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Prisons

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Californians to Decide Whether to Abolish the Death Penalty

    The Golden State will finally get a chance to kill the death penalty.A measure to abolish capital punishment in California qualified for the November ballot, Secretary of State Debra Bowen confirmed yesterday evening. The measure -- dubbed the SAFE California Act -- calls for doing away with death r ... More >>

  • News

    April 4, 2012

    SF Weekly Letters

    The Golden State will finally get a chance to kill the death penalty.A measure to abolish capital punishment in California qualified for the November ballot, Secretary of State Debra Bowen confirmed yesterday evening. The measure -- dubbed the SAFE California Act -- calls for doing away with death r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Police Scandals Free Up Jail Cells For Released Inmates

    San Francisco County Jail: Vacancies​The Examiner had an intriguing piece today on how the scandals shaking the police department in the last year have had an ironic consequence: more empty beds in county jails to receive the hundreds of state prison inmates that will be sent our way from state pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    California Inmates Are Eating Again

    Well that explains the strike ​The three-week hunger strike at prisons across the state has officially ended, with all inmates eating meals as of Tuesday. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the inmates were satisfied with the CDCR's plan to substantially revi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Pelican Bay Inmates End Hunger Strike; Prisoners at Other Jails Still Refuse to Eat

    Would you like extra cheese on those burgers?​After nearly three weeks of refusing food, inmates at Pelican Bay have ended their hunger strike, however, inmates at Calipatria and Salinas Valley prisons are reportedly still on strike. Both the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity and officials with th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Hunger Strike: Federal Receiver Denies Inmates Are Collapsing in Cells

    Starved for change​As the prison hunger strike enters its third week, California inmates have reportedly collapsed in their cells from deteriorating health conditions, however prison officials are denying that.The number of inmates striking has been dropping steadily. Two weeks ago more than 12,00 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Grows; State Threatens Disciplinary Action

    ​The hunger strike at California prisons has grown to include roughly 6,000 inmates, less than 24 hours after prisoners started refusing state-issued meals. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation would not confirm how many inmates have joined the effort, but said they will hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Resumes

    Inmates go on hunger strike ... and not because prison food sucks​Inmates at Pelican Bay state prison are renewing their hunger strike after a short hiatus of eating prison food to protest the "inhumane" conditions, especially when it comes to solitary confinement. According to the hunger strikers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Pelican Bay Prison Hunger Strike Spreads: State Says 'Hundreds' of Inmates Now Involved

    Pelican Bay State Prison​A hunger strike that began Friday in a high-security unit of the notorious Pelican Bay State Prison has spread to one-third of California's state prisons and now involves hundreds of inmates, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.Departme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Pelican Bay Prisoners Plan Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

    An aerial view of Pelican Bay State Prison​Inmates at California's notorious Pelican Bay State Prison are planning a hunger strike to protest what they say are inhumane conditions of confinement, according to activists.The Oakland-based grassroots organization Critical Resistance issued a statemen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2011

    Alcatraz in Black and White

    An aerial view of Pelican Bay State Prison​Inmates at California's notorious Pelican Bay State Prison are planning a hunger strike to protest what they say are inhumane conditions of confinement, according to activists.The Oakland-based grassroots organization Critical Resistance issued a statemen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

    Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2011

    Rapper DMX Tries to Overcome His Demons and Stage a Comeback

    Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Death Row Rebuild Bidding Under Way

    He may soon be enjoying spacious new digs. Or maybe not. ​It's a miracle that the grueling and litigious process required to redevelop one's property in Marin County hasn't led to enraged neighbors landing on death row. Fittingly, the process to redevelop death row appears to be no easier. The sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Thursday's Pick: 'What Cannot Be Taken Away'

    ​"What Cannot Be Taken Away"SomArts Cultural CenterOpening reception 6:30 p.m., free With the seemingly perpetual California budget crisis ringing in everyone's weary ears, we've heard lots about the disproportionate amount of money allocated to prisons instead of schools and other social institut ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2010

    Art From the Outside In

    ​"What Cannot Be Taken Away"SomArts Cultural CenterOpening reception 6:30 p.m., free With the seemingly perpetual California budget crisis ringing in everyone's weary ears, we've heard lots about the disproportionate amount of money allocated to prisons instead of schools and other social institut ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2010

    Undocumented immigrants barred from visiting loved ones in prison

    ​"What Cannot Be Taken Away"SomArts Cultural CenterOpening reception 6:30 p.m., free With the seemingly perpetual California budget crisis ringing in everyone's weary ears, we've heard lots about the disproportionate amount of money allocated to prisons instead of schools and other social institut ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2010

    No Way Out

    Inmate Lonnie Morris is a role model, antiviolence program leader, and darling of the media. But will the parole board see past his crime?

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2009

    Bronson

    Inmate Lonnie Morris is a role model, antiviolence program leader, and darling of the media. But will the parole board see past his crime?

  • Culture

    July 22, 2009

    S.F. Playhouse's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest crams too many actors onto a small stage

    Inmate Lonnie Morris is a role model, antiviolence program leader, and darling of the media. But will the parole board see past his crime?

