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Casper Cendre started writing letters to queer people in prison when they were in high school. Cendre wanted to know what queer life was like from the…
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Our system of Bail has evolved from where someone would await your trial in your stead to make sure you showed up, to where you posted money to make sure…
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Tensions remain high in the California prison system. A hunger strike that started two and a half weeks ago is ongoing, with more than 700 inmates in ten…
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Your CallOn today's Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, we’ll have a conversation about media coverage of the ongoing hunger strikes at…
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Your CallOn today's Your Call, we’ll talk about the hunger strike that California inmates began on Monday to protest solitary confinement and torture. And…
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San Quentin State Prison has four massive cell blocks, each identified by their cardinal direction: north, south, east, and west. Of the four, only one…
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This story was the first of a six-part series following Nancy Mullane in her efforts to increase media access to prisons. It first aired in October 2012.…
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As a prisoner, I am often reminded that the CDCR requires me to follow its rules. That’s understandable, rules and regulations ensure that operations run…
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Between 2000 and 2009, 57,000 men and women convicted of murder were released from state and federal prison.By the time convicted murderers are released,…
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CrosscurrentsBetween 2000 and 2009, 57,000 men and women convicted of murder were released from state and federal prison.By the time convicted murderers are released,…
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Your CallA conversation with Nancy Mullane, author of Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption. We’ll also speak with Jesse Reed, one of the men she…
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Richard Gilliam is incarcerated at the California Men's Colony (CMC).September 21, 2012Recently, the State of California requested that federal oversight…