Charles Annenberg Weingarten of the celebrated Annenberg Foundation visited San Quentin and was moved to say he was pleasantly surprised to find so … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
DEATH ROW
Editor’s Note: In June a group from the San Quentin News interviewed six inmates on San Quentin’s Condemned Row, better known as Death Row. This is … [Read more...]
R.E.A.L Choices Group Making an Impact
A group of 26 at-risk boys who turned their lives around, thanks to counselors and San Quentin inmates, graduated in June from a program called … [Read more...]
The Unsung Heroes of Education
In the background of numerous San Quentin inmate success stories is the Robert E. Burton School of Education. Following last month’s graduation … [Read more...]
Parole’s Ups and Downs
Parole is in transition. The folks in Sacramento would be the first ones to tell you this in case you didn’t read it in the newspapers. My parole … [Read more...]
The Impact of Doing Time
Part 2 of 2 Prisoners who struggle with their emotions and behavior create obscure as well as camouflaging personas. They risk alienation from others … [Read more...]
Pot Vote Goes on The Ballot
Californians will vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana, and there is clear disagreement on potential impacts of Proposition 19. A new … [Read more...]
S.Q. Inmate Murder The First Since 1997
Edward John Schaefer, a 44-year-old Novato resident and serial drunk driver, was stabbed and killed inside San Quentin’s reception center, the first … [Read more...]
New Addition to the Roster Of Faiths at San Quentin
The religious program at San Quentin has expanded its borders to include a small but dedicated group of Wicca practitioners. The group, or “coven” as … [Read more...]
CDCR in the Dark on Operations
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) fails to track, maintain and use data that would allow effective monitoring and … [Read more...]