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    S.F. Public Defender's Office Unsubtly Flogs New Study on Racial Disparity in Criminal Justice System

    Silent film stars know that sometimes justice is a Black-and-White issueIn the midst of an ongoing budget standoff with Mayor Newsom and his gang (they all wear matching jackets and comb their hair straight back), Public Defender Jeff Adachi today fired off a press release touting the findings of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2008

    When Hospitals Become 'Hoods: Evidence That Privatizing Security Guards is a Baaaad Idea

    Silent film stars know that sometimes justice is a Black-and-White issueIn the midst of an ongoing budget standoff with Mayor Newsom and his gang (they all wear matching jackets and comb their hair straight back), Public Defender Jeff Adachi today fired off a press release touting the findings of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2008

    The Bar Feeders go to Prison

    Silent film stars know that sometimes justice is a Black-and-White issueIn the midst of an ongoing budget standoff with Mayor Newsom and his gang (they all wear matching jackets and comb their hair straight back), Public Defender Jeff Adachi today fired off a press release touting the findings of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/5

    Silent film stars know that sometimes justice is a Black-and-White issueIn the midst of an ongoing budget standoff with Mayor Newsom and his gang (they all wear matching jackets and comb their hair straight back), Public Defender Jeff Adachi today fired off a press release touting the findings of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    LA Times to Puff Daddy: Sorry, Bro.

    Silent film stars know that sometimes justice is a Black-and-White issueIn the midst of an ongoing budget standoff with Mayor Newsom and his gang (they all wear matching jackets and comb their hair straight back), Public Defender Jeff Adachi today fired off a press release touting the findings of a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2008

    Insider Art

    Silent film stars know that sometimes justice is a Black-and-White issueIn the midst of an ongoing budget standoff with Mayor Newsom and his gang (they all wear matching jackets and comb their hair straight back), Public Defender Jeff Adachi today fired off a press release touting the findings of a ... More >>

  • Music

    January 30, 2008

    Howard Wiley Gains Inspiration from an Unlikely Locale: Angola Prison

    Silent film stars know that sometimes justice is a Black-and-White issueIn the midst of an ongoing budget standoff with Mayor Newsom and his gang (they all wear matching jackets and comb their hair straight back), Public Defender Jeff Adachi today fired off a press release touting the findings of a ... More >>

  • News

    September 26, 2007

    Steroids Confidential

    Greg Anderson has given up his freedom rather than testify about Barry Bonds. But one man has learned the deepest secrets of the trainer behind baseball's new home run king.

  • Calendar

    September 12, 2007

    Give Me Your Number

    Greg Anderson has given up his freedom rather than testify about Barry Bonds. But one man has learned the deepest secrets of the trainer behind baseball's new home run king.

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2007

    Brand Nubian's Sadat X on Rikers Island: 'Not Conducive to Creativity'

    Greg Anderson has given up his freedom rather than testify about Barry Bonds. But one man has learned the deepest secrets of the trainer behind baseball's new home run king.

  • News

    August 8, 2007

    Breaking the Cycle

    It's expensive and time-consuming, but a court can help cure the hard-core homeless problem in San Francisco

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    Bigger Prisons = Profits for Author at Modern Times Tonight

    It's expensive and time-consuming, but a court can help cure the hard-core homeless problem in San Francisco

  • Calendar

    July 25, 2007

    Gold Bars

    It's expensive and time-consuming, but a court can help cure the hard-core homeless problem in San Francisco

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2007

    Tupac's Fam to Broke Death Row: Get Off My Nuts!

    It's expensive and time-consuming, but a court can help cure the hard-core homeless problem in San Francisco

  • News

    July 4, 2007

    Scared Healthy

    It's expensive and time-consuming, but a court can help cure the hard-core homeless problem in San Francisco

  • Culture

    April 11, 2007

    Tea-time in the Gulag

    A photographer documents model gulags in Russia with surprising results

  • News

    February 7, 2007

    Pay to Play

    The son of a world—renowned chef says he wanted to reform the phone industry. The feds say he wanted to get rich quick.

  • News

    January 24, 2007

    Free at Last

    The son of a world—renowned chef says he wanted to reform the phone industry. The feds say he wanted to get rich quick.

  • News

    November 9, 2005

    Baring Equality

    The cases of a young defendant and a repeat offender attorney show power and privilege tip the scales

  • Culture

    December 10, 2003

    Live to Tell

    Even big-name stars can't overpower the stories of exonerated death row inmates

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Common Cents

    The Chronicle should stop the dubious "news stories" and openly rail against a sales tax hike that hurts its major advertisers -- and slaughters the poor

  • News

    June 5, 2002

    Throwing Away the Key

    Why Gov. Davis' just-say-no parole policy is wrong, Exhibit No. 1: Eddy Zheng has earned a college degree in prison, sings in a church choir, works with at-risk youth, has the support of clergymen, college professors, his prison counselor, and the

  • Music

    March 13, 2002

    House Of Tudor

    Wild psychobilly madmen, and campy incarcerated ladies

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    Law and Borders

    Prosecutors, judges, governors, a sex offender, and a woman with a penchant for poor judgement entangle California and Texas in an epic child custody war with two sure losers -- aged 7 and 9.

  • Film

    December 8, 1999

    Instant Karma

    The Green Mile

  • Film

    May 5, 1999

    Zoom Lens

    The Green Mile

  • News

    November 4, 1998

    Tales of the Country

    How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno

  • Calendar

    July 23, 1997

    Unspun

    How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno

  • Calendar

    December 11, 1996

    The Grid

    How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno

  • News

    June 7, 1995

    Dog Bites

    How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno

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