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Alumni Spotlight: Eddie Herena, Former Staff Photographer
During his time on staff at SQNews, Eddie took thousands of pictures, with an amazing eye for detail and dramatic shots. Eddie developed such skill with the camera, current layout designers who never met him are able to distinguish his photos by sight. … Read Full Article
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Junior Ramirez finds peace in his passion
Art was his only means of communication; now it’s his hope There is a saying that art imitates life. If that is so, then the artistic genius of Jorge “JR” Ramirez reveals that he has life fully grasped within the strokes of his hands. JR, as he is known by family and friends, comes from the streets of Chicago and moved to Sacramento at age 13. The eldest of six children immediately … Read Full Article
Prisons adopt high tech monitoring
Prisoners’ rights groups are concerned about the use of new surveillance technology in U.S. prisons and jails, and they are sounding the alarm about potential abuses. Voice of America reported in February that the Thomson Reuters Foundation uncovered documents from eight states showing that prison and jail authorities were using the Verus software, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) … Read Full Article
Mount Tamalpais College accreditation confirmed
For the first time in history, an independent, fully-accredited college exists inside a prison. Mount Tamalpais College (Mt. Tam), located on the grounds of San Quentin State Prison (SQ), was formally accredited as a two-year college by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Inside Higher Ed reports. “The idea of becoming an independently operated and … Read Full Article
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
San Quentin News celebrates freedom of the press ina look back on a historic journey of award-winningprison journalism spanning more than eight decades As World Press Freedom Day is celebrated, San Quentin News marks 82 years since it was established by warden Clinton T. Duffy. What began as a four-page publication, written and printed on prison grounds in 1940, has developed today into a … Read Full Article
CDC examines racial disparities in gun-related murders
Young Black men are 20 times more likely to by killed by guns than Whites, a federal report says. Black males age 15–34 made up 2% of the United States’ population, yet accounted for 37% of gun-related murders, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The 2019 analysis titled “A Public Health Crisis in the Making” uncovered a number of racial and ethnic disparities in … Read Full Article
The California Coalition of Women Prisoners celebrates 25 years of activism
CCWP has represented the women of California’s prison system. They have protested abuse and injustice, celebrated victories in justice reform, fought against life-without-parole sentences — and mourned the tragic loss of those whose lives ended while still incarcerated... the frontlines for any political movement, but the California Coalition of Women Prisoners (CCWP) organization is … Read Full Article
Prisoners feel pinch of skyrocketing prices
San Quentin residents are encountering higher prices at the canteen window. For example, the cost of a quart of ice cream is now $4.45 for a ten-ounce carton, up almost half again from the October price. And in Walkenhorst’s latest catalog many incarcerated people have probably noticed sharp increases in the price of quarterly package items. Rising prices are being pushed by inflation. In … Read Full Article
San Quentin population on its way back up
San Quentin population on an upward trajectory after pandemic decline In 2020 San Quentin experienced one of the most deadly periods in its long history — the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-nine people died, including a custodial staff sergeant. In the midst of the crisis, the prison’s population fell gradually — until its recent spike. San Quentin State Prison MONTHLY POPULATION October 2019 - … Read Full Article
The end of the line for Death Row?
California begins the process of repurposing Death Row housing units The nation’s largest Death Row is now in its final throes, as Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to implement the remaining portion of a 2016 voter initiative that moves condemned prisoners to other maximum-security facilities and integrates them with the general prison population. “We are starting the process of closing Death … Read Full Article
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Prisons adopt high tech monitoring
Prisoners’ rights groups are concerned about the use of new surveillance technology in U.S. prisons and jails, and they are sounding the alarm about potential abuses. Voice of America reported in February that the Thomson Reuters Foundation uncovered documents from eight states showing that prison and jail authorities were using the Verus software, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) … Read Full Article
Mount Tamalpais College accreditation confirmed
For the first time in history, an independent, fully-accredited college exists inside a prison. Mount Tamalpais College (Mt. Tam), located on the grounds of San Quentin State Prison (SQ), was formally accredited as a two-year college by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Inside Higher Ed reports. “The idea of becoming an independently operated and … Read Full Article
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