San Quentin News

Repairing a guitar leads to repairing chairs for the community

June 15, 2018 By Joe Garcia

At the public library in Benicia, children and parents value the craftsmanship of San Quentin inmates. SQ’s Furniture Shop recently volunteered its services for the restoration of more than 40 … Read Full Article about Repairing a guitar leads to repairing chairs for the community

Raising awareness of California’s ‘Life Without’ policies

June 13, 2018 By Marcus Henderson

More than 100 advocates, family members and friends chanted, “Drop LWOP, drop LWOP, commute all 5,000!” at an Oakland town hall on March 24, denouncing California’s use of life without parole … Read Full Article about Raising awareness of California’s ‘Life Without’ policies

Pendarvis Harshaw share tales of Oakland’s history

June 11, 2018 By Juan Haines

Pendarvis Harshaw recently spent some time inside San Quentin showing inmates creative ways to tell their personal histories. He used OG Told Me, his own memoir, as an example. It reads like a graphic … Read Full Article about Pendarvis Harshaw share tales of Oakland’s history

ROOTS’ Solidarity Run helps raise fund and spirits of the community

May 24, 2018 By lloyd payne

While community volunteers ran in the Oakland Run Festival to raise money for an ethnic studies program at San Quentin State Prison, 33 incarcerated men ran in solidarity with them. The Asian … Read Full Article about ROOTS’ Solidarity Run helps raise fund and spirits of the community

UC Davis combats prison stigmas with Beyond the Stats

May 20, 2018 By William Tolbert

To combat the stigmas facing formerly incarcerated people at the University of California Davis, two students established the Beyond the Stats program to help the newly returning citizens adjust to … Read Full Article about UC Davis combats prison stigmas with Beyond the Stats

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Legal Stories

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“Tough On Crime” Billionaire Indicted

Henry Nicholas III, co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, was indicted on 21 charges including drug possessions, drug distribution, and spiking drinks of unknowing victims with the drug ecstasy. Nicholas is the one who funded the last minute effort […]

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SQ’s Law Libraries Serve All

San Quentin has two fully compliant law libraries plus three satellite partial law libraries to serve the prison’s diverse population. The Main Law Library is now located in a renovated section of the old laundry building on the lower yard […]

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Integrating Prison Cells

California’s prisons have long been integrated. Women’s housing, dining rooms, camps, classrooms, programs, work assignments, yards, visiting and dorms already have integration policies in place. The Integrated Housing Program will give us more versatility in housing male inmates, […]

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Executions Resume

On April 16, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that lethal injection as practiced in Kentucky is not “cruel and unusual punishment” under the U.S. Constitution. The case is Baze […]

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Death Row Stories

Condemned Inmate Found Dead

Death row inmate Edward Dean Bridges, 55, dies Thursday morning of suicide. (Photo provided by California Department of Corrections)A condemned inmate at San Quentin State Prison was found dead in […]

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Appeals Court Upholds Death Penalty Delay

The 1st District Court of Appeal refused to overturn a Marin County judge’s ruling resulting in additional delays of executions at San Quentin State Prison. The Department of Corrections and […]

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Recent Deaths On the ‘Row’

Michael Dee Mattison, 55, received on death row from Los Angeles County on April 14, 1980, died of natural causes at an outside hospital facility on July 17, 2009. Fred […]

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Outside View of Death Row – Marin Magazine Takes a Stand

Nearly 700 convicted murderers await an execution at San Quentin State Prison, in the heart of Marin County. If just one of these men was executed by lethal injection a […]

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