1. Texas — The Death Penalty Information Center re- ports that Texas has scheduled 13 executions between August and December, which is more than the … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2019
Art aficionados seeking new perspectives from prison artists
About a dozen San Francisco Bay Area art lovers in search of astonishing art ended up at San Quentin State Prison on August 21. One of the … [Read more...]
Remembering another fallen brother: Robert Bruce Garrett
The San Quentin community came together on Sept. 18 to pay tribute to the life of Robert Bruce Garrett, 69, who passed away July 30 after a long … [Read more...]
Historical fiction gives account of the slave trade
Homegoing, a debut novel by Yaa Gyasi (2016), explores the unhealed wounds of slavery, compellingly rendered through several hundred years, seven … [Read more...]
Stanford professor audited Creative Writing class
Professor Adam Johnson of Stanford University came to San Quentin to sit in on a creative writing class for incarcerated men, facilitated by Zoe … [Read more...]
Poet and thespian Donté Clark visits San Quentin
Poet and thespian Donté Clark, 29, visited a classroom at San Quentin on Aug. 11 to talk about his experiences of being a young Black writer from … [Read more...]
Twelve CDCR prisons are in dire need of repair
Don Spector, Director of the Prison Law Office: “Prisons are literally crumbling” Twelve of California’s oldest prisons are in need of repair or … [Read more...]
San Quentin workers donate more than $7,000 to non-profits
San Quentin workers donated more than $7,000 of their paychecks to two non- profit organizations selected by Warden Ron Davis that serve young people … [Read more...]
Utah prison population grows to near capacity with 199 beds left
The Utah prison system is near capacity, with only 199 beds spaces left. The population growth rate is “simply not sustainable” said Department of … [Read more...]
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Hai việc thú vị sẽ được thay đổi tại nhà giam San Francisco là: dùng điện thoại miễn phí cho tù nhân và giảm giá đắc đỏ trong căn tin. “Những lệ … [Read more...]
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