The Last Mile inmate coding program, Code.7370, has designed a new website for San Quentin News at www.sanquentinnews.com. Inmate Harry Hemphill built … [Read more...]
Shakespeare troupe brings on comedy and drama
Energy was high and humor flowed like good ale when performers in costume of Old England mixed with the audience at the San Quentin Protestant Chapel … [Read more...]
Domestic Violence 15 Percent All Violent Crime
Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime. “The key question concerns the relationship between threats and actual violence,” … [Read more...]
San Quentin celebrates Day of Peace 2017
The rehabilitative spirit flowed deeply at San Quentin’s 11th Annual Day of Peace celebration. The San Quentin community came together on the Lower … [Read more...]
Tommy Winfrey home after two decades
Tommy Winfrey’s life sentence is over. Nearly two decades ago he was convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm. His journey back to the streets … [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 … [Read more...]
CALPIA’s Pattillo explains the options of prison job training
The jobs inmates do in California’s prisons are diverse, and they demand skills that can be used in the outside workforce, according to Charles … [Read more...]
Barnes rekindles his sports passion while pursuing coding.
In most prisons, you won’t find a tennis court, mini-college campus, Microsoft Certification, coding program or a newspaper written and run by … [Read more...]
Tasty graduation for the first class Quentin Cooks
The inaugural graduating class of “The Quentin Cooks” prepared a five-course feast as a worthy finish to the new Culinary Arts Program, a 12-week … [Read more...]
H-Unit VOEG graduates prepare for survivor panel
“If you want to change the path of your life, go to VOEG,” said Kevin Thompson, a recent graduate of the Victim Offender Education Group (VOEG) from … [Read more...]