BERKELEY'S NEWS • NOVEMBER 17, 2023
San Quentin State Prison
City
AUGUST 22, 2023
Berkeley Film Foundation announces annual grant awardees
Rahsaan Thomas wrote, directed and produced a film while incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison. His documentary, “Friendly Signs,” places viewers in the world of those who are deaf and incarcerated.
City
AUGUST 22, 2023
Berkeley Film Foundation announces annual grant awardees
Rahsaan Thomas wrote, directed and produced a film while incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison. His documentary, “Friendly Signs,” places viewers in the world of those who are deaf and incarcerated.
Campus
JANUARY 23, 2023
Assistant professor of chemistry receives NSF Career Award
Kwabena Bediako, campus assistant chemistry professor, was awarded the National Science Foundation, or NSF, CAREER award for his ongoing research and outreach proposal.
Campus
JANUARY 23, 2023
Assistant professor of chemistry receives NSF Career Award
Kwabena Bediako, campus assistant chemistry professor, was awarded the National Science Foundation, or NSF, CAREER award for his ongoing research and outreach proposal.
Research & Ideas
JULY 06, 2022
Overcrowding catalyzes spread of COVID-19 in CA state prisons
Overcrowding, poor ventilation and outdated infrastructure fuel the spread of COVID-19 in CA state prisons, according to a new UCSF and UC Berkeley report.
Research & Ideas
JULY 06, 2022
Overcrowding catalyzes spread of COVID-19 in CA state prisons
Overcrowding, poor ventilation and outdated infrastructure fuel the spread of COVID-19 in CA state prisons, according to a new UCSF and UC Berkeley report.
Campus
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Berkeley Forum announces fall 2021 lineup of diverse speakers, panels
The Berkeley Forum announced its Fall 2021 lineup of 12 events featuring panels and speakers from a variety of different fields and disciplines.
Campus
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Berkeley Forum announces fall 2021 lineup of diverse speakers, panels
The Berkeley Forum announced its Fall 2021 lineup of 12 events featuring panels and speakers from a variety of different fields and disciplines.
Visual Art
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Incarcerated artists gather in enthralling digital exhibition by Museum of the African Diaspora
"Meet Us Quickly” shines a new angle of visual creativity with an embracing welcome.
Visual Art
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Incarcerated artists gather in enthralling digital exhibition by Museum of the African Diaspora
"Meet Us Quickly” shines a new angle of visual creativity with an embracing welcome.
Op-Eds
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
COVID-19 in prisons makes need for abolition visible, urgent
We cannot push suffering away — we must meet it with compassion. We have an obligation to serve those who are vulnerable.
Op-Eds
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
COVID-19 in prisons makes need for abolition visible, urgent
We cannot push suffering away — we must meet it with compassion. We have an obligation to serve those who are vulnerable.
Research & Ideas
JULY 13, 2020
‘An acute catastrophic crisis’: UC researchers seek to curb COVID-19 in jails, prisons
Researchers from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and UCSF are working to improve COVID-19 response in California state prisons.
Research & Ideas
JULY 13, 2020
‘An acute catastrophic crisis’: UC researchers seek to curb COVID-19 in jails, prisons
Researchers from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and UCSF are working to improve COVID-19 response in California state prisons.
Law & Justice
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Individuals sentenced to state prison after shootout in May
Justin Lofton and Jamel Wilcox were sentenced to state prison Tuesday after a shootout in Berkeley in May near Stanford Liquor on 62nd Street that left no injuries, as first reported by Berkeley Patch.
Law & Justice
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Individuals sentenced to state prison after shootout in May
Justin Lofton and Jamel Wilcox were sentenced to state prison Tuesday after a shootout in Berkeley in May near Stanford Liquor on 62nd Street that left no injuries, as first reported by Berkeley Patch.
Op-Eds
OCTOBER 25, 2019
When we talk about prison, let formerly incarcerated people speak
Sunday’s panel was about narratives of incarceration, yet the only one onstage who had personal experience with incarceration outside of volunteering was Alyssa Tamboura, the daughter of a previously incarcerated man.
Op-Eds
OCTOBER 25, 2019
When we talk about prison, let formerly incarcerated people speak
Sunday’s panel was about narratives of incarceration, yet the only one onstage who had personal experience with incarceration outside of volunteering was Alyssa Tamboura, the daughter of a previously incarcerated man.
State
MARCH 14, 2019
42 Alameda County death row inmates on reprieve after governor's order
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday suspending California’s death penalty, and placing the 737 current death row inmates — among them 42 people from Alameda County — on reprieve.
State
MARCH 14, 2019
42 Alameda County death row inmates on reprieve after governor's order
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday suspending California’s death penalty, and placing the 737 current death row inmates — among them 42 people from Alameda County — on reprieve.
