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San Quentin News the PULSE of SAN QUENTIN Award Winner VOL San Quentin News THE PULSE OF SAN QUENTIN Award Winner VOL. 2016 NO. 5 May 2016 SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA 94964 www.sanquentinnews.com POPULATION 3,922 CDCR’s New Secretary Plans Rehabilitative Efforts By Noel Scott Journalism Guild Writer California’s new prison boss says he plans major changes to boost rehabilitation efforts and cut back on inmate abuses. Scott Kernan said altering the Photo by Jane Tyska prison culture is his top prior- Ribbon cutting ceremony of the Richmond center ity as the new secretary of the California Department of Cor- rections and Rehabilitation, the Associated Press reported on New Richmond Feb. 10. It’s an us-against them cul- ture that often pits prison Reentry Center guards against inmates and out- siders, Kernan told the AP in an By David Eugene Archer Sr. KQED reports. interview. Courtesy of Sacramento Bee Journalism Guild Writer The center is located in Kernan, 55, worked his way CDCR Secretary Scott Kernan downtown Richmond to be eas- up through management start- The new Richmond Re-entry ily accessible to formerly incar- ing as a correctional officer in makers are emphasizing inmate This follows a scathing report Success Center is designed to cerated people, reported Sukey 1983. rehabilitation. by Inspector General Robert help people released recently Lewis for KQED. According to the AP, Kernan To accomplish this, Kernan Barton, who says the Califor- from prison or jail to get back reported the prisons are less wants training for rank-and-file nia Correctional Peace Officers on their feet, broadcast station See Richmond on Page 4 crowded, and state policy- correctional officers, leadership Union is “encouraging a code programs for supervisors, and of silence.” a search for methods that have worked in other states. See Secretary on Page 4 Outside Guests Flock to Financial Literacy Class at SQ By Rahsaan Thomas Despite being a 2012 Yale Journalism Guild Chairman graduate, she knew nothing about investing. Outside guests and young in- “Yeah, I am one of the people carcerated men flocked to Cur- who thinks about finance as be- tis “Wall Street” Carroll’s Fi- ing an elite game,” said Laslie. nancial Education Class to hear “My parents are lawyers and I Photo by Sam Hearnes him translate investing into am well-educated but I never terms they understand. thought about stocks, finance, Jeri Jones, Audrey Auld and Pam Delgado performing at Peace Day 2015 Up-and-coming filmmaker and assets management. I’m Taylor Laslie drove up from similar to a bunch of the guys Los Angeles to check out the starting out in this program.” A Look at Peace Day’s History class. She heard about it from a Life of the Law podcast. See Financial on Page 20 By Juan Haines In 2006, interracial strife kept tration to ask for a Day of Peace. Staff Writer San Quentin State Prison on re- Each year the Day of Peace peated lockdowns. Just before event draws support from high- The San Quentin Day of Peace a yard event to celebrate Black ranking administrators from the committee was established to history, all came to a head as a warden’s office for the efforts show fellow inmates ways to re- race riot erupted. Afterward, a from the peaceful-minded in- ject violence and support peace. multiracial group of men, most mates. The tradition continued April serving life sentences, came to- “Open dialogue, violence 23. gether and went to the adminis- prevention workshops and the annual Day of Peace celebra- tion serve as alternatives to vio- lence and thus stem the tide of violence by saturating prisons Important Notice: as well as society with peace,” San Quentin News asks for Chairman Chris Schumacher supporters to hold all said at last year’s celebration. donations for San Quentin News until further In support of peace, hundreds of inmates wearing white T- notice. PLease DO NOT send any donations shirts along with prison staffers to either Prison Media Project or Media and local community members Alliance in support of San Quentin News. walk together around the pris- on’s Lower Yard. Thank you for your patience and support. Photo by Eddie Herena -San Quentin News See Peace Day on Page 4 Curtis Carroll talking with students after class Page 2 SAN QUENTIN NEWS www.sanquentinnews.com May 2016 InsIde edItIon #80 San Quentin Nurse Heals CDCR’s Secretary Q&A 1 Brown’s 309 appointees 8 New Richmond’s Reentry 1 CPAP panel 8 SQ Financial Literacy 1 Merle Haggard 9 One Inmate at a Time Peace Day’s History 1 Mother’s Day 10-11 Elina Appleton 2 Arts & Entertainment 12 By Tommy Bryant “This class Psychiatric Treatment 2 News Briefs 13 Journalism Guild Writer helped me to see DA Gascon’s Roadblocks 3 Wordcross 13 people cared more Prop. 47’s being blamed 3 Cinco de Mayo’s history 14 Diabetes