Despite California’s budget crisis, the state is taking steps to improve its prison and parole system. Three new facilities are under construction … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
Judge Orders Three-Striker Freed
A judge has ordered the release of Gregory Taylor, a man serving 25 years to life under California’s three-strikes law. Taylor, homeless in 1997, was … [Read more...]
North Block Inmates Trying to Stay Clean
North Block’s cleanliness needs the cooperation of its inmate population and staff alike. Last month, the Men’s Advisory Counsel (Mac) handed out a … [Read more...]
Advocate Aims to Change 3 Strikes
Barbara Brooks’s son Jeff is imprisoned for life because of non-violent crimes, and she works tirelessly to change the controversial Three Strikes … [Read more...]
Valdivia Freed From S.Q.
After three decades of incarceration Noel Valdivia Sr. left San Quentin a free man on July 8. I met Noey on a beautiful spring day in 2002 as we were … [Read more...]
Thoughts on My Life Among the Lifers
As I walk through the iron doors, gates banging behind me, I often feel like I am entering a foreign world. For the past nine years, I have been … [Read more...]
San Quentin Warriors Off to a Great Start
Editor’s Note: George Lamb, aka Coach Carter, is in his fourth season as head coach of the San Quentin basketball team after several seasons as a … [Read more...]
Health and Wellness Corner
The San Quentin News “Health and Wellness Corner” column runs when articles are submitted for publication. A Centerforce health professional will … [Read more...]
Blue Ribbon Look At Justice System
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would establish a national commission to evaluate the U.S. justice system regarding … [Read more...]
BEING HUMAN
Climbing Poetree I wonder if the sun debates dawn some mornings not wanting to rise out of bed from under the down-feather horizon If the sky grows … [Read more...]