Women who have served decades in California's state prisons are given a second chance at life after enduring some of the state’s harsher sentencing. … [Read more...]
SQ residents celebrate as Juneteenth becomes America’s newest national holiday
San Quentin residents joined Americans everywhere observing the new national holiday, Juneteenth, celebrating the formal end of slavery. “I think … [Read more...]
Changing the culture at Riker’s Island
Commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections Vincent Shiraldi flew to California for one day with one specific goal—to step inside San … [Read more...]
Marin Court Hearing Takes Center Stage
For the first time ever, public court hearings were live-streamed via Zoom inside San Quentin. Prisoners convened daily in the chapel to watch … [Read more...]
Six SQN members make it home
San Quentin News lost six key staff members to parole during the year-long corona-virus pandemic that placed the prison on virtual … [Read more...]
Michael Harris is free after 30 years
Michael Harris, co-founder of Death Row Records and former San Quentin News editor-in-chief, has finally been freed. Harris was granted a pardon by … [Read more...]
Avenal State Prison joins the fight against Covid-19
Youth offenders at Avenal State Prison, along with its administration, launched a mask sewing project last year to support the outside community’s … [Read more...]
Trauma, change and growth “I allowed my thoughts to lead me to a dark place”
Healing is a journey that I have been on for over fifty years (it’s a lifelong process for some). Early in my life I played on both sides of the … [Read more...]
New CDCR contract helps families stay connected
Reduced phone costs and a tablet program are coming to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the CDCR has announced. A new … [Read more...]
Random attacks targeting elderly Asian Americans
Random attacks on elderly Asian Americans are being tied to former President Donald Trump’s assertion that the novel coronavirus is a “Chinese” … [Read more...]
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