Archives for January 2010

Boxer Returns To S.Q.

January 20, 2010 by David Marsh

With a message of hope and a story of success, boxer Paul Nave paid a visit to San Quentin, the prison where he spent three years of his life. The … [Read more...]

Governor Proposes Healthcare Reform

January 20, 2010 by David Marsh

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a plan which would place the medical needs of the state’s 160,000 prison inmates in the hands of the … [Read more...]

Court Rules Voting Rights for Inmates Ruling Limited to Washington State

January 20, 2010 by JulianGlenn Padgett

A federal appeals court for the western United Sates has issued a stunning decision upholding the rights of incarcerated felons to vote in Washington … [Read more...]

Criminologist Suggests Options To Early Releases

January 20, 2010 by Juan Haines

Stanford Criminologist Joan Petersilia spoke recently to San Quentin prisoners concerning California’s current prison healthcare and overcrowding … [Read more...]

Innocence & Exoneration

January 20, 2010 by JulianGlenn Padgett

For more than 10 years the California Innocence Project has fought to free innocent men behind prison walls, and it’s had some notable success. The … [Read more...]

What Doing Time Does to Inmates

January 20, 2010 by Arnulfo Garcia

America moved abruptly in the 1970s from a society that justified incarceration in the belief that it would facilitate productive re-entry into the … [Read more...]

Preparing Your Case

January 20, 2010 by Stephen Liebb

The most important element for inmates preparing petitions to a court is “Telling your story so the person reading your case says, ‘This is … [Read more...]

Back in the Day – Selected Stories From Back Issues Of The San Quentin News

January 20, 2010 by San Quentin News Staff

NOV. 23, 1979 – after a four-month suspension of publication mandated by the Warden, the SQ News has resumed production. The newspaper staff had been … [Read more...]

Health Fair Returns

January 20, 2010 by R.F. GILLIAM

San Quentin TRUST will be sponsoring its Seventh Annual Health Fair on April 30. The one day event will be held on the lower yard, in and around the … [Read more...]

CDCR TIDBITS

January 20, 2010 by David Marsh

Pre and post-sentencing credits went into effect Jan. 25, 2010. The new half-time from date-of-arrest time credits apply only to those sentenced or … [Read more...]