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Archives for June 2009

S.Q. Celebrates Its 2009 Graduation Ceremony

June 1, 2009 by San Quentin News Staff

As the cheers of their supporters and family members carried throughout the Garden Chapel, 157 men from San Quentin received educational and … [Read more...]

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Cate Supports Plan to Enhance Sentence Credits

June 1, 2009 by Aly Tamboura

CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate visited San Quentin last month and gave the SQ News a few minutes of his time to answer questions. The central question … [Read more...]

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Gov. Rejects Prison Health Care Proposal

June 1, 2009 by David Marsh

Justicia rota

An agreement intended to overhaul and modernize the state’s prison health care system has been rejected by Gov. Schwarzenegger as being more than the … [Read more...]

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Mayor Newsom Answers Prison Reform Questions

June 1, 2009 by Aly Tamboura

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate made a tour of San Quentin and permitted the SQ News and Journalism Guild to ask … [Read more...]

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One of the Last Black Revolutionaries

June 1, 2009 by Aly Tamboura

More than 35 years ago, in a daring prison escape, two brothers scaled the walls of San Quentin State Prison to freedom. Twenty years later, one of … [Read more...]

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Growing Lives Through Gardening

June 1, 2009 by John Harrington

Alicia Zaragoza working on potting new plants

Did you know that the Insight Garden Program (IGP) in H-Unit will be growing an organic vegetable garden that will provide organic vegetables to local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: H-Unit yard, IGP, Insight Garden Program, Insight Prison Project, IPP, Stand-Up Program

Health and Wellness Corner

June 1, 2009 by Janice Chen

The San Quentin News “Health and Wellness Corner” column runs every month. A University of California, San Francisco, health professional student will … [Read more...]

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San Quentin Fights The H1N1 Flu

June 1, 2009 by David Marsh

While the normal flu season has all but faded away in California at this point in the year, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation … [Read more...]

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Thousand Mile Club Runs the Lower Yard

June 1, 2009 by JONATHON COPE

Darren Settlemeyer and Mike Keyes racing around the San Quentin Lower Yard

A group of dedicated runners jogged distances of 5, 10 an 15 miles as part of the San Quentin 1000 Mile Club’s event recently. The leading runner was … [Read more...]

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After 38 Years Lamonta Paroles

June 1, 2009 by KEITH LETTIER

Having entered the correctional system as a young twenty-one year old in 1976, Lamonta McBroom happily reunited with his family on May 19, 2009. It … [Read more...]

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