Tag Archives: recidivism

Getting out, staying out

By: Julia Landau | November 9, 2010 – 5:12 am

Convicted felons are finding jobs by becoming professional researchers for Pacific Institute.

Local children growing up without parents

By: Robert Rogers | August 19, 2010 – 7:37 am

Like thousands of children in Richmond, 12-year-old Jaquan Smith has lost a parent to crime and imprisonment. The boy lives with family friends in Parchester...

Prison’s revolving door

By: Robert Rogers | August 9, 2010 – 2:08 pm

Three months after being imprisoned for missing parole appointments and failing drug tests, a corrections bus scooped him up from San Quentin State Prison and...

Race behind walls

By: Robert Rogers | July 19, 2010 – 5:00 am

Racial politics behind California’s prison walls may impact Richmond as much as any city, given the high proportion of residents who have had contact with...

Richmond police join forces with parole agents

By: Robert Rogers | July 12, 2010 – 5:00 am

A recent collaboration between Richmond Police and officials from state parole has given local law enforcement additional tools to monitor hundreds of the city’s parolees.