San Quentin News

SQ parolee helps troubled teens through the creative outlet of music

June 17, 2018 By Achilles Williams

By the time John Wallace was released from San Quentin, he had written 75 songs. John Wallace, 39, who discharged in 2003, founded a project called STOP (Surviving the Odds Project) to help deter … Read Full Article about SQ parolee helps troubled teens through the creative outlet of music

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

Life of crime overturned by positive choices now leads to a new life

May 26, 2018 By John Lam

A variety of rehabilitative programs, including dance, helped Anouthinh Pangthong turn his life around despite a rocky youth and 21 years in prison since the age of 15. “Life in prison can become … Read Full Article about Life of crime overturned by positive choices now leads to a new life

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

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Legal Stories

June San Quentin West Block housing unit

“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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