Show all 8 1 / 8 Death row in California's San Quentin prison Death row in California's San Quentin prison A condemned inmate exercises in a cage out in the yard of San Quentin prison Getty Death row …

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Can chess games and toilet paper change prison culture? Inside San Quentin’s big experiment
5 months ago

Can chess games and toilet paper change prison culture? Inside San Quentin’s big experiment

LA Times  

To someone living outside these dank walls, the changes might seem small. “It’s not nearly finished, but some of the most significant innovations in the corrections system in California were occurring and have been occurring at San Quentin for a long time,” said Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, a longtime Newsom ally and lead advisor of a 21-person council charged with …

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Supreme Court denies California’s appeal for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin prison
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court denies California’s appeal for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin prison

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from California corrections officials who sought immunity from lawsuits claiming they acted with deliberate indifference when they caused a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at one of the world’s most famous prisons four years ago. The lawsuit stemmed from the botched transfer of infected inmates in May 2020 from a …

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Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin

LA Times  

Gilbert Polanco, a guard at San Quentin for more than two decades, contracted COVID-19 on the job and died in 2020. The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from California prison officials who sought immunity from lawsuits for having transferred inmates with COVID-19 to San Quentin in May 2020, setting off an outbreak that killed 26 prisoners and …

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Death row inmates are being transferred out of San Quentin. Chino city officials are sounding the alarm
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Death row inmates are being transferred out of San Quentin. Chino city officials are sounding the alarm

LA Times  

A condemned inmate is led to his cell in San Quentin’s Death Row. City and law enforcement officials in San Bernardino County say they are outraged after dozens of death row inmates were transferred from San Quentin State Prison to Chino. “The transfer of death row inmates to CIM creates tangible public safety concerns for local residents,” said San Bernardino …

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San Quentin State Prison: Running provides a new lease of life for inmates
8 months, 2 weeks ago

San Quentin State Prison: Running provides a new lease of life for inmates

CNN  

CNN — In San Quentin State Prison and decades through a lengthy sentence, Rahsaan Thomas wasn’t at the peak of his physical fitness, nor was he expecting that to change much. Sentenced to 55 to life in 2003 after fatally shooting one person and injuring another during a drug deal, Thomas joined the prison’s long distance running 1000 Mile Club …

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Gavin Newsom’s huge achievement: Closing death row. But does it play in 2024?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Gavin Newsom’s huge achievement: Closing death row. But does it play in 2024?

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom has been one of the most progressive governors on criminal justice reform, but he doesn’t really want to hype that right now. But corrections officer Andrei Akinshin, who has guarded the giant black doors at the entrance of death row for more than a decade, told me he’s loved every minute of it. Klaas told me that he …

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Prosecutors put men on death row. This California D.A. wants to take them off
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Prosecutors put men on death row. This California D.A. wants to take them off

LA Times  

Capital punishment in California exists in law, but in practicality ended in 2019 when Gov. “We cannot defend these sentences, and we believe that implicit bias and structural racism played some role in the death sentence.” For activists in the death penalty world, that’s an old argument. With every exoneration, with every story of racial injustice, it becomes clear to …

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Newsom has approved three California prison closures but resists pressure to shutter more
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Newsom has approved three California prison closures but resists pressure to shutter more

LA Times  

The California Correctional Center in Susanville, shown in 2021, was one of three prisons Gov. Shortly after taking office, Newsom placed a moratorium on the death penalty and has approved the closure of three prisons since 2019, but his administration appears to be pulling back from a 2022 budget proposal that considered “right-sizing California’s prison system” by possibly closing even …

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Days before Easter, Newsom announces dozens of pardons and commutations
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Days before Easter, Newsom announces dozens of pardons and commutations

LA Times  

From left, Earlonne Woods, “Ear Hustle” co-founder and Bay Area artist Nigel Poor, and Rahsaan Thomas pose in an undated photo. Gavin Newsom on Friday moved to commute sentences for 18 people, issue pardons for 37 others and submit a pardon application for an award-winning San Quentin podcaster, Earlonne Woods. “I believe Earlonne will continue to educate, enlighten and enrich …

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California speeds plans to empty San Quentin’s death row
9 months ago

California speeds plans to empty San Quentin’s death row

LA Times  

Prisoners on San Quentin’s death row will be transferred out by summer, as California moves to overhaul its oldest prison to emphasize training and rehabilitation. California is accelerating its efforts to empty San Quentin’s death row with plans to transfer the last 457 condemned men to other state prisons by summer. The condemned prisoners on San Quentin’s legendary death row …

