The latest News & Blogs written by staff, incarcerated colleagues & community members
Pulitzer Center: How COVID Has Disrupted Rehabilitative Prison Arts Programs
“FirstWatch founder and restorative justice advocate Adnan Khan, who was resentenced and released from San Quentin in 2019, only experienced the outbreak affecting many of his friends from the outside. He believes that, if FirstWatch’s [...]
Survivors Of Violent Crime And The Meaning Of Justice
Check out this Op-Ed by our friend Trino Jimenez. He is a survivor who speaks from his own experience about what is needed from the justice system and how he supports healing for all.
The Marshall Project: How I Convinced My Incarcerated Peers to Make Language a Priority
Check out this article by our friend Rahsaan Thomas. He challenged folks incarcerated with him at San Quentin State Prison to care about the terms used to describe them. “We are not our crimes and [...]
Informational Town Hall on AB 1509 The Anti-Racism Sentencing Reform Act
Join us for an informational session on AB 1509 (Lee), the Anti-Racism Sentencing Reform Act via Zoom on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 from 6:00 - 7:00pm. Hear from directly impacted folks and learn how you [...]
AB 1509 the Anti-Racism Sentencing Reform Act Digital Toolkit
If you’re looking on how to support AB 1509 the Anti-Racism Sentencing Reform Act the digital toolkit is ready!! Check it out here: bit.ly/AB1509toolkit In the toolkit you will find: 1. Information about AB 1509, [...]
‘Covid Does Not Safely Contain Itself Inside (Prison) Walls’
Check out this podcast with Adnan Khan, executive director of Re:Store Justice. He says the United States has a mass incarceration problem, people’s health is at stake, and one way to solve both, is decarceration. [...]
The Guardian: Can LA’s Top Prosecutor Transform the Criminal Justice System?
“Survivors need healing, not more punishment,” said LaNaisha Edwards, Program Director for Re:Store Justice, who lost two brothers to gun violence and has also lost loved ones to the prison system. To read the article [...]
Pathways to Programming: An Info Session on AB 292
Join us for an informative town hall on AB 292 (Stone), the Access to Programming Act, one of the bills we are co-sponsoring this legislative session on Wednesday, March 3 from 5-6 pm. Hear from [...]
Assemblymember Alex Lee Introduces AB 1509 the Anti-Racism Sentencing Reform Act
For Immediate Release: February 25, 2021 Media Contact: Charlsie Chang; Charlsie.Chang@asm.ca.gov; 626-898-2395 Sacramento, CA - To correct decades of harm done to communities of color, Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San Jose) has introduced AB 1509, [...]
VISION Act to #StopICEtransfers Press Conference
Tune in to the virtual press conference happening today, February 24th, at 11 am for the launch of the VISION Act to #StopICEtransfers in CA. Click here for the livestream. Speakers include Boun Keola, nephew of Gabby [...]
Locked in Solidarity: An Evening About Mass Incarceration Through The Short Films of FirstWatch
Join us on Friday night, Feb 19, at 7pm for an evening watching the short films of FirstWatch, made by incarcerated filmmakers, followed by dialogue with formerly incarcerated guests. Locked in Solidarity is CCDA's annual [...]
Keeping Families Connected During Incarceration
Join us on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 4PM as Assemblymember Rob Bonta and members of the Coalition for Family Unity to discuss the importance of in-person visiting during incarceration to nurture the children, spouses, [...]
The Dallas Morning News: Why It’s Important to Reduce COVID-19 in Prisons
The spread of COVID-19 in prisons across the U.S. has largely been neglected by corrections agencies and lawmakers. Adnan Khan, Co-founder and Executive Director of Re:Store Justice says “the only way to really make a [...]
Today: After 18 Years in Prison, Man Helps Former Incarcerated Men, Women Get Second Chances
Check out this article about our friend Rasheed Lockheart, a reentry coordinator for Planting Justice, and how he has made it his life's mission to help other formerly incarcerated individuals integrate back into society.
The Appeal: Why the Biden Administration’s Choice to Lead the Bureau of Prisons Matters
“Someone from the medical field should be the head of BOP because prisons are public health disasters,” said Adnan Khan, executive director of Restore Justice. Khan co-founded his organization when he was incarcerated in California. [...]
Everyday Injustice Podcast 88: Adnan Khan Discusses COVID in Prisons
Adnan Khan, the Executive Director of Re:Store Justice is this week’s guest on Everyday Injustice Podcast 88. Listen here as he discusses COVID-19 and the devastation it has on the incarcerated populations and its intersection [...]
California Correctional Crisis: Mass Incarceration, Healthcare, and the COVID-19 Outbreak
The Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal, Hastings Women’s Law Journal, and the Hastings Journal of Crime and Punishment with the support of the Institute for Criminal Justice at UC Hastings came together to host [...]
Abolition Democracy Webinar: Beyond the Punitive Society
A Joint Session with The Centre for Research in Post-Kantian European Philosophy at the University of Warwick: Miguel Beistegui, Henrique Carvalho, Stuart Elden, Daniele Lorenzini, Goldie Osuri, Irene Dal Poz, Federico Testa, and Bernard E. [...]
Current Affairs: Carceral Crisis in California
Check out this article featuring our Program Manager, Philip Melendez and other community organizers and advocates. “Two of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in the country right now are happening in California prisons, but the Governor [...]
KQED: Eric Warner Improved His Life—Then San Quentin’s COVID-19 Outbreak Took It
"On July 25, Eric died of complications related to COVID-19. He was 57 years old. The system that aided his rehabilitation process ultimately failed him. The story that should be told about Eric is how [...]
US: Why Are People Trapped in Prisons With COVID-19? | Al Jazeera The Stream
A discussion with Adnan Khan, James King, and Danielle Harris on Why are people trapped in prisons with COVID-19? Prisons are supposed to be some of the most secure places on the planet so you [...]
Frank Interviews: If You Have the Right to Vote
Check out this interview with Antoine "Aziz" Brown, office associate at Re:Store Justice. Click here to read.
Why You Should Vote Yes on Prop 17
Why You Should Vote Yes on Prop 17 by Aziz Brown My life sentence was commuted by Governor Jerry Brown in 2018 and I was eventually found suitable for parole by the Board of Prison [...]
Reimagining Narratives of Incarceration and Justice
Reimagining Narratives of Incarceration and Justice: The roles of activists, artists, and journalists in creating a more just society. Adnan Khan spoke about the importance of those affected by incarceration shaping the narrative around the [...]