Dancing dragons and loud pops from firecrackers normally mark the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. Due to COVID-19, a lot of celebrations were … [Read more...]
Holiday songs for the cells: another COVID-19 victim
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” is one of many songs the incarcerated population at San Quentin will not hear carolers singing this year due to the … [Read more...]
The Tender Moments of Valentine’s Day
Kate and Eddie Happy Valentine's Day Babe ♥ Love you always ! Tommy and Marion Wickerd Happy Valentine's Day Honey T 26.2 M Team Robert and Erma … [Read more...]
Archbishop Cordileone holds San Quentin Christmas mass
God can use prison time to turn someone into the person He wants them to be, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone told a San Quentin audience during a … [Read more...]
Semester ends with a Christmas celebration
On the Friday before Christmas, Silent Night played as San Quentin students, their tutors and guests made their way into a classroom filled with the … [Read more...]
Christmas Carols in San Quentin
San Quentin’s Chaplain Mardi Ralph Jackson and dozens of supporters per- Hall has been in charge of formed live on Dec. 21 at the prison’s 28th … [Read more...]
Offering cultural education through Kwanzaa
Lit candles for Kwanzaa celebration Over 100 San Quentin residents ushered in Kwanzaa 2019 with a night of enlightening and culturally relevant … [Read more...]
Annual Christmas Banquet brings out the holiday spirit
Guests dining at a previous Christmas Banquet The spirit of the holidays filled the San Quentin Protestant Chapel for more than 300 volunteers and … [Read more...]
A competitive spirit reigned during the Fourth of July celebration at SQ
San Quentin’s Lower Yard opened on Independence Day to a carnival-like event that kept hundreds of prisoners entertained all day. A Christian … [Read more...]
Juneteenth weekend celebration at San Quentin
The 2019 Juneteenth weekend at San Quentin concluded with speeches and musical performances in the prison’s Catholic Chapel. About 70 inmates and a … [Read more...]