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San Quentin project’s $360 million price tag should be slashed, governor’s advisory group says
11 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An advisory council hand-picked by California Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended Friday that the governor slash by at least a third the cost of a $360 million project to remake the San Quentin State Prison, and use the saved money to improve living conditions at the facility. The 21-member advisory council, headed by Newsom political ally and Sacramento …

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Column: Tinkering with Prop. 47 won’t lower crime. Fixing San Quentin will
11 months, 2 weeks ago

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

LA Times  

In 2020, after the tragic murder of George Floyd, there was a moment when it seemed as if America, California included, was ready to reform our broken and discriminatory criminal justice system. But what is about to happen inside San Quentin State Prison has the potential to fundamentally change crime and punishment in the Golden State, and beyond. Gavin Newsom …

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In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitation works
11 months, 3 weeks ago

In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitation works

LA Times  

What does something different look like when your whole life, this is all you’ve known? Corrections Officer Gonzales, left, who did not give his first name, goes over the orientation during the intake process with newly arrived Anthony Montez, 54, left, and Juan Hernandez, 28, right, at Amistad de Los Angeles, a prison reentry facility. Newsom announced that San Quentin …

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Seeking redemption: A death row inmate’s journey into L.A. County’s largest psych ward
1 year ago

Seeking redemption: A death row inmate’s journey into L.A. County’s largest psych ward

LA Times  

The yelling surprised no one. “I don’t think anyone could have foreseen how successful their work would be,” said Joan Hubbell, who manages the mental health programs throughout the jails for the Department of Health Services. Another pounded on the door, calling, “Hey, hey.” At a recent ceremony at Twin Towers honoring the mental health assistants, Craigen Armstrong met with …

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San Quentin needs more guards if it wants reform
1 year, 1 month ago

San Quentin needs more guards if it wants reform

LA Times  

Inside Halden Fengsel, a high-security prison in Norway, inmates choose their own clothing. But what surprised California corrections officer Steve “Bull” Durham most on a recent visit to Halden wasn’t the prisoners but the guards — how relaxed and happy his Norwegian counterparts were, and how casually they interacted with the inmates. Durham knows there will be many California officers …

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Chris Paul, a trip to San Quentin and a window into what he brings to the Warriors
1 year, 2 months ago

Chris Paul, a trip to San Quentin and a window into what he brings to the Warriors

New York Times  

Editor’s Note: This story is included in The Athletic’s Best of 2023. Rahsaan Thomas, released this past February after 21 years, co-hosted the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast “Ear Hustle” and wrote about Golden State’s visits for the San Quentin News. I’m going back with all the motivation I need this season.” Paul was sloshing the dominoes around with his hands, known …

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Newsom wants to transform San Quentin State Prison. The council advising him can meet in secret
1 year, 3 months ago

Newsom wants to transform San Quentin State Prison. The council advising him can meet in secret

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s planned transformation of San Quentin State Prison into a rehabilitation facility after decades as the home for death row inmates is being shaped by a hand-picked advisory council that is allowed to meet in secret. “If there’s no public accessibility to the San Quentin advisory council meetings, that’s a really significant concern that …

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Appeals court rules lawsuit by family of San Quentin guard who died of COVID-19 can proceed
1 year, 4 months ago

Appeals court rules lawsuit by family of San Quentin guard who died of COVID-19 can proceed

LA Times  

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected California’s bid to toss out a lawsuit filed by the family of a corrections officer who died three years ago from COVID-19 after state officials ordered the transfer of infected inmates into his prison from another facility. His family sued in federal court the following year, accusing the California Department of Corrections and …

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Newsom’s plan to transform San Quentin prison lacks details but is moving ahead
1 year, 4 months ago

Newsom’s plan to transform San Quentin prison lacks details but is moving ahead

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom has sweeping plans to transform San Quentin State Prison into a place where prisoners can be rehabilitated and receive job training before returning to society. Tucked in the back corner of San Quentin State Prison’s sprawling campus here sits a dilapidated warehouse, a humdrum building that’s fallen into disrepair since the days it was used as an office …

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This mom wants San Quentin prison to help daughter's killer
1 year, 5 months ago

This mom wants San Quentin prison to help daughter's killer

LA Times  

So is its counterpart, remorse. “It really hurts me that I don’t have not one recording of her singing,” Harrison said, ache as thick as syrup weighing down her words. “And then I made a decision that I couldn’t get Ciara back,” Harrison told me. “And so to turn this tragedy around, I wanted not only to heal forward and …

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