is a serious problem about my life than in San Quentin, and Elina Ap- SF Immigration Policy 3 I did, so I’m grate- Cinco de Mayo’s historia 14 pleton has made it her mission ful,” said Morlin Divide over Prop. 47 3 Easter Day banquet 15 to help those affected. Dorgan, an inmate Racially Bias Shootings 5 Prisoners learn meaning 15 “Most inmates have no idea at H-Unit. He add- Police force on Blacks 5 CDCR losing battle 15 what the disease is or how it af- ed, “Some of my Minority incarcerations 5 Yard Talk 16 fects them until they start los- peers have gotten Outrageous Tactics 5 MAC Corner 16 ing toes, feet, legs, kidneys, go parts cut off.” blind, have heart attacks and/or “I now have the NYC settles death suits 5 Texas law helps parolee 16 strokes,” according to Appleton power to take con- Editorial 6 CDCR’s Firefighter prog. 16 a licensed vocational nurse best trol of my diabe- American prisons 6 Book Review 17 known as “Red.”. tes,” said another Former inmates 6 Watch This 17 The legendary H-Unit nurse student inmate. Kid CAT Speaks 7 Soledad’s VSO 17 filters a hundred questions Inmate Dennis and symptoms a week. Often Bagwell, a diabetic Elderly inmates burdens 8 Sports 18-19 the answer indicates diabetes. for 30 years, said, Criminalization and poverty 8 Judge and CCPOA 20 About 20 San Quentin inmates “I have…lost sight in H-Unit are on regular insulin in one eye due to treatment. diabetic complica- “Inmates with borderline tions. It is up to A1C blood levels approaching individuals to take Photo by Raphaele Casale UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY 6.9 are the most likely candi- control of diabe- Elina Appleton dates for Type II diabetes,” adds tes before diabetes Graduate School of Journalism Appleton. Avoiding painful am- takes control of them.” to thank all of the San Quentin putation and expensive medical “The tough part is keeping medical staff for the help and care is clearly a win-win for in- sugar levels down with limited continuous support they have mates and taxpayers, she says. diet options,” inmate Demetri- afforded me.” She teaches a 10-week class us Verdun said. Inmate Robert Appleton said she entered a that covers diabetes issues in- Craig suggested, “Everyone on 100-Mile Bike Ride sponsored Prisoners United in the Craft of Journalism cluding using the glucose me- the planet should be taking a by Tour de Cure American Dia- in collaboration with students from the ter for healthcare management program like this, whether you betes Association, which raised “Once inmates observe their are diabetic or not.” $1 million for research on dia- glucose levels, most begin to Philip Budweiser said he used betes. watch what they eat and exer- to ignore diabetes because “I She said diabetes affects more cise after meals,” states Apple- was depressed…I used food and than 24 million in the United ton. sweets as a crutch. I would like States. San Quentin News strives to report on forward- Early Psychiatric Treatment thinking approaches in criminal justice policies that support positive changes in prisoner behavior, particularly through rehabilitative efforts. Reduces Violent Incidents We Want To Hear By Thomas Gardner by cop,” he walked into a local said Shafer. San Journalism Guild Writer police station in 1995 in pos- His parents have filed a law- From You! session of a handgun, reported suit against the Napa hospi- The San Quentin News Quentin Early access to psychiatric Shafer. tal alleging negligence for not encourages inmates, free staff, care for people who are mental- “He was wanting to die,” says keeping their son safe, the re- custody staff, volunteers and Frank Brackin, Shawn’s father, others outside the institution to News ly ill may result in fewer violent port notes. submit articles. All submissions Current and past copies of the San incidents and hospitalizations, who explained that his son had Violence remains an ongoing become property of the Quentin News are posted online at: reports public television station struggled since the age of 6, problem at the state psychiat- San Quentin News. (www.sanquentinnews.com) KQED. after having suffered a severe ric facilities, Shafer says. “Five Please use the following criteria (www.flickr.com/photos/san- When the opportunity to treat head injury as result of being years ago … a staff member when submitting: quentinnews) struck by a car, the report adds. • Limit your articles to no more beginning-stage mental health (psychiatric technician Diana Permission is granted to reprint articles than 350 words. disorder is missed, then a sort That tragic day at the police Gross) was murdered by a pa- • Know that articles will be edited appearing in the San Quentin News of “snowball” dynamic can be station, Shawn was shot but sur- tient at Napa State Hospital.” for content and length.
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