An emergency medical team and housing facility provided critical care for San Quentin’s sickest patients suffering from California’s deadliest prison coronavirus outbreak. “By the end of this week, we will have a 220-bed Alternative Care … [Read more...]
CALPIA GM Chuck Pattillo retires
The longest serving general manager in the history of the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA), Charles L. “Chuck” Pattillo is stepping down from that post, but will still assist incarcerated people prepare for good jobs, once … [Read more...]
Coding program attracts wide range of media attention
The Last Mile Works buzzed with excitement when two filmmakers and a formerly incarcerated graduate returned, accompanied by several co-workers from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), to tour the prison and get stories for their website. Code 7370 … [Read more...]
21st Century programs graduate apprentices
More than a dozen inmates sat in the front row of a prison chapel on June 15 to graduate from one of three well-regarded 21st century training programs. Looking past the graduates to the men who had recently arrived in San Quentin, Warden Ron Davis … [Read more...]
CALPIA’s offers pre-apprentice programs for female prisoners
The California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) pre-apprentice program has graduated 70 women in the field of carpentry, construction labor, healthcare facilities maintenance and computer coding at the California Institution for Women (CIW), … [Read more...]
Coming back to prison to help bridge the digital divide
Behind San Quentin’s walls, there is a pair of programs dedicated to closing the digital divide, Code.7370 and TLMWORKS. Tulio K. Cardozo, a former San Quentin inmate, runs one of them. These programs are sponsored by The Last Mile. Cardozo is in … [Read more...]
High tech training draws huge inauguration crowd
To enrich your life, “clear out the old and bring in the new,” Titan Gilroy said to more than two dozen inmates getting ready for a new vocational training course. “Learn these skills if you want to honor your community and your family,” Gilroy added … [Read more...]
Code.7370 Graduation Day at SQ
Justin Meskan spent the last seven years behind bars, but in August he is scheduled to get another chance at putting his life back on track, with the assistance of an innovative computer programming class taught at San Quentin State Prison. Speaking … [Read more...]