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Mark Stapp triumphant on the court and in the polls

February 15, 2023 by Rahsaan Thomas

Long-term San Quentin basketball program volunteer Mark Stapp announced to a Lower Yard crowd that he has been elected to the Santa Rosa City … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted

Volunteers flood The Q for day of fun and games

October 11, 2022 by Rahsaan Thomas

After two-and-a-half years of on-and-off COVID-19 lockdowns, volunteers flooded the San Quentin (SQ) Lower Yard in late August to play sports with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted

Warriors… Come Out and Play!

June 28, 2022 by Rahsaan Thomas

Every September for seven years straight, the Golden State Warriors came walking down the hill, descending onto San Quentin State Prison's Lower Yard. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SPORTS, WALL CITY

Earlonne Woods takes on California’s Three Strikes Law

April 18, 2022 by Rahsaan Thomas

An initiative petition has been filed to repeal California’s Three Strikes Law. It now needs enough voter signatures by April 30 to qualify for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, LEGAL, Most Read

CDCR and how they’re handing the global pandemic

September 30, 2020 by Rahsaan Thomas

California prison officials are doing everything they can to protect incarcerated people from Coronavirus outbreaks, except release half the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: cdcr, CDCR Medical, COVID-19, Health and Wellness

Lawrence Bartley leads new Marshall Project endeavor

January 1, 2020 by Rahsaan Thomas

The Marshall Project publishes stories about the experiences of those impacted by the penal system. It does so in the one place most incarcerated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Marshall Project, Second Chance Pell Grant program

San Quentin’s 2019 Championship Basketball League Draft

November 20, 2019 by Rahsaan Thomas

Mekhi “Fly-Khi” Williams was the first pick in San Quentin’s 2019 Championship Basketball League (CBL) draft. “It’s a cool feeling, being picked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: SQ Basketball

Imago Dei routs the Warriors … but our very own G. Derrick is the star

September 16, 2019 by Rahsaan Thomas

George Derrick and Leonard King

From a wheelchair on the sidelines, Leonard King got to watch veteran San Quentin Warrior Allan McIntosh put up 32 points but still fall short to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: ADA, IDAP, Inmate, Prison Stories, SQ Warriors

Court finds support for re-sentencing un-persuasive

August 14, 2019 by Rahsaan Thomas

A sentencing court denied the head of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s recommendation that it reduce Juan Felipe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 1170 (d) 1, cdcr, resentencing

“The Facets of Markelle: Past, Present and Future”

June 24, 2019 by Rahsaan Thomas

For the last several years, Markelle Taylor has become synonymous with the San Quentin 1000 Mile Running Club. Now that he has completed the Boston … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 1000 Mile Club, Adamu Chan, Markelle Taylor, Rahsaan Thomas, sports

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