Needless deaths have happened in jails because of a broken healthcare system, according to a CBS News investigation. One of the nation’s largest … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
Free Learning Software For JPay Tablets
JPay is now offering free learning software for owners of JPay tablets. Learning Equality can be accessed by JPay’s KA Lite, an open source offline … [Read more...]
The Love Between a Boy and His Dog
Ever since I’ve known Tommy Winfrey, he’s been an inspiring and honest teller of tales. His storytelling abilities were acknowledged when he won first … [Read more...]
Looking Back at the Last Five Years
Journalism Guild Writer“Asked on the Line” or AOTL, has reached its five-year milestone. In March 2011, the editors of the San Quentin News (SQN) … [Read more...]
California Bail System Penalizes Poor
“64% of California’s jail population is awaiting trial or sentencing as of December 2016.” Most remain in pretrial custody because they cannot afford … [Read more...]
New Executive Body is Confirmed
After two elections, there are many new faces within the Men’s Advisory Council (MAC), and recently, new confirmations to the Executive Body took … [Read more...]
Super Bowl Champion Visits State Prison
By Rahsaan Thomas and Juan Haines Brendon Ayanbadejo, a 2012 Super Bowl champion with the Baltimore Ravens, ventured into a prison for the first time, … [Read more...]
Forty-Niner Rookies Tour San Quentin
By Rahsaan Thomas The San Francisco Forty-Niners took a tour inside San Quentin State Prison as part of its many programs to help rookies prepare for … [Read more...]
Kings and Warriors Fall to the Green Team
By Rahsaan Thomas Staff Writer The visiting Christian Sports Ministry “Green Team” swept the Warriors and Kings in a basketball double header. The … [Read more...]
Diego Brothers Topple Hardtimers in Softball Opener
By Marcus Henderson Staff Writer It was a Friday the 13th massacre. The visiting Diego Brothers softball team defeated the San Quentin Hardtimers … [Read more...]