San Quentin’s Catholic Church is losing its leader for the second time in three years. Father Manuel Chavira Jr., who became the new chaplain in 2020, … [Read more...]
Suicide on the rise among prisoners
There has been a sharp increase in suicides in prisons and jails due to isolation in the pandemic, staff shortages and drug use, The Wall Street … [Read more...]
Kid CAT makes a comeback
Popular youth offender program returns Creating Awareness Together, most commonly known as Kid CAT, is reemerging at San Quentin after a long … [Read more...]
Christmas carolers return to cell blocks after Covid hiatus
After two years of pandemic programing restrictions, volunteers and incarcerated residents were finally able to resume the prison’s beloved Christmas … [Read more...]
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone leads Christmas Eve Mass
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone returned to San Quentin’s Catholic Chapel to celebrate the traditional Christmas Eve Mass for the first time since … [Read more...]
Catholic Christmas banquet features renewal of vows
Some 900 parishioners and long-time volunteers of San Quentin’s Christian communities gathered on two Saturdays in December to celebrate the return of … [Read more...]
Giants legend Willie Mays pays visit to Oracle Park
Willie Mays returned to Oracle Park on September 28 for only the second time since the start of the pandemic, according to the San Francisco … [Read more...]
USF students attend philosophy course at San Quentin
Experimental classroom integrates free and incarcerated students A group of University of San Francisco students spent part of their fall … [Read more...]
Study: Covid-induced neurological impairment could last two years
People infected by COVID-19 have increased threats of neurological and psychiatric damage up to two years after infection, Oxford University has … [Read more...]
Former Oregon prison director to head beleaguered Federal Bureau of Prisons
The new head of the scandal-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons says she believes in good government and transparency. Colette Peters told The … [Read more...]
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