http://news.newamericamedia.org news.newamericamedia.org en-us New California Media DW Alliance LLC http://www.dwalliance.com http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=90940ea33392050bde1225dd95067e36&from=rss Last month prisoner Number W 41465 passed away her greatest wish unfulfilled to die a free person Eightyeight years old nearly blind and deaf her mind enfeebled by Alzheimers and in the terminal stages of kidney failure Helen Loheac was a tiny old woman who just wanted to be released New America Media 2009-02-09T02:04:00-08:00 News Feature Viji Sundaram img srchttpmedianewamericamediaorgimagesbasicsvideogif altVideo Cliff Parker http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=a5bd28a0e4b705fda62342c3628c429c&from=rss A Jan 31 uprising at a Pecos Tex immigrant detention center erupted after complaints of poor medical treatment were reportedly ignored Staff a hrefhttpwwwnmsuedufrontera targetblankFrontera NorteSura 2009-02-03T03:29:00-08:00 News Report http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=84a233e408c712e8c8c92c81f60d71d8&from=rss The death of a Germanborn immigrant in a detention center in Virginia has again put the spotlight on detention conditions A Spanish language newspaper printed this letter from an immigrant in the same detention center New America Media 2009-01-30T15:00:00-08:00 Commentary http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=21b4698eedc865fdaeec8f3845097ba9&from=rss Transgender women are housed in mens prisons where they must learn to survive any way they can One transgender woman tells how she found protection and a supportive community on the inside Kelani Key As Told To Carolyn Ji Jong Goossen New America Media 2007-11-14T02:00:00-08:00 Commentary http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=2b6b57d4103050807879a95fd9ad7696&from=rss The new ban on tobacco products in California state prisons has created a valuable black market commodity with all the dangers that go with it Dwight E Abbott New America Media 2007-04-14T14:00:00-08:00 Commentary http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=c1f42a7b23e0d44b814fa2a23236c27c&from=rss An inmate argues that unsanitary conditions overcrowding and neglect have created a mental and physical health crisis in San Quentin contributing to an outbreak of the norovirus that shut down the prison last December Pao S New America Media 2007-03-07T15:00:00-08:00 Commentary http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=40177ae34ede132548bbcd511f442e01&from=rss According to a poll released Feb 7 by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency a large majority of Americans 92 percent believes that the decision to try a juvenile in an adult court should be made on a casebycase basis and not be governed by a blanket policy In this personal essay an incarcerated young man waits to find out whether he will be tried as an adult Big Vic New America Media 2007-02-09T18:00:00-08:00 Commentary http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=d0a55626a4973f9444abcfe6c26d096b&from=rss For the past two years Jo a 16yearold writer has been locked up in a San Francisco Bay Area juvenile hall behind a solid steel door on which there is a large sign stating emphatically Do not talk with this minor Ironically given the designation of minor on his door at the time of his crime the 14yearold Jo under the terms of Californias Proposition 21 was magically designated an adult by the District Attorney for the purpose of trial and punishment Jo a hrefhttpwwwthebeatwithinorg targetblankThe Beat Withina 2006-12-07T17:00:00-08:00 Youth Commentary http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=be42bf0c2f1de2a12feba10706e29bfc&from=rss Mumia Abu Jamal noted journalist revolutionary and political prisoner was 17 when he founded the Philadelphia Chapter of the Black Panther Party BPP This October marked the 40th anniversary of the founding of the BBP in Oakland CA Interview JR ValreyAudio JR Valrey and Malcolm MarshallPhotos JR Valrey and Jocelyn Goode a hrefhttpwwwyouthoutlookorg targetblankYO Youth Outlook Multimediaa 2006-11-01T03:05:00-08:00 QAimg srchttpmedianewamericamediaorgimagesbasicsaudiogif altAudio http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=876ca35b4a69236ea8075063af938d01&from=rss Michael Cabral a prisoner at Californias maximum security prison at Pelican Bay has only just celebrated his 20th birthday In a personal letter to Beat Within editor Michael Kroll this manchilds moving description of the life he knew makes a mockery of the slogan Leave no child behind Michael Cabral New America Media 2006-10-10T06:30:00-08:00 Commentary